Tag Archives: LBJ

The Paranoid Style in American Politics (2016 Edition)

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

In an interview on NBC’s Today show before his final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama talked to Matt Lauer about the Donald Trumpa Lumpa craze (around 3:55).     Trump’s a little nuts graf: The message that … Continue reading →

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Wait – Barack Obama IS Like LBJ After All!

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As America celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the hot parlor game is to compare ‘n’ contrast Lyndon Baines Johnson’s style of presidenting with Barack Obama’s, largely to the latter’s detriment. As Obama journeyed to … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging Alan Dershowitz At Ford Hall Forum

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Harvey Silverglate interviewing Alan Dershowitz is ten pounds of lawyer in a five-pound bag. But that’s exactly what Ford Hall Forum presented Thursday night in its program Taking the Stand, which just happens also to be the title of Dershowitz’s … Continue reading →

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WSJ’s Caro Di Tutti Cari Interview

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent Robert Caro interview in the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Robert Caro: Political Power—How to Get It and Use It Asked to define “political power”—the motif of his multivolume biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson—historian Robert Caro falls silent. “I don’t … Continue reading →

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