campaign 2008
GRITtv: Drinking the Obama Kool-Aid with Hendrik Hertzberg
Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker describes himself as being "aboard the Obama express," and his new book collects his essays on the Obama generation and the way the campaign changed politics. A year into the administration, Hertzberg is still hopeful, though like many progressives he offers criticisms of the way the health care reform fight and others have been conducted. "During the campaign," he notes, "we agree to a fantasy" that electing a new president will change everything. Progressives should know better than to expect change so quickly, especially from a Senate hampered by the filibuster.
Email this pageGRITtv: Nov. 17, 2009
Economist Dean Baker and the Nation's John Nichols talk about ways to create good, meaningful, well-paid jobs and rethink the way Americans look at work. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg's new book collects his essays on the Obama generation. Though hopeful, Hertzberg offers criticisms of the way the health care reform fight and others have been conducted. Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll of New Left Media bring Part One of their inside look at the No On One campaign in Maine, where voters overturned a decision by the state legislature to legalize gay marriage. financial rating agencies and their future.
