Posts Tagged ‘David Brooks’

David Brooks opines on Bobby Jindal’s calamitous response to Obama speech: David Brooks opines on LA Governor Bobby Jindal’s calamitous response to President Obama’s speech to the joint session of Congress 02_24_09
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This morning’s dumb lazyweb question: what is an Enarch? #Obama2pt0
David Brooks, noting in the Obama transition  “incursion of a French-style government dominated by highly trained Enarchs,” can’t quite decide if he likes it or not.
David Brooks: The Insider’s Crusade - NYT 112108:
This truly will be an administration that looks like America, or at least that [...]

Forget Joe the Plumber, David Brooks says. The U.S. brand of Everyman ‘08 is someone Brooks calls Patio Man. David Brooks: Patio Man Revisited - NYT 102108:
For all the talk of plumbers and investment bankers, populists and elitists, Patio Man is still at the epicenter of national politics. He is the quintessential suburban American, the [...]

David Brooks seems to be drawn to Obama’s calm and thoughtfulness, but in the end suggests that he’s a bit dull. Is Brooks actually thinbking of himself? In these times, dull but competent sounds like a better Presidential option than we’ve had for decades.
David Brooks: Thinking About Obama - NYT 101708:
We’ve been watching Barack Obama [...]

David Brooks wrings his hands this morning as if the election is won and America is undone. About time. After 14 years of the Republican Regime, there is a lot to undo.  Brooks calls the process “”the Gingrich revolution in reverse.” I call it De-Bushification.
What we’re going to see, in short, is the Gingrich revolution [...]