Jamelle Bouie: Gerson says that the terms of the debate this fall will be between “Reform Conservatism” and “Obama’s surprisingly unreconstructed liberalism.” Now is not the place to define Obama’s liberalism, but even if it were, this is wrong. The 2012 election isn’t a debate between two variations on welfare state capitalism—it’s a choice between [...]
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President Obama is ultimately responsible for the fallout from his lackluster debate performance two weeks ago — but it’s also true that liberals added to the bad news with several days of complete panic. They grossly overreacted to... Read Post
Jamelle Bouie thinks it just might. The significance: If President Obama wins the election, liberals will have a better shot at stopping any “grand bargain” that makes regressive cuts to Social Security and Medicare. And if Romney w... Read Post
by Maisie Allison The Obama campaign holds onto evidence of Romney's "severe" conservatism as the general election looms: Jamelle Bouie parses - and applauds - the strategy: Romney’s strength is that he makes a great first impressio... Read Post