Question: Has Obama succeeded on his promise of being a post-partisan President? Full Article at TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

With contributions by: Amy Alexander, Max Blumenthal, Juan Cole, Joe Conason, Jeanne Devon, Eve Ensler, Michelle Goldberg, Jane Hamsher, Christopher Hayes, Mark Hertsgaard, Jim Hightower, Linda Hirshman, Naomi Klein, Dahlia Lithwick, Amanda Marcotte,... Full Article at Comment Is Free

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by Ken The other night I was talking to Howie trying to explain what I mean, and to me what it's a crucial distinction, maybe the most crucial one to be made in today's cultural environment, when I say that the Modern Right-Wing... Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Tom Schaller: I'd like to start with Rick and Byron, and ask that they provide some perspective on conservatism and its relationship to the GOP, as a way of putting the conservative angst we have witnessed in 2009 into a broader historical... Full Article at Salon

Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party candidate for New York's 23rd Congressional District, left, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Oct. 29, 2009 | In 2009, the energized right-wing base of the Republican Party transformed American politics. Full Article at Salon

“In his book Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, historian Rick Perlstein argues the seeds of today’s polarized politics were sown during the 1960s and 1970s. Full Article at Rational Review

Obviously, this is good news for John McCain. I just posted a comment on the NY race at my own blog that essentially says that whether Conservative Party canidate Hoffman wins the race, or the race is thrown to the Dems, the Dems win. Full Article at Balloon Juice

Rick Perlstein emails--and says that I can broadcast if I fix his typos: So I lectured at San Angelo State U today in West Texas. We repaired for the evening to "In Vino Veritas," a combination wine store/wine bar. Full Article at Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal

Thursday I reached for Rick Perlstein's wondrous Nixonland to help make a point about how similar the tragically hubristic war in Afghanistan is to the tragically hubristic war in Vietnam. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Certainly historian Rick Perlstein's powerful tome, Nixonland, was one of the most crucial books to have come out last year. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Via Rick Perlstein, I Conor Freidersdorf has a new blog, He's sent seven innocuous, straightforward questions about the future of the Republican Party to County Republican Party leaders and officers. Full Article at Lawyers, Guns and Money

Following up on Eric's post, I just read this very insightful Q & A with Rick Perlstein (author of Nixonland, Before the Storm) on ACORN. It's about the best analysis I've seen. Full Article at Obsidian Wings