Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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"Precisely because of the consequences of Carter’s failure, Obama was the more daring in making his go/no-go decision. That’s the case I argued last year, and nothing I’ve learned since then changes my view. As a college student, Obama had seen a marginally popular Democratic president come to ruin because he approved a helicopter-based secret mission into hostile Middle Eastern terrain. Obama went ahead with a helicopter-based secret mission into nominally “allied” territory, also with huge potential for trouble if things had gone wrong."
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Notes"In sum, without giving Congress unlimited powers under the Commerce Clause, the Court can uphold the mandate under the moral hazard/adverse selection theory, the interstate externalities theory, or the “It’s a tax, stupid!” theory. Tony Kennedy, John Roberts, are you listening?"Jack Balkin explains how the high court can save Obamacare.
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Notes"The deepest effect of Obama’s election upon the Republicans’ psyche has been to make them truly fear, for the first time since before Ronald Reagan, that the future is against them." -
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Notes"The West Wing writers room would not have come up with the idea of running a presidential campaign in which an African-American gets elected. Because the realism view would have said that’s not possible. And I say that with no disrespect for the creative process, but rather with a greater respect and awe for the real world." -
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Notes Most of Obama's "controversial" birth control rule you've been hearing about was already law during the Bush administration -
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Notes"The last two prisoners to leave the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay were dead."Read Carol Rosenberg on why Obama can’t close Gitmo.
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NotesThis is a pretty serious pwn of Fox News from Jon Stewart re: the whole Common nonsense.
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Notes Why the White House situation room photo is so powerful“Any group of people who’ve watched a TV sporting event (and I apologize in advance for the following comparison, considering the serious nature of what they were watching), will recognize Obama’s position as that of the person in the room who in addition to being a fan, has just made a call to his bookie.”
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Notes![Another great moment brought to you by Photoshop (TM).
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OK, we definitely don’t not like it.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkkxg1XLLh1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Another great moment brought to you by Photoshop (TM).
This Looks Shopped of the Day: Did somebody order an accomplished mission?
[cyn-c.]
I LOL’d.
OK, we definitely don’t not like it.
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LOL. via Twitter.
