How to Grade Barack Obama’s First Year
With his years of experience covering the White House, Jonathan Alter understands intimately the shortcomings of the instant news cycle. “You need to wait a few weeks or months before people will talk,” he told the full house at the RAND Corporation. Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, revealed what he learned writing the “second draft” of history: the inside story on Obama’s successes, failures, and his even and sometimes alienating temperament. Healthcare, not school uniforms The biggest surprise for Alter as he wrote The Promise …
