Robert Gibbs
The Obama Campaign Is Surprisingly Superstitious
Fear not, Mitt Romney supporters, your candidate will coast to victory today—if, that is, you put more stock in woodland creatures than in Nate Silver. READ MORE >>
Love Classic Republican Foreign Policy? Vote For Obama
Pundits and, for that matter, the Obama campaign were right to ding Mitt Romney’s foreign policy address Tuesday for banging the table instead of putting anything substantive on it. But what could Romney do? Obama has given him almost nothing to work with. Foreign affairs won’t decide the 2012 election, but, if it did, President Obama would win walking away. READ MORE >>
Obama Is Dropping The Ball On Egypt
As I wrote not long ago, the violence now being deployed by Mubarak's thugs against demonstrators changes the calculus. And, based on Robert Gibbs' briefing today, the administration has not responded. Gibbs has alluded multiple times to private conversations the administration has had with Mubarak, but its public stance remains measured. Gibbs would not even acknowledge multiple reports that violence is being undertaken by pro-regime forces. It's unacceptable and it has to change very quickly. READ MORE >>
American Liberals and the Streets of Cairo
So Is Roger Altman Replacing Larry Summers or Not?
[Guest post by Noam Scheiber:] READ MORE >>
Stupid White House Press Releases—and Why I Like Them
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs found himself the object of mockery on Twitter Wednesday, when some political reporters started spoofing his efforts to promote the Obama tax cut deal. I was happy to see the reporters making fun of Gibbs. But I was even more happy to see Gibbs promoting the tax deal in the way he was, because it suggested the White House might be learning how to convey its message more effectively. READ MORE >>
Wiki-Espionage And A Salient Comparison, Except That The 1979 Documents From Iran Had Almost Zero Circulation
The more Hillary Clinton assures us that the deluge of WikiLeaks dossiers and minutes of conversations are no problem, the more we know she is lying. She does that well, of course, and also with a certain confidence. It's home territory to her. READ MORE >>
What’s Eating David Axelrod?
The Sad Absurdity of Our Economic Debate
Is the Obama Administration planning another major initiative to boost the economy? That depends on who is talking. And when. On Thursday afternoon, press secretary Robert Gibbs announced at his daily briefing that "a big, new stimulus plan is not in the offing." READ MORE >>
