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NEWS ABOUT: Joe Klein

Joe Klein stories: 13 news summaries
OPINION

Afghan Rift?
It's Just 'Smoke and Puffery'

McCain, others inflate controversy so Obama looks weak: Klein

Oct 8, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s been much consternation recently about the supposed break between the White House and Stanley McChrystal over strategy in Afghanistan. But it’s really all “smoke and puffery,” a political ruse perpetrated by John McCain and some neocon compatriots, writes Joe Klein in Time. The... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Joe Klein • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Stanley McChrystal

OPINION

Obama Speech Effective, No Game-Changer

Vitriol surrounding
health care debate
sure to continue

Sep 10, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speech last night will probably prod Congress into passing health care reform, writes Joe Klein in Time. “But it will not end the public malignancy that has attended this debate, and threatens the democratic fabric of our nation.” Klein attended an Arkansas town hall... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • speech • US Congress • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Powerful special interests are killing health-care reform, which is par for the course in Congress, writes Joe Klein of Time. “We’ve gotten rusty at legislating,” says one Tennessee Democrat. That’s overly kind, Klein retorts. The only bills that pass these days are essentials like budgets... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • earmarks • budget • lobbyists • health care reform • special interests • Joe Klein • President Obama • Mancur Olson

OPINION

Obama Must Show Congress Who's Boss

Lack of cooperation drags down domestic agenda: Klein

Jul 9, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s domestic agenda is in trouble, writes Joe Klein of Time, because of his “undue respect for the institution of Congress, a sclerotic body badly in need of creative leadership.” Obama is sitting on the sidelines while the Senate manhandles his health care and energy... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Senate Democrats • health care reform • energy policy • Joe Klein • Obama administration

OPINION

Easy to Find Middle Ground on Gitmo: Klein

Military courts wouldn't allow torture evidence, get civilian review

May 21, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers and soldiers are divided on how to deal with enemy combatants, but “it shouldn’t be too hard to find a middle ground,” writes Joe Klein in Time, because both arguments “are being made by unappealing extremists.” It’s unrealistic to try detainees in open... More »

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ACLU • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • military commissions • Joe Klein • Lindsay Graham • Guantanamo tribunals • torture photos

OPINION

Time to Weed Out Marijuana Ban: Klein

Costly US drug policy deserves serious look, not politics as usual

Apr 2, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama dismissed a question recently about the legalization of marijuana, he was “taking the traditional path of least resistance,” writes Joe Klein in Time. In America, anyone who dares to speak seriously about the issue will “be cast into the outer darkness,” assumed forever... More »

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Barack Obama • War on Drugs • marijuana • marijuana legalization • Joe Klein • President Obama

OPINION

Obama's Op-Ed Is 'Boilerplate' but Dead On

Klein: We need
to move now on the stimulus package

Feb 5, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Washington Post op-ed today arguing in favor of the stimulus is “a bit of a disappointment,” writes Joe Klein for Time. It’s "political boilerplate," and the president should probably stick to speeches. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that he's exactly... More »

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Congress • legislation • infrastructure • economic stimulus package • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Dick Cheney’s claim that a terrorist attack is more likely during an Obama administration “is sleazy in the extreme,” Joe Klein writes for Time. Even if you can “leave aside the fact”—which Klein cannot—“that if Dick Cheney and his alleged boss... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • September 11 • terrorist attack • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Sorry, Caroline, We're Over Political Dynasties: Klein

Joe Klein comes out against Kennedy scion

Dec 16, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy used to be described as “self-effacing,” but now that she’s signaled her interest in Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, she’s shown she has another “eminently New York quality,” Joe Klein writes in Time: chutzpah. Kennedy assumes that America still loves its dynasties,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • political dynasty • David Paterson • Joe Klein

OPINION

Bush 'the Lamest of All Possible Ducks:' Klein


Nov 26, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Joe Klein really wants to find something charitable and valedictory to say about George W. Bush. “His position on immigration was admirable,” Klein writes in Time. “He spoke well, in the abstract, about the importance of freedom. He is an impeccable classicist when it comes to baseball.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hurricane Katrina • transition • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Joe Klein • lame duck • President Obama

OPINION

 He's the Grown-Up 
 We've Waited for 

Obama is winning because he's mature

Oct 23, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is an adult. That, writes Joe Klein in Time, is why he's winning—"the steadiness of his temperament and the judicious quality of his decision-making." In contrast, John McCain seems to lurch wildly, making a "peremptory selection" of a running mate and suspending his campaign... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Election 2008 • Joe Klein • McCain-Palin • Obama-Biden

This Boy's
Off the Bus

Citing logistics,
McCain camp boots Time's Klein from campaign planes

Oct 21, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign won’t let Time columnist Joe Klein on its planes, Politico reports. Though he rode with McCain during the primaries, Klein hasn’t been allowed onto McCain or Palin jets since June, when he asked McCain a tough question about Iran. Though the campaign said he... More »

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Election 2008 • Joe Klein • press credentials • McCain-Palin

UPDATED

 Bill: Obama Can 
 'Kiss My Ass' 

Former president said to be still furious with future Democratic nominee

Jun 30, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and Bill Clinton spoke on the phone this morning, but earlier the ex-president privately told friends the future Democratic nominee must “kiss my ass" to win his full support, the Telegraph reports. Clinton remains “very unhopeful” Obama can win in November, another source says, and is... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • anger • Joe Klein

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