Obama Has Made America Cool Again -

This Is A Generation Weaned On Watergate, And There Is No Presumption Of Innocence And No Presumption Of Good Intentions. Instead, There Is A Presumption That, Without Relentless Scrutiny, The Government Will Misbehave.

Democrats Single Out Glaring Examples Of Tax Preferences Or Spending Priorities That Favor The Wealthy And Republicans Cry 'class Warfare!'

There's No Question Almost Press Secretaries Talk About The Sense Of Serving Two Masters. On The One Hand You Want To Protect The President's Interests, And You Represent His Interests To The Press. And The Press Is A Proxy For The American People.

Palin Was A Political Hail Mary, A Long Bomb In The Closing Minutes Of A Game That John Mccain And Co. Were Certain To Lose. They Didn't Care If She Had The Policy Or Political Or Emotional Capacity To Serve As Vice President, Let Alone President. They Were Willing To Drive The Country Off A Cliff, If That's What It Took To Win.

No Doubt, The White House Thinks The American People Know Obama's Story. But Since The Inauguration, We've Seen Only The President's Present: His Perfect Family, His Ivy League Elegance, His Effortless Mastery Of Complex Issues. We Never See Him Sweat. And We Forget That He Ever Had To Struggle.