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RedditBack in 2004, I wrote an essay predicting the progressive populist moment was at hand. Katrina Vanden Heuvel disagreed. It turns out I was premature.
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Maliki's Obama Endorsement
Tom Hayden: In a huge setback for John McCain and the Bush Administration, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki endorses Barack Obama's timeline for withdrawal--and the presumptive Democratic nominee could reap a windfall.
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Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan
Tom Hayden: Obama's plan to de-escalate the war in Iraq only to ramp up another in Afghanistan just might work. It could also entrap the US in an even wider quagmire.
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Pentagon Fights Peace Majorities in US and Iraq
Tom Hayden: The electorates in both countries are threatening to topple the principal warmakers at the ballot box.
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Barack at Risk
Tom Hayden: Barack Obama could put his entire candidacy at risk if his audacity on the war in Iraq continues to shrivel.
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Meet the New Dr. Strangelove
Tom Hayden: His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
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Let the Resurrection Begin
Tom Hayden: Hillary Clinton's moving speech cemented a place for herself and the feminist movement in the unfolding drama of the 2008 presidential election.
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Mixed Blessing
Tom Hayden: Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.
It was not so long ago that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were hawkish neo-liberals, eager to prove that they were neither peaceniks nor mindless populists. Now they appear as solid progressives in sync with the broad base of their party.
In tonight's CNN-Univision debate, Hillary Clinton personified the empathy of Franklin Roosevelt, while Barack Obama invoked the new spirit of John F. Kennedy. I thought Clinton excelled with her wrap-up statement, which led to a standing ovation. She succeeded in expressing a deep empathy for working families.
Obama won on the issues of Cuba and Iraq, and held his own on healthcare against her severe attacks. They seemed equal on their opening statements, on what they would do on Day One, Mexican-American issues and Bush earmarks. Once again, Clinton's attacks seemed to bounce right off Obama.
Clinton's performance might re-ignite her campaign, but it also could be a memorable farewell, a dignity in defeat, for which she will be well remembered and honored.
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