From Harper's, Kevin Baker on Barack Hoover Obama: The best and the brightest blow it again. How Obama can bounce back: He needs to show Americans how health care reform, Wall Street reform, and the stimulus are connected — and he needs to make it clearer to Democrats that he’s on their side. Why don't Democrats talk more about the perils of too little government? Anti-statism in America: Why Americans hate to love government. John Richardson on the "socialist" American reform that worked long before health care — try the history of this country's public-education system on for size. Hi, I'm Marty, and I'm a recovering Republican: I was a feminazi-hating, liberal-bashing loudmouth who tried to befriend Bill O'Reilly — man, I was such a douche. A review of I Am Martin Eisenstadt: One Man's (Wildly Inappropriate) Adventures with the Last Republicans by Martin Eisenstadt. Some of my best friends are Uncle Toms: Why black Republicans need to get over themselves. From TNR, Jonathan Chait on Rush Limbaugh's race obsession; and can Nick Ayers lead the Republicans back to power? A review of Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe and The Persecution on Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star by Matthew Continetti (and more and more). Matthew Continetti on the Palin Persuasion and a case for the new populism. Dick Armey is back on the attack: The former House majority leader has taken his politics and ideas to the right-wing protest movement. Mark Hyman on Barack Obama, the man who despises America.
