'The Unencumbered Man'

After Barack Obama's victory in the presidential election last November, the question arose whether the result should be seen as a realignment—a fundamental shift in party dominance that would continue for a good many years. That the era of conservative supremacy was over seemed clear. Beyond that, observers were divided. My view, expressed in these pages, was that such talk was premature and that any notion of Democratic dominance "would depend on what ... Full Story »

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by Lewyn Li - Jun. 24, 2009

Calm in tone, analytic in content and clear in reasoning, with a good supply of quotes, evidence and historical context. This is a reasonably detailed survey over what the Obama administration has achieved and failed to achieve so far, and an analysis on its legislative styles. In my opinion, the writer is a bit overly sympathetic to the Obama administration, though.

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