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...President's poll numbers represents a natural political process. When politicians talk about spending their political capital, they are talking about their poll numbers - and the cliché is somewhat misleading. They are actually investing their political capital, hoping for a greater return if their gamble succeeds. George W. Bush invested his capital in privatizing Social Security, and the stock tanked. Barack Obama is investing in health-care reform. We are at the point of the legislative process where all seems hopeless, but Obama should be heartened by the fact that most of his Republican adversaries oppose the bill...
During my two-month internship in India this summer, I was curious to see how Indians viewed America. Had the aftermath of the Bush administration left them with a negative view of our country, as it had for most of the world? Or had the presidency of Barack Obama inspired them to respect our country? To my surprise, I found that India—a country in the midst of a sweeping economic and social transformation—has a much more favorable impression of the United States than I had expected...
...they think of the American president. Their support in this regard makes sense. From the time of President Kennedy, an ardent defender of India in its conflicts with Pakistan and China, American leaders have generally backed India in its political and economic activities. This trend continued even with President Bush, whose strong support of the country’s nuclear-energy deal and foreign-policy positions made India one of the few countries in which he was well-received...
...Indeed, the Indians I met who were old enough to remember President Kennedy spoke of him fondly and frequently commented on “how good a man” President Bush was. That positive opinion extends to the nation as a whole: A 2008 Pew Research Survey found that 66 percent of Indians hold a favorable view of the United States, a statistic significantly higher than in almost any other country, including Japan (50 percent), Spain (33 percent), and Turkey (12 percent). Indians admire American leaders that reach out to them and treat them as equal partners, as President...
Several journalists were less troubled by the Pentagon's vetting process than its choice of the Rendon Group, which was instrumental in forming the Iraqi National Congress, a CIA-funded opposition group that went on to provide the Bush Administration with bogus information on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction that was the groundwork for the 2003 invasion. Journalist Nir Rosen (who reported for TIME in Iraq) blogged that there "should be a tension between the media and the government. We are not on the same team." He praised an Army colonel for allowing him to embed despite...