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Center for Politics and Foreign Relations | Thinking About It

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Click on a link below to read Robert Guttman's previous Thinking About It columns.

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, 2007Do 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 

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September 23, 2008

Cancel Friday's Foreign Policy Debate and Hold an Economic/Financial Debate at the New York Stock Exchange Instead

A former United States Senator Everett Dirksen was quoted as saying: “A billion dollars here and a billion dollars there and pretty soon it all adds up to real money.”  That was many decades ago and today we are talking in the trillions of dollars that the American taxpayer is going to have to pay to try to save our so-called free enterprise market system...

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