Michael Tomasky



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Full name: Michael Tomasky

Area of interest: US politics

Journals: The Guardian

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Blog: Comment is free / Michael Tomasky's blog

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 * Jeff Jarvis v Michael Tomasky - Should the internet's new breed of 'citizen journalists' have the responsibilities of journalists or the rights of citizens? - The Guardian, 24th April 2008 (profile page: Jeff Jarvis)

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 * can't offer the moral thunder that Egypt craves'' - The challenge for the US this week is to raise the temperature delicately, rather than seeking to call the global shots - 1st February 2011 (Egypt: summary)
 * the US, where hate rules at the ballot box, this tragedy has been coming for a long time'' - The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords may lead to the temporary hibernation of rightwing rage, but it is encoded in conservative DNA - 10th January 2011
 * the House of Representatives of 2011: bland, far-right and corporate - The new Republican era is under way with John Boehner as the next speaker - 6th January 2011 (see also: Boehner's links to lobbyists could be the chink in his political armour - Paul Harris - The Observer)
 * good at theatre, dreadful at governing – as we'll see tomorrow'' - For years Republicans have shown no aptitude for running the country. Not surprising when they don't really believe in it - 5th January 2011
 * Obama has lost his mojo. But yes, he can find it again'' - If the liberal renaissance is only a dream, modest advances against hostile forces can make Obama's presidency a success - 15th December 2010
 * US Republicans have created a Frankenstein monster'' - Karl Rove and the neocons were the inspiration for the Tea Party. But they've lost control and now it threatens to overwhelm them - 17th September 2010
 * about that BP oil spill – just get the job done'' - Outrage and punishment are good responses to the Gulf disaster. But above all, the president needs to show competence - 5th June 2010
 * reform is creating more anxiety than euphoria'' - Independent voters don't want huge domestic legislation. Obama will have to convince them this wasn't just act - 5th April 2010
 * vote: Barack Obama passes US health reform by narrow margin'' - 21st March 2010
 * Democrat disgrace'' - Obama's congressmen will sabotage the health bill to keep their seats. It is stomach-churning - 12th March 2010
 * the rich won't work for Obama. But other rallying cries might'' - Obama is shrewd not to inveigh against bankers. Better to make his cause by reminding America of who higher taxes will help - 16th February 2010
 * must show us what he's learned from his first year mistakes'' - He spent a year trying to do things co-operatively, and the system has been unco-operative. Now he must take direct charge and not let Congress call the shots - 11th January 2010
 * blame Obama. The US political system is broken'' - America's founders were keen to create a system that moved slowly. Yet now we have a system that barely moves at all - 14th December 2009
 * Obama's Churchill moment'' - Leaders and war. This, really, is what history finally comes down to, is it not? - 2nd December 2009
 * Obama? You may not be a racist. But you will be white'' - The president's critics are not all prejudiced but the crowd is mutating to the extremes. And we have a bad history on this topic - 17th November 2009
 * American like any other'' - Nidal Hassan snapped, like many of us could do. His Palestinian roots are simply irrelevant - 7th November 2009
 * right think Obama is an ideological Typhoid Mary'' - Liberals loathed Bush, but we didn't invoke fantastical fabrications or root our arguments in metaphor instead of fact - 19th October 2009
 * goes into this massive week besieged by the agitprop machine'' - More than ever, domestic politics impact on foreign policy. The fate of the Middle East may rest on US healthcare reforms - 21st September 2009
 * is tough. So liberals can't just leave it to Obama'' - For euphoria to give way to disillusionment is premature. Instead, supporters should battle for his healthcare bill - 24th August 2009
 * always. But now Republicans are barmy'' - Beyond shutting off all of Obama's initiatives, the party harbours deniers of everything from climate change to his citizenship - 26th July 2009
 * the planet starts with unpicking Congress's knots'' - Passing the climate bill was a victory for Obama, one that also showed up the institutional paralysis in the American system - 26th June 2009
 * Obama doctrine? Let's see what he says to Mubarak'' - If the US president's speech in Cairo brings up democracy and human rights, we'll get some idea about his foreign policy - 31st May 2009
 * a rocket, Obama's hope is shot back down to earth'' - While the US president's pull may help change the world, North Korea won't be the only state needing a lot of work to convince - 6th April 2009
 * out of balance, the Republicans are all set to fail'' - The conservatives who now dominate the party of the American right may come to rue losing their moderate wing - 9th March 2009
 * age of Obama promises the rebirth of US liberalism'' - At last the idea of shared sacrifice has returned to the American mindset. My father would have been moved to tears - 26th January 2009
 * now, the highest-value chip is in Obama's pile'' - Everybody's nervous as hell in these tough times, so the president-elect is banking on us letting him get on and fix things - 12th January 2009
 * to America's hall of shame'' - From Sarah Palin to AIG's pamper-hungry sales reps, the following characters have made us less than proud - 31st December 2008
 * should visit Oklahoma, talk to the CIA and woo more Republicans'' - With these few symbolic steps the president-elect can take the moral high ground and isolate his conservative enemies - 15th December 2008



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