Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they were seeing a man suddenly thrust into a grave challenge no one could have anticipated. — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
Asked at the hearing why she hadn't pressed the FBI more closely about what it knew, or didn't know, about domestic terrorist threats, Rice… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
I've always thought of him [Barack Obama] and from conversations know him to be a guy who takes the long view, who doesn't get too high, doesn't get too low and seizes the opportunities when they're there and knows how to ride the wave. I ascribe that to Hawaii. He's a body surfer, so he knows how to get on… — Howard Fineman Copy Share
There's a very healthy tradition in America of skepticism of centralized power. If we ever lose the skepticism of centralized power, we'll lose the… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
If Rand Paul is going to go anywhere, he is going to have to expand it beyond merely this argument about where we put… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
Gov. Scott Walker, a Tea Party-tinged Republican, is the advance guard of a new GOP push to dismantle public-sector unions as an electoral force. — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
To get elected as a Democrat, it's hard to be from the city. It's hard to be a graduate of Duke University. — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
Do you see Jesus Christ as the son of God and believe in him as the route to salvation and eternal life? — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
I know that from the days of Watergate... the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
If you look at the top ten most reliable cars, as reported by thousands of people in all kinds of independent testing, there's only… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
