We’ve Reached the Penultimate Jimmy Carter Moment of the Obama Presidency

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 18th at 04:47 AM  | 

Chris Cillizza made me laugh out loud last evening when I read his column, which opens with a question: “Is it possible for a president — any president — to succeed in the modern world of politics?” There is nothing new under the sun, including this question. On January 19, 2010, I wrote about the ungovernability of the American Republic. At that time, Barack Obama | Read More »

Forgetting History

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 04:46 AM  | 

I have a confession to make. I am a thirty-something pundit on television and radio and I am frequently aggravated by many twenty and thirty-something pundits on television and radio. It is even a non-partisan aggravation. We all make mistakes and I am sure someone can be critical of me for the same reason I find so many up and coming political pundits so aggravating, | Read More »

Barack Obama Embraces His Inner Jimmy Carter

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 15th at 09:49 PM  | 

“Barack Obama, like Jimmy Carter before him, has proven himself overwhelmed by the job, not up to the task, and looking for answers in all the wrong places. Let’s hope the nation can survive him.” Perhaps it is because his chief speechwriter has spent the crisis playing beer pong in Georgetown bars. Perhaps it is because while embracing peak oil, the oil spill never piqued | Read More »