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Barack Obama
A collection of opinions from The Post
April 2008
- Charles Krauthammer: The Fabulist Vs. the Saint
- Michael Gerson: Obama's Abortion Extremism
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Clinton's Real Choice
- Bill Richardson: Loyalty to My Country
March 2008
- Robert Novak: Tweedle D's
- Catherine Rampell: Why Obama Rocks the Vote
- Eugene Robinson: Collateral Damage
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Another Angry Black Preacher
- Charles Krauthammer: The Speech: A Brilliant Fraud
- Editorial: Democrats in Stalemate
- Editorial: Fantasies on Iraq
- David S. Broder: The Dream-Ticket Fantasy
- George F. Will: Running-Mate Math
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Rube Goldberg, Meet Rush Limbaugh
- Charles Krauthammer: The Great Non Sequitur
- Eugene Robinson: What Obama Needs: A Keystone Address
- David S. Broder: A Cliffhanger for Democrats
- Robert Novak: Why Clinton Isn't Dead
- Harold Meyerson: Where's the Exit Strategy?
- Editorial: A Long March
- Michael Gerson: Obama's First 100 Days
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Battle That Clinton Didn't Expect
- Editorial: The Mandate Debate
- Richard Cohen: Taking the Call on Black Men
- Robert D. Novak: Obama and the Fixer
- David Ignatius: Obama: A Thin Record For a Bridge Builder
- Sebastian Mallaby: Democrats, Off Course On Trade
- Editorial: At Best, a Pander
- Colbert I. King: A Double Standard on 'Reject and Denounce'
February 2008
- Michael Gerson: Words Aren't Cheap
- Eugene Robinson: Personality Matters
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Last 'Yes, We Can' Candidate
- David S. Broder: The Governors Read the Race
- Eugene Robinson: Geraldo's (Black) Discovery
- Sebastian Mallaby: Obama's Missing Ideas
- David Ignatius: The Value of Newness
- Editorial: The Obama Enigma
- Colbert I. King: Truth the Clintons Can't Handle
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: A Page From Paul Wellstone
- David S. Broder: Four Rules That Could Be Decisive
- Robert J. Samuelson: The Obama Delusion
- Ruth Marcus: The Democrats' To-Do Lists
- Editorial: Trading Down
- David Ignatius: The Obama Mystery
- David S. Broder: Divided Labor Loyalties
- Jim Hoagland: Candidates on Message
- Charles Krauthammer: The Audacity of Selling Hope
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: A Party Divided by Sensibility
- Eugene Robinson: The Dr. Evil Dilemma
- Robert D. Novak: Obama's Bradley Effect?
- David S. Broder: A Strategic Choice For Democrats
- Jim Hoagland: Promises They Can't Keep
- David Ignatius: Choosing Among Generations
- George F. Will: Democrats Living Dangerously
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Division Problems
- Editorial: The Race After Tuesday
- Diego von Vacano: How He Can
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Salvation Show
- Richard Cohen: Hail to the Chief of Staff
- Michael Chabon: Obama vs. the Phobocracy
- Susan Dunn: The Case for Disunity
- Peter Wehner: Why Republicans Like Obama
- Susan Eisenhower: Why I'm Backing Obama
- Marjorie Valbrun: Race Matters. So Does Hope.
- Eugene Robinson: The Electability Thing
January 2008
- Peter Beinart: A Good Fight
- David S. Broder: A Matchup Starts to Take Shape
- Editorial: Four in the Forefront
- Harold Meyerson: Democrats Out of the Desert
- Richard Cohen: The Race Turns to Race
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Hobbled by Hubby
- Eugene Robinson: Cards From a Worn-Out Deck
- George F. Will: Staying the Coarse
- Robert D. Novak: Clinton's Risky Gamble
- Editorial: Primary Considerations
- Editorial: There You Go Again
- David S. Broder: Now or Never for Obama
- Ruth Marcus: Whose Stimulus Makes the Grade?
- Eugene Robinson: What's Gotten Into Bill?
- George F. Will: Primary Shake-Ups and Shakeouts
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: A Demographic the Democrats Can't Forget
- Eugene Robinson: The Hard Choice Is Now
- David Ignatius: The Obama of 'Dreams'
- Robert D. Novak: Clinton's 'Vetting' Attack
- George F. Will: Misstep in a Liberal Minefield
- David S. Broder: The Resume Gap
- Editorial: Race in the Race
- Richard Cohen: Obama's Farrakhan Test
- Eugene Robinson: A Hand the Clinton's Aren't Showing
- David Greenberg: Obama, the Great White Hope
- William Jelani Cobb: Curb Your Enthusiasm
- David Ignatius: Riding the Change Horse
- Marjorie Valbrun: Will They Play the Race Card?
- Eugene Robinson: Echoes of Tom Bradley
- Charles Krauthammer: A Sneer, a Tear, a Comeback
- Harold Meyerson: An Old Democratic Fault Line
- Richard Cohen: Crying Likeable Tears
- Michael Gerson: Can Obama Build a Movement?
- Editorial: The Comback Grownups
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: A Candidacy's Prose and Cons
- Anne Applebaum: The Color Of an Advantage
- Robert Farmer: Why I Still Back Hillary Clinton
- Charles Peters: Judge Him by His Laws
- David S. Broder: A Last Hurdle for Obama?
- Eugene Robinson: No Longer Unimaginable
- Editorial: Purple Promises
- Ruth Marcus: The Magnetism of a Message
- Richard Cohen: The Mendacity of Hope
December 2007
- David S. Broder: Obama Finds His Address
- David S. Broder: Obama's Oprah Jackpot
- Eugene Robinson: Oprah the Believer
- Richard Cohen: A New Wind in Iowa
- Harold Meyerson: The Obama Newness
November 2007
- Peter Beinart: Obama's Amnesia Problem
- Eugene Robinson: Can Oprah Boost Her 'Favorite Guy'?
- Fred Hiatt: Calculation and Conviction
- David S. Broder: Obama vs. the Icon
- Michael Kinsley: Who Needs Experience?
- Eugene Robinson: A Sharp-Elbows Education
- Robert D. Novak: The Democrats' Iran Dilemma
- Editorial: Dodging the Third Rail
- Ruth Marcus: Meet the Press
October 2007
- David S. Broder: Trying times for the Obama Faithful
- David Ignatius: Can Mr. Cool Get Hot?
September 2007
- George F. Will: Questions for Obama
- Ruth Marcus: The Two Obamas
- Editorial: Mr. Obama's Cookie Jar
August 2007
- David Ignatius: The Pragmatic Obama
- George F. Will: Obama Judges a Judge
- Editorial: Chasing Terrorists
July 2007
- Eugene Robinson: Obama and the 'They' Sayers
- Charles Krauthammer: Strike Two
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Defining Moment?
- Colby I. King: Abolitionists, Then and Now
- Ruth Marcus: From Barack Obama, Two Dangerous Words
June 2007
- Michael Gerson: The Gospel of Obama
- Eugene Robinson: A Father's Absence and a Son's Message
- Editorial: Health-Care Gap
- Eugene Robinson: And Anti-War Voices
- Fred Hiatt: Stay-the-Course Plus
May 2007
- Eugene Robinson: A Question of Race vs. Class
- E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Democrats' Foreign Policy Primary
April 2007
- Editorial: Mr. Obama's Worldview
