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GRITtv: Nancy Goldstein: Rule of Lawlessness
Democracy is so inconvenient when you’re trying to get something done—say, bag a trophy for your administration. In its pursuit of short-term goals, the Obama administration has undermined basic democratic tenets. Meaning that we, as a country, have lost something regardless of the election results. Nancy Goldstein was runner-up in the Washington Post "Next Great Pundit" contest, and a version of this piece appeared in that paper. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Media Panel: Obama's Press Conference, Handling Torture Under the Bush Administration, and Walter Cronkite
Journalists at President Obama's press conference Wednesday asked about his current plans for health care reform as well as his thoughts on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. What implications are there for health care reform now that he's admitted not everyone would be covered by a single payer system, and did he skirt the issue of race when it came to Gates?
