Author: David Adesnik
By David Adesnik • Feb 18,2009

You hurry up! We need more time.

Last week, Barack Obama told us to expect big things from Tim Geithner: Tomorrow, my treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, will be announcing some very clear and specific plans for how...

By David Adesnik • Feb 17,2009

Reaching across the aisle

Bipartisanship has had a rough few weeks here in Washingon, but it’s alive and well in some corners of the blogosphere. One of them is The Moderate Voice (TMV), led...

By David Adesnik • Feb 17,2009

Mubarak at the White House?

Sound advice from the WaPo: Governments throughout the Middle East, and the many Arabs working for democratic change in their countries, will be watching to see if the Egyptian ruler...

By David Adesnik • Feb 13,2009

Second thoughts on Judd Gregg

Last night, I was simply puzzled by Gregg’s withdrawal. Then I listened to the audio of his withdrawal statement, rather than just reading it. What struck me was Greggs repeated...

By David Adesnik • Feb 12,2009

Behind the headlines at the NSC

The lead story in Sunday’s WaPo was Obama’s NSC To Get New Power. Will Inboden — a former NSC official and new blogger at Shadow Government — explains why there...