Elections & Public Integrity
TIME’s Klein hears the dog whistles
While TIME columnist Joe Klein admits that Barack Obama’s performance in the first presidential debate was “bizarre — there is no other word for it,” he’s not willing to let…
Joe Klein
American journalist
Elections & Public Integrity
Man-bites-dog moment: TIME’s Klein offers some praise to the GOP candidate in the campaign’s closing days
While TIME‘s latest cover story examines Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormonism, a more interesting Romney reference in the same magazine is buried near the end of Joe Klein‘s latest…
Elections & Public Integrity
TIME’s Klein, no fan of Romney, nonetheless thinks he might have a better chance than Obama to get things done
There’s no danger of mistaking TIME scribe Joe Klein for a Mitt Romney booster. Still, Klein’s latest column offers some interesting thoughts about the former Massachusetts governor’s ability to get…
Elections & Public Integrity
TIME’s Klein think Dems need to ditch identity politics
Yes, you read that correctly. TIME columnist Joe Klein urges his ideological allies in the Democratic Party to jettison one of their key electoral strategies. The Democrats have a serious…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
If TIME’s Joe Klein thinks Paul Ryan’s ideas are bad …
… they must have something going for them. Klein devotes his latest TIME column to blasting Ryan’s ideas as “puerile,” “not very deep,” and appropriate only for a “libertarian Disneyland.”…
Elections & Public Integrity
TIME’s Klein understands why the ‘you didn’t build that’ comment hurts Obama
While TIME columnist Joe Klein agrees President Obama’s recent “you didn’t build that” comment has been taken out context, Klein’s latest column makes clear that the comments don’t look much…
Health Care
TIME’s Klein: Decent diagnosis, questionable prescription
You don’t have to accept TIME columnist Joe Klein‘s prescription for fixing the federal health care law to appreciate a key aspect of his diagnosis of the law’s ills. [D]espite…
Elections & Public Integrity
Klein’s advice might not buck up Democratic spirits
Joe Klein ends his latest TIME column, titled “An Election of Lesser Evils,” with the following recommendation for the Obama re-election team: It’s been a long time since middle-class Americans…
Education
Another sign that people are starting to recognize the higher education bubble?
The notion that the United States faces a higher education bubble and that college has been oversold is not news to regular readers in this forum. A new article on…
Elections & Public Integrity
Joe Klein offers Romney some campaign advice
Since TIME‘s Joe Klein has made a living in recent years bashing George W. Bush and promoting Barack Obama — and since he kind of likes Rick Santorum (?) —…
Elections & Public Integrity
TIME’s Klein buries a nugget of wisdom in his latest column
While Joe Klein plants the usual attacks against “wingers” and “extremists” within his latest TIME column, the final paragraph includes an astute observation about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: He…
Law & Public Safety
Joe Klein: Constitutional scholar
At the end of a TIME column spelling out the ways in which President Obama’s State of the Union speech echoed Republican themes (because campaigning Democrats can’t rely on honesty…