Matt Taibbi calls for a run by Elizabeth Warren for the Presidency in 2012. Why? For these reasons. 1) Obama, who ran a wonderful campaign for the presidency isn’t doing well. He hasn’t closed Guantanamo, or stopped incursions of the Government into civil liberties. He’s done a terrible job with the banking bailout, and hasn’t […]
Matt Taibbi On Elizabeth Warren for President
October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Matt Taibbi On Elizabeth Warren for President
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Groupthink About Frames: Obama’s Decision Making Pattern
October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Groupthink About Frames: Obama’s Decision Making Pattern
I think “groupthink” is a general pattern in this Administration. Not the simple groupthink that considers only one alternative and never discusses anything else, but a more complex sort of groupthink about frames. Obama looks at alternatives in deciding on policy, alright. And he appears to be rational in his consideration of them. So far, […]
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