This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud he sits upon the throne. – John Podhoretz
The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power. – John Podhoretz
It has never made any sense to argue that, unique among the people of the world, Arabs are more concerned on a day-to-day basis about the treatment of people they dont know than they are about how theyre going to put food on their own tables, or whether their sons will ever find a job. – John Podhoretz
Making recess appointments when the Senate isnt in recess is neither rational nor moderate. Its a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. – John Podhoretz