American Journalists Tend To Treat Inequality As

The War On Terrorism Was A Bait And Switch Operation.

Few Progressives Would Take Issue With The Argument That, Significant Accomplishments Notwithstanding, The Obama Presidency Has Been A Big Disappointment.

Americans Have Always Evinced Some Distrust Of Government, But The Current Situation Has Exacerbated This To A Degree That May Be Unprecedented.

For The Past Eight Years, The Right Has Been Better At Working The Refs. Now The Left Is Learning How To Play The Game.

There Are More People At Obama's Table Offering Ideas Than There Were Five Years Ago, But When It Came To Facing Up To The Republicans' Threat To Force A Double-dip Recession If They Didn't Get Their Millionaires' Tax Cut, They Still Amounted To Nothing. And Therein Lies Our Fundamental Problem.