Author: David Adesnik

By 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 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 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 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 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...