David Brooks - Both Candidates have Shortcomings

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/A_Critical_Look_at_the_Presidential_Nominees

New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks expresses disappointment with both Presidential candidates in the 2008 election, wondering if either has the political skills to reach effective bipartisan agreements.

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A panel discussion at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival featuring Amy Goodman, David Brooks, Stuart Rothenberg, Arianna Huffington, Jonathan Capehart, Jim Wallis and moderated by Jonathan Alter.

David Brooks became an op-ed columnist for The New York Times in September 2003. He had been an editor at The Wall Street Journal, a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, and a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic. Currently a commentator on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, he is also the author of Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There and On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense. He has contributed essays and articles to many publications, including The New Yorker, Forbes, The Public Interest, The New Republic, and Commentary. He is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio, CNN’s Late Edition, and The Diane Rehm Show.

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[annveal5353]

I wouldnt vote for my penis, it tends to point to the right

[LeonardMichaelis]

Who is interested in this idiot's opinions ?

Go home you full idiot and have a look in your own brain regarding short comings.

[baianoph]

Thanks =)

i'm feeling naughty at the moment CK

[etsneroj]

I'm a big fan of David Brooks. I'd like to see him do something big. He is a Buckley protege, and it's probably too much to ask of him, or anyone, to leave behind a legacy on the scale of Buckley's. Still, that is the point on the horizon he should sail for.

[8data]

david broox is the bomb

[badger5079]

Politics is a dirty business...always has been and always will be.

[annveal5353]

my penis for president!

[ImperiusRex]

Yeah, the two campaigns have been extremely typical, and I too am a bit disappointed that things haven't really be shaken up yet.