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#12 David Broder

The Washington Post

David Broder writes a twice-weekly op-ed column for The Washington Post, his professional home for more than 40 years. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1973. More information


A Beltway institution unto himself, Broder has built up his authority by covering every presidential election since Kennedy-Nixon in 1960. A centrist, he hews to a path that has gained him few enemies, save on the fringes of both parties. Career politicians and their rising and falling fortunes populate his column. In his writing, Broder is considered nonideological, privileging information from his elite sources over personal opinion.

Broder has racked up more than 400 appearances on Meet the Press, far exceeding any other guest on the longest-running show on network television.

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February 6, 2010
The President

Obama's Choice

Looking at the campaigns in Massachusetts and Illinois, the first two states to vote this year, it is clear as can be that voters are trying desperately to figure out how to change the dynamics of Washington. They will support candidates in either party who offer hope of stifling the poisonous partisanship and addressing the real-world problems of jobs, deficits and health care. But Obama does not have to wait for the voters to change Congress -- which they will do, come November. He can, as his friend from Springfield days reminded him, start that change now by being himself.
February 4, 2010
Health Care Reform

Reform We Can't Ignore

Obama is right in saying this Congress cannot simply walk away from health-care reform. It has to try again, with an invitation to Republicans and Democrats to make lowering costs the prime objective and not quitting until there is agreement on a plan.
January 31, 2010
Congress

Arming for an Ad War

Such direct confrontations between the branches of the federal government are almost unprecedented, and they set the stage for what ought to be a serious debate.
January 28, 2010
Fiscal Policy

Senators Betray the Nation

As President Obama delivered his first formal State of the Union address, the reigning journalistic cliche described the "angry, frustrated electorate" he confronts. If you want to know where this anger should really be directed, look at the Tuesday Senate roll call and focus on the 22 Democrats, 23 Republicans and one independent who combined to scuttle what one sponsor has called "the last, best hope" to avert a catastrophe.
January 24, 2010
Republicans

Good Time for Republicans

On Tuesday night, when underdog Scott Brown beat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat, Cornyn and his boss, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, suddenly had the power -- with 41 votes -- to filibuster and defeat any legislation on which they were united.
January 17, 2010
The President

Obama Needs a Good Economy

Politically, he is notably weaker than when he began. Not, as some of his critics maintain, because the voters have tuned him out or become indifferent to his well-crafted speeches but because none of the goals most important to the American people have been achieved.
January 10, 2010
Democrats

Connecticut's Straight-Shooter

What I know is that the Senate will be a poorer place, in both human and political terms, without Chris Dodd in its membership.
January 8, 2010
Flight 253

The Christmas Bomber and Obama's Agenda

Was Christmas Day 2009 the same kind of wake-up call for Barack Obama that Sept. 11, 2001, had been for George W. Bush?
December 22, 2009
Democrats

The Democrats Aren't Backing Their Own President

The closer we get to the midterm elections, when they will be on the ballot and he will not, the more members of Congress -- and not just Pelosi -- will judge what is best for themselves and the less they'll be swayed by Obama
December 18, 2009
Fiscal Policy

Stop the Debt Tsunami

When Congress this week ducked its responsibility again by deciding to enact a temporary, two-month increase in the debt ceiling, the need for a shock treatment like this report could not be plainer.
December 13, 2009
War in Afghanistan

Words that Matter

One of the things that sets Barack Obama apart from most politicians is how much can be learned from listening to his speeches.
December 11, 2009
Health Care Reform

Health-Care Help from the Rookies

We badly need a ... transformation in health care, and the freshmen's amendments may help bring it sooner.
December 6, 2009
War in Afghanistan

The President's Other Insurgency

A president who wages a war supported mainly by his political foes and opposed by large numbers of his own party runs a huge political risk. Even if he prevails for a time, he pays a price: the loss of his most loyal supporters.
December 4, 2009
War in Afghanistan

Testing President No-Drama

It is well that Obama does not panic. Holding things together will be a constant test through every day of 2010.
November 22, 2009
Health Care Reform

A Budget-Buster in the Making

The challenge to Congress -- and to Obama -- remains the same: Make the promised savings real, and don't pass along unfunded programs to our children and grandchildren.
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