Archive Click on a link below to read Robert Guttman's previous Thinking About It columns. June 2, 2010 Will Obama Go To Indonesia or Stay Home and Deal With Oil Spill? May 19, 2010 Presidential Possibilities 2012: If They Are Writing, They Are Running April 29, 2010 Casino Capitalsim: Can It Be Contained? April 15, 2010 Financial Meltdown: Who Should Pay? March 26, 2010 Obama: a One Term President? March 3, 2010 Lack of Leadership is the Problem: Not the System February 15, 2010 What is Wrong With This Picture: Vice-President, Former Vice-President, Former Vice-Presidential Candidates Are Today's Leading Newsmakers January 25, 2010 Is This Obama's Jimmy Carter Malaise Moment? December 10, 2009 Afghanistan Ambassador Speaks Out on U.S. Troop Surge December 1, 2009 Obama: Hold a Real Jobs Fair; Not A Useless Jobs Summit November 18, 2009 Media Madness: Going Rogue Over Sarah Palin October 21, 2009 Obama, Change the Channel October 5, 2009 - Does Obama Actually Have a Foreign Policy? July 14, 2009 - Obama: Focus on the Future: Create Jobs Not Special Prosecutors June 19, 2009 - President Obama: Iran... How Cautious Is Too Cautious?
June 3, 2009 - Obama’s Trip: Middle East 1: Europe 0 May 1, 2009 - Joe Biden: A Vice President We Can Believe In April 1, 2009 - Happy 60th Birthday Nato; Time To Go Out Of Business? February 5, 2009 - Billionaire For A Day: A More Entertaining Economic Stimulus Package
January 23, 2009 - Obama's First Days Are Impressive But Massive Problems Remain To Be Solved January 13, 2009 - George Bush: Certainly Not Our Best President, But Probably Not Our Worst
January 6, 2009 - Caroline Kennedy Is A Good Choice...To Be An Ambassador December 9, 2008 - Obama: Have Bailout Balls, Not Inaugural Balls November 18, 2008 - Obama: Choose Bill Richardson, Lee Hamilton, Dick Lugar, Al Gore or Chuck Hagel - but not Hillary Clinton - as your Secretary of State November 5, 2008 - Barack Obama: America's 44th President October 28, 2008 - Obama: He Can Campaign, But Can He Govern? October 16, 2008 - Obama: Don't Pick Out the White House Drapes Yet! September 23, 2008 - Cancel Friday's Foreign Policy Presidential Debate and Hold an Economic/Financial Debates at the New York Stock Exchange Instead September 11, 2008 - Foreign Policy Focus: McCain and Obama August 26, 2008 - Anxious, Apprehensive, And Adoring -- In Denver August 15, 2008 - Controversy, Coronation and the Clintons at the Convention July 30, 2008 - Let The Delegates Decide Who Will Be The Vice-President: Have An Open Convention July 17, 2008 - Obama: Stay Home and Focus on the Struggling U.S. Economy: Europe Will Always Be There June 30, 2008 - Clark's Controversial Comments - Would the General Be a Good VP Choice? June 3, 2008 - Obama: Limping Across the Finish Line & What Is Wrong With A Brokered Convention May 15, 2008 - Obama-Hillary Dream Team Sounds More Like A Nightmare May 9, 2008 - “Nobody drops out of a presidential race. They just run out of money.” April 18, 2008 - How Low Will Hillary Go? Her Negative and Gotcha Campaign Is Beneath A Presidential Contender April 2, 2008 - Obama's Foreign Policy Stature Enhanced by Key Endorsement March 12, 2008 - Who Should Obama Choose as his Vice President? March 7, 2008 - It's the Delegates, Stupid! February 21, 2008 - Democratic Double Standard: If Obama Had Gone 0-10 in Primaries and Caucuses There Would Be Calls for Him To Leave The Race To Unite The Party; Where Are The Calls For Hillary to Leave The Race and Unite The Party? February 13, 2008 - Democrats: Get Rid of the Superdelegates and Let the Voters Decide; Set New Elections in Florida and Michigan
February 1, 2008 - Democratic Debate: When Did the Party of the People Become the Party of Hollywood? January 25, 2008 - Bill Clinton: Take a Vacation
January 9, 2008 - Yes We Can Still Vote For Real Change
December 7, 2007 - Senator Hillary Clinton: No Longer the Inevitable Demoratic Presidential Nominee
November 13, 2007 - Against The Wind: Joe Lieberman
October 31, 2007 - Obama; Is he Tough Enough to be President?
October 2, 2007 - Bill Clinton as First Laddie: What Will Be His Role? How About Special Envoy to End the War in Iraq
September 14, 2007 - Ron Paul: The Real "Rock Star" of the Right
September 7, 2007 - The Winner: None of the Above
August 6, 2007 - It's Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings: Hillary and Rudy May Not Be The Nominees
July 24, 2007 - Do Debates Really Tell Us Anything About The Candidates?
July 20, 2007 - Looking For The Harry Potter - Hairspray Presidential Candidate!
June 15, 2007 - Taking A Break From American Politics
June 7, 2007 - Democratic Presidential Candidates Speak Out on Ending the Iraq War at Johns Hopkins SAIS Center on Politics and Foreign Relations/Financial Times Debate June 1, 2007 - Democratic Presidential Candidates: What Is More Important Than A Debate On Iraq? May 22, 2007 - Democratic Presidential Candidates Speak Out On Iraq: Tune In On June 6th
May 17, 2007 - General Wesley Clark Makes Sense: Should He Run For President?
May 10, 2007 - The Times They Are A Changin’: The Ending of the Bush, Blair, Chirac Era May 2, 2007 - Republicans: Running As The Next Ronald Reagan April 26, 2007 - Dennis Kucinich: Searching For World Peace, Understanding, Unity ... And Impeaching The Vice-President April 19, 2007 - Gun Control Versus Out Of Control March 29, 2007 - Richardson: Rolling Out A New Realism A Governor With A Foreign Policy March 16, 2007 - Stop Taking The Fun Out of Politics! March 8, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani: The Man of the Hour March 1, 2007 - Warming Up To Al Gore February 22, 2007 - George W. Bush: America's Worst President? February 13, 2007 - Obama's Republican Connection February 8, 2007 - Our Political Leaders Are Living In A State Of Denial February 1, 2007 - Is America Ready For A Woman President? And, If So, Is Hillary Clinton Going To Be Our Choice? January 24, 2007 - Send Troops to New Orleans Instead of Baghdad - Presidential Candidates Reactions to State of the Union Speech January 22, 2007 - Do We Really Want Another Clinton or Bush in the White House? January 11, 2007 - 2008 Presidential Possibilities React to Bush’s Speech on Iraq January 8, 2007 - If American Voters Are Looking For a Foreign Policy President in 2008 Senator Joe Biden Should Be At The Top Of Their List January 4, 2007 - Happy 2007!
December 28, 2006 - John Edwards Could Be The Next President of the United States December 11, 2006 - Barack Is Running Hard for President; Iraq Study Group Report Is Strong; Remembering Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
November 27, 2006 - Man of the Hour: James A. Baker III November 16, 2006 - Iraq: No Magic Solution November 8, 2006 - Elections 2006: Hello Democratic House; Goodbye Secretary of Defense November 1, 2006 - The Silly Season: The Week Before the Midterm Elections October 24, 2006 - Hello Barack, Goodbye Mark October 19, 2006 - “I consider the prime minister a friend; I consider Croatia a friend, as well.” September 28, 2006 - Senator John Kerry: “Let America be America Again” September 8, 2006 - 9/11 Five Year Anniversary: Where is Osama bin Laden? September 1, 2006 - 2008 Presidential Campaign: Candidate X Will Appear August 23, 2006 - The Fragile Middle East Peace... August 16, 2006 - Personality Plays Pivotal Role in Electing A President | 
