The Premise Of My Book Is That

Three Explanations Dominate Speculation About What Obama Is Up To. The First Is That He's Trying To Lay The Groundwork For His Successor, Presumptive Nominee Hillary Clinton. The Second Is That He's Trying To Pad His Legacy. The Third Is That He's Trying To 'troll' Or Bait The Gop Into Debating His Agenda Rather Than Pursuing Its Own. All Are Plausible, And None Necessarily Contradicts The Others.

[progressives] Think The Constitution Is Like Felix The Cat's Magic Bag: Look In There Long Enough And Hard Enough, And You Can Find Anything.

Look, I Think Liberals Have Reasonable Gripes With Fox News. It Does Lean To The Right, Primarily In Its Opinion Programming But Also In Its Story Selection (which Is Fine By Me) And Elsewhere. But It's Worth Remembering That Fox Is Less A Bastion Of Ideological Conservatism And More A Populist, Tabloidy Network.

I Would Also Say Barack Obama Has Spent Much, Much, Much, Much More Money Than The Republicans.

If There Is Ever A Fascist Takeover In America, It Will Come Not In The Form Of Storm Troopers Kicking Down Doors But With Lawyers And Social Workers Saying. "i'm From The Government And I'm Here To Help.