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HNN Hot Topics: Barack Obama: 2012 Election


Barack Obama preparing for a press conference, 2009. Credit: Wikipedia

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  • What do historians really think of Obama? (6-8-12)
  • Allan Lichtman: Obama’s victory is certain (5-29-12)

    • Commentary: Historians

  • Victor Davis Hanson: The Uncool President (11-1-12)
  • Robert S. McElvaine: Obama vs. Hoover (10-31-12)
  • Dennis Gaffney: Barack D. Eisenhower (10-29-12)
  • Robin Lindley: How History Shaped Barack Obama’s View of National Identity (10-15-12)
  • Ira Chernus: Obama's Other Debate Failure: No Narrative (10-8-12)
  • Jim Sleeper: Barack's Lost Idealism (10-8-12)
  • Ira Chernus: "Hope and Change:" The "Comeback Kid" of Political Narratives? (10-1-12)
  • Juan Cole: Is Paul Ryan Right that Obama’s Foreign Policy is Blowing Up in Our Faces? (9-27-12
  • Niall Ferguson: Obama’s Gotta Go (8-19-12)
  • Andrew M. Obritsch: How Does Obama's Personality Stack Up Against FDR's? (8-6-12)
  • Victor Davis Hanson: The Obama Foreign Policy (7-3-12)
  • Julian Zelizer: Can Obama Split the GOP? (6-25-12)
  • Michael T. Klare: Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney? (6-21-12)
  • Sean Wilentz: Why Lyndon Johnson Should Matter, Not Least to Barack Obama. (6-21-12)
  • Sam Walker: President Obama and Civil Liberties: Unraveling a Very Mixed Record (6-6-12)
  • Alfred J. Zacher: If He's Re-Elected, Will Obama be a Successful Second-Termer? (6-4-12)
  • Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine: Power Pivot or Duffer’s Divot?: Obama’s Asia Policy (4-9-12)
  • Walter G. Moss: Does Barack Obama Have True Political Wisdom? (Yes, He Does.) (3-12-12)
  • Tom Engelhardt: Obama Breaks New Ground When It Comes to War With Iran (3-12-12)
  • Robert Brent Toplin: Why Has Obama Been More Successful Abroad Than at Home? Three Words: No GOP Obstructionism (2-13-12)
  • Rosemarie Ostler: Lesson for Obama: GOP Mud Didn't Stick to FDR (1-16-12)
  • Jacob Kramer: Obama Shouldn't be Above Criticism by Progressives (10-29-11)

    • Commentary: Media

  • Michael A. Cohen: Has President Obama Kept His Campaign Promises? (7-23-12)
  • James Fallows: Review of David Maraniss's "Barack Obama: The Story" (6-17-12)