Barack Obama takes office today with a realistic prospect of joining the ranks of history's most powerful presidents....

Barack Obama takes office today with a realistic prospect of joining the ranks of history's most powerful presidents....

I doubt I can break much ground on whether Angler is pro- or anti-Cheney, or sufficiently balanced, or correct in its judgments. I'm happy to leave that judgment to readers. I do not claim, as I think my interlocutors here understand, that Angler is objective if that means it has no point of view. N...

I replied to Paul's first post before reading the most recent. So a few more words on the "Potemkin Washington" that Paul sees in my book. Paul says that in Angler-world "the only pairs of sharp elbows appear to belong to the vice president and his counsel," while "everyone else plays 'fair,' never ...

Uh oh. I waited too long to weigh back in, and now there's way too much to talk about. I'll address two points now and post again as soon as I can. Jake asks what's so new about a big shot cutting corners and maneuvering for power. In principle, nothing. Senior advisers to presidents contend for tur...

Let me just say to begin with that it is flattering and daunting, in more or less equal parts, to talk about my new book on Vice President Cheney with four of its published critics: Jacob Heilbrunn in the NYT Book Review, Steve Clemons in the American Conservative, David Greenberg in Slate and Spenc...

Anyone can learn Dick Cheney's methods. Here is an executive summary....