In the Arena
In the Arena+Uncategorized | 870 days ago

Calling Them Out

By Joe Klein

Ah, John Boehner couldn’t wait a day before retailing a whopper about the President’s health care plan:

+Health Care | 870 days ago

Meanwhile, Back in the Real World

By Karen Tumulty

The Census Bureau updates its estimate of the number of Americans people in the United States* who lack health insurance. As of the end of 2008:

+Health Care | 870 days ago

President Obama Accepts Rep. Joe Wilson’s Apology

By Michael Scherer

At the end of a cabinet meeting today, President Obama took a couple questions from reporters. The first: Q    Do you accept Wilson’s apology, sir? THE PRESIDENT:  Yes, I do.  I’m a big believer that we all make mistakes.  He apologized quickly and without equivocation, and I’m appreciative of that. That is right, to a [...]

+Health Care | 870 days ago

Obama’s Health Care Speech: The Day After

By Karen Tumulty

The initial polling from last night’s speech is good, but looking forward, Obama must work on two levels to get this bill to the finish line. Here’s my story for TIME.com on what they were trying to accomplish last night, and how things look today.

+Barack Obama | 870 days ago

Barack Obama’s Lucky Tie (Style)

By Michael Scherer

This is how the President of the United States like it when the pressure is on: Cherry-red, with thin silvery-white diagonal stripes. He wore this tie last night. (See it here.) But that’s not all. Gabriel Winant, an eagle-eyed blogger at Salon, lays out the pattern. Well, there’s last night. Then there’s the president’s quasi-State [...]

+Health Care | 870 days ago

Max in the Driver’s Seat

By Karen Tumulty

I got the same impression from the President’s speech as the New York Times’ David Herzenhorn did:

In the Arena
In the Arena+Iran | 870 days ago

Iranamok

By Joe Klein

It seems an appropriate time to resurrect The New Republic’s clever name for the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. It seems the Iranians are playing hardball on the nuclear negotiations.

In the Arena
In the Arena+Uncategorized | 870 days ago

Latest Column

By Joe Klein

About Obama’s speech. One other note: On this whole question of whether illegal immigrants will be included in  the plan, which caused the vile Congressman from South Carolina to shout “You lie” when the President said they wouldn’t be covered. Why shouldn’t they be? After all, when an illegal immigrant cuts his hand while chopping [...]

+Barack Obama | 870 days ago

“You Lie”: Rep. Joe Wilson’s Congressional Breach

By Michael Scherer

From my new story on Time.com: “You lie!” Those words cut in politics. When directed at the President of the United States, during a prime time address to the nation no less, they cut deep. So when Rep. Joe Wilson, a little known Republican and Army reserve veteran from South Carolina shouted them at the [...]

In the Arena
In the Arena+Uncategorized | 871 days ago

Let the Calling Out Begin

By Joe Klein

The President said that he would “call out” those who spread misinformation about his speech, but why wait? Let’s start by calling out these liars http://patientsunitednow.com/ who are running ads that say that “Washington” wants to impose a CanadienCanadian-style* system here. They are scum, scaring the public in an entirely irresponsible way. In the days [...]