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David Broder, the Best Boy on the Campaign Bus, Dies at 81

Filed under: Obits, 2012 PresidentThe legendary Washington Post political reporter treated his journalistic calling and the voters with reverence and never succumbed to the know-it-all self-importance that is an occupational hazard on the political bea...

Open thread for night owls: What digby said

Over at Hullabaloo, digby writes Why They Call It Broderville:


It looks like the Villagers are very relieved that "the grown-ups" are going to be back in charge. It never, ever changes:

If the margins of control shrink in January, as I think they will, it...

Obama and BP’s Oil Spill: No Help From the Pundits

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The commentariat likes to offer advice on how presidents should handle crises. In this case, no one has come up with any big ideas, because there aren't any.

 

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Sarah Palin gets the Broder Bounce

David Broder loves him some Sarah Palin (emphasis added):

The snows that obliterated Washington in the past week interfered with many scheduled meetings, but they did not prevent the delivery of one important political message: Take Sarah Palin seriously.

Her lengthy Saturday night keynote address to the National Tea Party Convention...

A Media Criticism In Nine Words

A media criticism in nine words -- from a Politico article about David Broder:

... a continuing influence in Washington, revered by his peers ...


David Broder Brings A Rare Moment of Reid Levity to the HCR Debate

Ah, Village math. David Broder says that bringing in more federal revenue by increasing tax would bust the budget.

While the CBO said that both the House-passed bill and the one Reid has drafted meet Obama's test by being budget-neutral, every expert I have talked to says [. . . t]hese...

David Broder Doesn’t Care If We Get It Wrong In Afghanistan

Joining the cast of characters who were wrong about Iraq and who are now demanding that President Obama act now on a decision about troop levels in Afghanistan, is David Broder.

But Broder's call for a rush to more war comes with a twist ... or should I say twisted ......

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