The New Republic

Welcome to TNR’s 2011 list issue. Yesterday we named the most powerful, least famous people in Washington. Today’s installment: DC’s most over-rated thinkers. READ MORE >>

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Jonathan appeared last night on Charlie Rose with Drew Westen and Fareed Zakaria to discuss rhetoric and reality in the Obama presidency. Watch the entire clip below:   READ MORE >>

Any time you go on a live program, especially one with multiple guests, there are things we want to respond to but never get a chance to say. Two spring to mind from my appearance on Charlie Rose: 1. Drew Westen said that I painted him as a person who had never been to Washington. I never said that. Read my item responding to Westen. READ MORE >>

    Jonathan Chait will appear on Charlie Rose tonight to discuss what he recently called “Drew Westen’s Nonsense.” Check your local listings!   READ MORE >>

There are some strong criticisms to be made of the Obama administration from the left, especially concerning Obama's passive response to the debt ceiling hostage crisis, and his frightening willingness to give away the store to John Boehner. I've made many of these criticisms myself. But Drew Westen's lengthy, attention-grabbing Sunday New York Times op-ed is not a strong criticism. It's a parody of liberal fantasizing. READ MORE >>

In June 2004, I went door to door in a white, working- class neighborhood of Martinsburg, West Virginia, a small blue-collar town in decline. There, I found voters disillusioned with both the Iraq war and the flagging economy. But, when I returned five months later-- the Sunday before the election--I had difficulty digging up anyone who didn't plan to vote for George W. Bush. READ MORE >>