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Clive Crook

Clive Crook - Clive Crook is a senior editor of The Atlantic and a columnist for Bloomberg View. He was the Washington columnist for the Financial Times, and before that worked at The Economist for more than 20 years, including 11 years as deputy editor. Crook writes about the intersection of politics and economics. More

Crook writes about the intersection of politics and economics.
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Liberals for Obama

By Clive Crook

Aug 13 2010, 9:25 AM ET Comment

Obama needs to abandon the temperament of a conciliator, and turn more aggressively on an opposition out to destroy him, advises Robert Kuttner. But don't misunderstand all the griping from the left.

[F]or the most part, liberals are criticizing our president out of tough love. We dearly want him to succeed.

Good to have that confirmed.




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