http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenGet the latest articles from Marc Thiessen articles and view preview articles in the Marc Thiessen archive from The Washington Post.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyTue, 07 May 2013 01:48:51 GMTTue, 07 May 2013 01:48:51 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2b936755/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Ea0Ebenghazi0Ebombshell0C20A130C0A50C0A60Cd7a4e3fe0Eb6510E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>The Obama administration wants to consign the Benghazi terrorist attack to the history books, but this week three State Department officials will tell Congress that the Obama administration’s version of history is false — and that the falsehoods it told the American people were willful and deliberate.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell/2013/05/06/d7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2b936755/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell%2F2013%2F05%2F06%2Fd7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=A+Benghazi+bombshell" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell%2F2013%2F05%2F06%2Fd7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=A+Benghazi+bombshell" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell%2F2013%2F05%2F06%2Fd7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=A+Benghazi+bombshell" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell%2F2013%2F05%2F06%2Fd7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=A+Benghazi+bombshell" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell%2F2013%2F05%2F06%2Fd7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=A+Benghazi+bombshell" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017169555/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b936755/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017169555/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b936755/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017169555/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b936755/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>U S State DepartmentU.S. ambassadorMarc ThiessenMon, 06 May 2013 14:45:42 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-a-benghazi-bombshell/2013/05/06/d7a4e3fe-b651-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2b4fb48c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Emiranda0Erules0Emust0Ebe0Erevised0C20A130C0A40C290Cf10A0Ab6be0Eb0Ad60E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the decision to read Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, his Miranda warning, telling CNN that cutting off his questioning “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/us/boston-attack">was totally consistent</a> with the laws that we have.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised/2013/04/29/f100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2b4fb48c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Ff100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Why+did+Eric+Holder+drop+the+ball+on+Miranda+reform%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Ff100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Why+did+Eric+Holder+drop+the+ball+on+Miranda+reform%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Ff100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Why+did+Eric+Holder+drop+the+ball+on+Miranda+reform%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Ff100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Why+did+Eric+Holder+drop+the+ball+on+Miranda+reform%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Ff100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Why+did+Eric+Holder+drop+the+ball+on+Miranda+reform%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016792639/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b4fb48c/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016792639/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b4fb48c/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016792639/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b4fb48c/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:39:25 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-miranda-rules-must-be-revised/2013/04/29/f100b6be-b0d6-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2b05ab4a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eis0Eboston0Eonly0Ethe0Ebeginning0C20A130C0A40C220C0A5a9ea4c0Eab530E11e20Eb6fd0Eba6f5f26d70Ae0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Of all the unanswered questions since the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/boston-marathon-explosions-recap/?hpid=z2">Boston Marathon bombing</a>, the biggest is this: Why has al-Qaeda not carried out more attacks like the one in Boston? </p> <p>In the past 12 years, al-Qaeda has repeatedly attempted attacks intended to match or exceed 9/11 in scope and scale. It set in motion plots to fly hijacked planes into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, Heathrow Airport and buildings in downtown London. It tried to blow up seven passenger planes carrying at least 1,500 passengers over the Atlantic Ocean using liquid explosive hidden in sports drinks. Its Yemeni affiliate tried to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit using abomb hidden in underwear. And it tried to blow up planes headed for the United States using bombs hidden in printer cartridges timed to explode over the eastern seaboard. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning/2013/04/22/05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2b05ab4a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Is+Boston+only+the+beginning+of+a+new+kind+of+terror%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Is+Boston+only+the+beginning+of+a+new+kind+of+terror%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Is+Boston+only+the+beginning+of+a+new+kind+of+terror%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Is+Boston+only+the+beginning+of+a+new+kind+of+terror%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning%2F2013%2F04%2F22%2F05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Is+Boston+only+the+beginning+of+a+new+kind+of+terror%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016328334/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b05ab4a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016328334/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b05ab4a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016328334/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2b05ab4a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:41:33 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-is-boston-only-the-beginning/2013/04/22/05a9ea4c-ab53-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2abd2d71/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eobama0Ecannot0Eblame0Ebush0Efor0Ehis0Edeficits0Eany0Elonger0C20A130C0A40C150C5b5ec2aa0Ea5d10E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>So who is President Obama going to blame for our deficits now?</p> <p>Last September, in an interview with “60 Minutes,” Obama <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-claim-that-90-percent-of-the-current-deficit-is-due-to-bush-policies/2012/09/26/e9bfbcd0-077e-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html">laid the blame for the federal budget deficit</a> on the policies he inherited from President George W. Bush. “Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of two wars that weren’t paid for, as a consequence of tax cuts that weren’t paid for, a prescription drug plan that was not paid for, and then the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” Obama declared. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer/2013/04/15/5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2abd2d71/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Obama+can%E2%80%99t+blame+Bush+for+deficits+any+longer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Obama+can%E2%80%99t+blame+Bush+for+deficits+any+longer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Obama+can%E2%80%99t+blame+Bush+for+deficits+any+longer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Obama+can%E2%80%99t+blame+Bush+for+deficits+any+longer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Obama+can%E2%80%99t+blame+Bush+for+deficits+any+longer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323253611/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2abd2d71/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323253611/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2abd2d71/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323253611/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2abd2d71/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:21:20 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obama-cannot-blame-bush-for-his-deficits-any-longer/2013/04/15/5b5ec2aa-a5d1-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2a79cadc/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Edefending0Einfanticide0C20A130C0A40C0A80C36e442940Ea0A610E11e20E9c0A30E6952ff30A5f350Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>When Rep. Todd Akin made his outrageous comments about “legitimate rape” it was front page news — and rightly so. But when a representative of Planned Parenthood is caught on camera defending infanticide, it merits barely a mention in the mainstream media. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-defending-infanticide/2013/04/08/36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2a79cadc/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-defending-infanticide%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Planned+Parenthood%E2%80%99s+defense+of+infanticide" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-defending-infanticide%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Planned+Parenthood%E2%80%99s+defense+of+infanticide" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-defending-infanticide%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Planned+Parenthood%E2%80%99s+defense+of+infanticide" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-defending-infanticide%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Planned+Parenthood%E2%80%99s+defense+of+infanticide" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-defending-infanticide%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen&t=Planned+Parenthood%E2%80%99s+defense+of+infanticide" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163042759469/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2a79cadc/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163042759469/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2a79cadc/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163042759469/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2a79cadc/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:17:32 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-defending-infanticide/2013/04/08/36e44294-a061-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2a3698b2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Ebetraying0Eone0Eof0Ethe0Ecias0Eband0Eof0Esisters0C20A130C0A40C0A10C52441310A0E9ad10E11e20Ea9410Ea19bce7af7550Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Former CIA director Mike Hayden credits “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/01/29/former-cia-officials-who-oversaw-torture-pick-apart-inaccuracies-in-zero-dark-thirty">an incredible band of sisters</a>” for the success of the operation that found and brought down Osama bin Laden. Now one of those sisters has been appointed acting chief of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/clandestine-service/">CIA’s National Clandestine service</a>. It is a major milestone for women at the CIA, the first time in the agency’s history that a female officer has headed the clandestine service.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-betraying-one-of-the-cias-band-of-sisters/2013/04/01/52441310-9ad1-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2a3698b2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Betraying+one+of+the+CIA%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Band+of+Sisters%E2%80%99%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-betraying-one-of-the-cias-band-of-sisters%2F2013%2F04%2F01%2F52441310-9ad1-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991120565/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2a3698b2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991120565/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2a3698b2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991120565/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2a3698b2/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:52:01 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-betraying-one-of-the-cias-band-of-sisters/2013/04/01/52441310-9ad1-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/29b31fa5/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eobamas0Egop0Echarm0Eoffensive0Eis0Ejust0Edamage0Econtrol0C20A130C0A30C180C80Af1a5e60E8fce0E11e20Ebdea0Ee32ad90Ada2390Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>In his first term in office, President Obama played at least <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/06/obama-plays-100th-round-of-golf-as-president/1#.UUcsXhyG2Sp">100 rounds of golf</a>, spending, by his own estimate, an average six hours per outing on the links. So how many hours did he spend meeting with House budget committee chairman Paul Ryan in that same time period? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obamas-gop-charm-offensive-is-just-damage-control/2013/03/18/80f1a5e6-8fce-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/29b31fa5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Obama%E2%80%99s+GOP+charm+offensive+is+just+damage+control&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obamas-gop-charm-offensive-is-just-damage-control%2F2013%2F03%2F18%2F80f1a5e6-8fce-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921038395/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/29b31fa5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921038395/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/29b31fa5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921038395/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/29b31fa5/a2t.img" border="0"/>federal budgetMarc ThiessenRepublican PartyMon, 18 Mar 2013 14:17:19 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obamas-gop-charm-offensive-is-just-damage-control/2013/03/18/80f1a5e6-8fce-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/29309caa/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Ewith0Ethe0Esequester0Eobama0Egets0Ehis0Ebalanced0Eapproach0C20A130C0A30C0A40C883ab9ea0E84da0E11e20E98a30Eb3db6b9ac5860Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Congressional Republicans have had quite a comeback. In January, the GOP was forced to vote for a major tax hike with zero spending cuts. Now it is President Obama who has been forced to accept spending cuts with no tax hike. Who says divided government doesn’t work?</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-with-the-sequester-obama-gets-his-balanced-approach/2013/03/04/883ab9ea-84da-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/29309caa/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=With+the+sequester%2C+Obama+gets+his+%E2%80%98balanced%E2%80%99+approach&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-with-the-sequester-obama-gets-his-balanced-approach%2F2013%2F03%2F04%2F883ab9ea-84da-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920683572/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/29309caa/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920683572/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/29309caa/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920683572/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/29309caa/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack ObamaNew York Times Cofederal budgetMon, 04 Mar 2013 15:54:15 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-with-the-sequester-obama-gets-his-balanced-approach/2013/03/04/883ab9ea-84da-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/28ef3f7d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Emake0Eobama0Edecide0Ewhich0Esequester0Ecuts0C20A130C0A20C250C26169d220E7ee20E11e20Ea350A0E49866afab5840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Barack Obama wants to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/white-house-releases-state-by-state-breakdown-of-sequesters-effects/2013/02/24/caeb71a0-7ec0-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?hpid=z1">blame Republicans</a> for the looming across-the-board spending cuts that will take effect this week. Well, here is a simple sequester solution for the GOP: Let Obama decide how to make the cuts.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-make-obama-decide-which-sequester-cuts/2013/02/25/26169d22-7ee2-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/28ef3f7d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Make+Obama+decide+how+to+deal+with+sequester&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-make-obama-decide-which-sequester-cuts%2F2013%2F02%2F25%2F26169d22-7ee2-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920291404/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/28ef3f7d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920291404/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/28ef3f7d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920291404/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/28ef3f7d/a2t.img" border="0"/>federal budgetMarc ThiessenRepublican PartyMon, 25 Feb 2013 13:57:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-make-obama-decide-which-sequester-cuts/2013/02/25/26169d22-7ee2-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2872951f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cobamas0Ehypocrisy0Eon0Ejack0Elew0Eand0Ehis0Ecayman0Einvestment0C20A130C0A20C110C4382c7540E73e90E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>In <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&#38;v=Ud3mMj0AZZk">a brutal campaign ad</a> last year, Barack Obama showed Mitt Romney warbling “America the Beautiful” while pictures of a sandy beach appeared and the ad declared: “He had millions in a Swiss bank account <span>. . .</span> tax havens like Bermuda … and the Cayman Islands.” It concluded: “Mitt Romney’s not the solution. He’s the problem.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-hypocrisy-on-jack-lew-and-his-cayman-investment/2013/02/11/4382c754-73e9-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2872951f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Obama%E2%80%99s+hypocrisy+on+Jack+Lew&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fobamas-hypocrisy-on-jack-lew-and-his-cayman-investment%2F2013%2F02%2F11%2F4382c754-73e9-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985109638/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2872951f/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985109638/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2872951f/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985109638/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2872951f/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Jack LewObama campaignTwitterMon, 11 Feb 2013 13:01:52 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-hypocrisy-on-jack-lew-and-his-cayman-investment/2013/02/11/4382c754-73e9-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/28390639/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eare0Eobamaleaks0Ean0Eimpeachable0Eoffense0C20A130C0A20C0A40C14a89aca0E6ee50E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Imagine if The Post broke a story about the biggest scandal of the Obama-era — and Washington responded with a collective yawn?</p> <p>That’s precisely what happened recently when <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-is-increasing-pressure-on-suspects-in-stuxnet-inquiry/2013/01/26/f475095e-6733-11e2-93e1-475791032daf_story.html">The Post reported on its front page</a> that senior Obama administration officials were being investigated by the FBI and Justice Department for the leak last summer that the president had personally ordered cyberattacks on the Iranian nuclear program using a computer virus developed with Israel called Stuxnet. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-are-obamaleaks-an-impeachable-offense/2013/02/04/14a89aca-6ee5-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/28390639/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Are+ObamaLeaks+an+impeachable+offense%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-are-obamaleaks-an-impeachable-offense%2F2013%2F02%2F04%2F14a89aca-6ee5-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984839710/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/28390639/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984839710/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/28390639/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984839710/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/28390639/a2t.img" border="0"/>The TimesIranian nuclear programMarc ThiessenMon, 04 Feb 2013 16:33:04 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-are-obamaleaks-an-impeachable-offense/2013/02/04/14a89aca-6ee5-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/27fbc124/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eobamaleaks0Ein0Ethe0Ewhite0Ehouse0C20A130C0A10C280Cda8d84220E695d0E11e20E95b30E272d60A4a10Aa30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>After highly classified details of a U.S. cyberattack on Iran’s nuclear program were made public, President Obama went to the White House press room to denounce those who suggested the leaks were coming from his top national security aides. “The notion that my White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive [and] it is wrong,” <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/08/remarks-president">the president declared</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obamaleaks-in-the-white-house/2013/01/28/da8d8422-695d-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/27fbc124/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=ObamaLeaks+in+the+White+House&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obamaleaks-in-the-white-house%2F2013%2F01%2F28%2Fda8d8422-695d-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984471619/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27fbc124/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984471619/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27fbc124/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984471619/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27fbc124/a2t.img" border="0"/>Central Intelligence AgencyCIA directorMarc ThiessenMon, 28 Jan 2013 17:26:55 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obamaleaks-in-the-white-house/2013/01/28/da8d8422-695d-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/27bec5d9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Ean0Einaugural0Egift0Efrom0Ethe0Egop0C20A130C0A10C210C69580A2340E633e0E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>They should be holding today’s inauguration on the deck of the USS Missouri instead of the steps of the U.S. Capitol, so Barack Obama can formally accept the surrender of the GOP. Before Obama even places his hand on the Bible today, his rout of the House Republicans is already virtually complete. Not only have Republicans capitulated on taxes by violating their no tax pledge, Republican leaders have now announced that they are capitulating on spending as well, by violating the “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/01/07/republicans-getting-weak-kneed-about-debt-ceiling-fight/">Boehner rule</a>.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-an-inaugural-gift-from-the-gop/2013/01/21/69580234-633e-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/27bec5d9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=An+inaugural+gift+from+the+GOP&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-an-inaugural-gift-from-the-gop%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2F69580234-633e-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984152960/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27bec5d9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984152960/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27bec5d9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984152960/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27bec5d9/a2t.img" border="0"/>Marc Thiessengross domestic productRepublican PartyMon, 21 Jan 2013 15:04:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-an-inaugural-gift-from-the-gop/2013/01/21/69580234-633e-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/27822c76/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Edemocrats0Eand0Ethe0Emagic0Ecoin0Efantasy0C20A130C0A10C140Ca6ca3360A0E5e540E11e20E90Aa0A0E73c8343c6d610Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>If there were any doubt that leverage had shifted to Republicans in the debt-limit standoff, it was dispelled when Obama supporters urged the president to create $1 trillion out of thin air by minting a magic coin. Seriously. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-democrats-and-the-magic-coin-fantasy/2013/01/14/a6ca3360-5e54-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/27822c76/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+Democrats%E2%80%99+magic-coin+fantasy&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-democrats-and-the-magic-coin-fantasy%2F2013%2F01%2F14%2Fa6ca3360-5e54-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540707800/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27822c76/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540707800/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27822c76/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540707800/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/27822c76/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:59:29 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-democrats-and-the-magic-coin-fantasy/2013/01/14/a6ca3360-5e54-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2746e0ab/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Erepublicans0Eshould0Estart0Eacting0Elike0Eobama0C20A130C0A10C0A70C0A0A3374b80E58e50E11e20E9fa90E5fbdc9530Aeb90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>I wish more Republicans were like Barack Obama.</p> <p>Really. Give the president his due: he fights for what he believes in. </p> <p>In his first year in office, Obama faced a popular backlash against his stimulus spending bill and saw a Republican elected to Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat in a referendum on Obamacare. Yet despite these and other setbacks, the president declared he had no intention of moderating his approach. “The one thing I’m really clear about is that I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” Obama said in a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/president-obama-good-term-president/story?id=9657337#.UOSMVG82uIU">January 2010 interview</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-republicans-should-start-acting-like-obama/2013/01/07/003374b8-58e5-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2746e0ab/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Republicans+should+start+acting+like+Obama&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-republicans-should-start-acting-like-obama%2F2013%2F01%2F07%2F003374b8-58e5-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153442919386/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2746e0ab/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153442919386/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2746e0ab/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/153442919386/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2746e0ab/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:15:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-republicans-should-start-acting-like-obama/2013/01/07/003374b8-58e5-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2715b012/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cafter0Ethe0Ecliff0Ea0Ebetter0Edeal0Efor0Ethe0Egop0C20A120C120C310C20A3bad6c0E53670E11e20Ebf3e0E76c0Aa789346f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>The world did not end when we reached 12/21/12 on <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/the-end-of-the-world-has-been-postponed---again/2012/12/22/b8fc7468-4c47-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_blog.html">the Mayan calendar</a> — and it won’t end when we go over the fiscal cliff at the stroke of midnight. Quite the opposite, the chances for a good tax and debt reduction deal will improve significantly in the New Year. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-the-cliff-a-better-deal-for-the-gop/2012/12/31/203bad6c-5367-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2715b012/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=After+the+cliff%2C+a+better+deal+for+the+GOP&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fafter-the-cliff-a-better-deal-for-the-gop%2F2012%2F12%2F31%2F203bad6c-5367-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540098480/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2715b012/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540098480/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2715b012/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540098480/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2715b012/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:58:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-the-cliff-a-better-deal-for-the-gop/2012/12/31/203bad6c-5367-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2703f214/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cwhy0Enot0Elet0Etaxes0Erise0Eon0Ethe0Emiddle0Eclass0C20A120C120C280Cb7f69ace0E50Afe0E11e20E8b490E646750A0A6147f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Barring a last-minute breakthrough, taxes will go up for every U.S. taxpayer on Jan. 1 — and that’s a development conservatives should welcome.</p> <p>Don’t get me wrong: It would be better not to raise taxes on anyone, pursue pro-growth tax reform and cut the size of government instead. But that’s not what the American people voted to do last month. Americans cast their ballots for big government. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-not-let-taxes-rise-on-the-middle-class/2012/12/28/b7f69ace-50fe-11e2-8b49-64675006147f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2703f214/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Why+not+let+taxes+rise+on+the+middle+class%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fwhy-not-let-taxes-rise-on-the-middle-class%2F2012%2F12%2F28%2Fb7f69ace-50fe-11e2-8b49-64675006147f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540010452/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2703f214/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540010452/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2703f214/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540010452/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2703f214/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack Obamatax cutsRepublican PartyFri, 28 Dec 2012 16:05:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-not-let-taxes-rise-on-the-middle-class/2012/12/28/b7f69ace-50fe-11e2-8b49-64675006147f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2674c824/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eforget0Esurrender0Erepublicans0Eshould0Estand0Eand0Efight0C20A120C120C10A0C8c0A0A14c80E42de0E11e20E96480Ea2c323a991d60Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>When the 1st Marine Regiment was encircled by communist forces at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Marine Col. Lewis “Chesty” Puller was said to have declared: “We’re surrounded. Good! Now we can fire in any direction.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-forget-surrender-republicans-should-stand-and-fight/2012/12/10/8c0014c8-42de-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2674c824/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Republicans+should+stand+and+fight&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-forget-surrender-republicans-should-stand-and-fight%2F2012%2F12%2F10%2F8c0014c8-42de-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539376979/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2674c824/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539376979/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2674c824/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539376979/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2674c824/a2t.img" border="0"/>fiscal cliffMon, 10 Dec 2012 16:01:35 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-forget-surrender-republicans-should-stand-and-fight/2012/12/10/8c0014c8-42de-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/25f96332/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eno0Edown0Epayment0Eto0Eavoid0Ethe0Efiscal0Ecliff0C20A120C110C260C224b452e0E37d10E11e20Eb0A1f0E5f55b193f58f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>With the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-lets-go-over-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/11/19/be05bc72-3251-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html">“fiscal cliff” looming</a> and no “grand bargain” in sight, talk in Washington has turned to a “down payment” — a package of spending cuts and revenue increases that would help us avoid the cliff and give leaders more time to strike a long-term deal. House Speaker <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.speaker.gov/speech/full-text-speaker-boehner-calls-bipartisan-action-avert-fiscal-cliff">John Boehner</a> says such a mini-deal would serve as “a down payment on — and a catalyst for — major solutions, enacted in 2013, that begin to solve the problem.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-no-down-payment-to-avoid-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/11/26/224b452e-37d1-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/25f96332/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=GOP+should+resist+a+%E2%80%98fiscal+cliff%E2%80%99+down+payment&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-no-down-payment-to-avoid-the-fiscal-cliff%2F2012%2F11%2F26%2F224b452e-37d1-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538614665/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/25f96332/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538614665/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/25f96332/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151538614665/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/25f96332/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:22:47 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-no-down-payment-to-avoid-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/11/26/224b452e-37d1-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/25bcd8f7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Elets0Ego0Eover0Ethe0Efiscal0Ecliff0C20A120C110C190Cbe0A5bc720E32510E11e20E9cfa0Ee41bac90A6cc90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Here’s an idea for how to start the New Year in a bipartisan fashion: Let’s go over the fiscal cliff!</p> <p>Today, the only ones in Washington who advocate fiscal cliff-diving are liberal Democrats. It’s time for conservatives to join them. Letting the Bush tax cuts expire will strengthen the GOP’s hand in tax negotiations next year, and it may be the only way Republicans can force President Obama and Senate Democrats to agree to fundamental tax reform. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-lets-go-over-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/11/19/be05bc72-3251-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/25bcd8f7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Let%E2%80%99s+go+over+the+fiscal+cliff&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-lets-go-over-the-fiscal-cliff%2F2012%2F11%2F19%2Fbe05bc72-3251-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148660024087/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/25bcd8f7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148660024087/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/25bcd8f7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148660024087/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/25bcd8f7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:36:41 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-lets-go-over-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/11/19/be05bc72-3251-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2581b933/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Ehow0Eobama0Etrumped0Eromney0Ewith0Ebig0Edata0C20A120C110C120C6fa599da0E2cd40E11e20E89d40E0A40Ac9330A70A2a0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>How on earth did Barack Obama, the community organizer, harness the power of data in the 2012 election like a Bain Capital numbers-cruncher, while Mitt Romney’s data-mining effort crashed and burned like, well, Solyndra? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-how-obama-trumped-romney-with-big-data/2012/11/12/6fa599da-2cd4-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/2581b933/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Obama%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Moneyball%E2%80%99+campaign&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-how-obama-trumped-romney-with-big-data%2F2012%2F11%2F12%2F6fa599da-2cd4-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659356778/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2581b933/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659356778/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2581b933/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659356778/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/2581b933/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:43:29 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-how-obama-trumped-romney-with-big-data/2012/11/12/6fa599da-2cd4-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/253ff37f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ethiessen0Eobama0Erejects0Ehope0Eand0Echange0Ethis0Etime0C20A120C110C0A50Cab57dd0Aa0E2750A0E11e20E99720E71bf64ea0A91c0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>In the midst of the GOP primaries last year, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney told me the strategy the campaign expected President Obama to use this fall: With fewer than 20 percent of Americans believing that the country was headed in the right direction, Obama would have to acknowledge his failures and say to the American people, “I ask permission to start over.” It was the only way Americans would listen to him; he had to ask for a second chance. He might wait as late as a week before the election, but the moment would come — because Obama had no choice.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obama-rejects-hope-and-change-this-time/2012/11/05/ab57dd0a-2750-11e2-9972-71bf64ea091c_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/253ff37f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Obama%E2%80%99s+rejection+of+hope+and+change&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-thiessen-obama-rejects-hope-and-change-this-time%2F2012%2F11%2F05%2Fab57dd0a-2750-11e2-9972-71bf64ea091c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659288946/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/253ff37f/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659288946/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/253ff37f/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659288946/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/253ff37f/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack Obamaauto industryFox NewsMon, 05 Nov 2012 14:40:03 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obama-rejects-hope-and-change-this-time/2012/11/05/ab57dd0a-2750-11e2-9972-71bf64ea091c_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/250132a4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ea0Ethiessen0Ewill0Eobamas0Ebankruptcy0Eline0Ework0Ein0Eohio0C20A120C10A0C290Cb94a6da40E21d50E11e20E84480E81b1ce7d69780Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio</p> <p>In an interview with <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-and-the-road-ahead-the-rolling-stone-interview-20121025">Rolling Stone</a>, President Obama called Mitt Romney a “bull­s----er.” But here in Ohio, it is Obama who is peddling the B.S. when it comes to Romney and automobile-company bankruptcy. The question is: Will Obama’s bankruptcy B.S. win him the Buckeye State — and with it a second term in the White House?</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-a-thiessen-will-obamas-bankruptcy-line-work-in-ohio/2012/10/29/b94a6da4-21d5-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/250132a4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Will+Obama%E2%80%99s+bankruptcy+line+work+in+Ohio%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-a-thiessen-will-obamas-bankruptcy-line-work-in-ohio%2F2012%2F10%2F29%2Fb94a6da4-21d5-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148658824399/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/250132a4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148658824399/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/250132a4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148658824399/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/250132a4/a2t.img" border="0"/>US Governmentauto industryWill ObamaMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:52:26 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-a-thiessen-will-obamas-bankruptcy-line-work-in-ohio/2012/10/29/b94a6da4-21d5-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/24c0efa3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmarc0Ea0Ethiessen0Ewhy0Emondays0Edebate0Ewill0Ebe0Ea0Eslugfest0C20A120C10A0C220C2af2c50A80E1c650E11e20Eba310E30A83ca97c3140Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>Before last week’s presidential debate, the conventional wisdom was that it would be a more subdued encounter — because it is hard to attack your opponent in a town-hall format. Well, as we all saw, the conventional wisdom was dead wrong. So we should take with a grain of salt the talk about how <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/in-final-debate-obama-and-romney-to-offer-differing-views-of-americas-role-in-the-world/2012/10/21/f0975626-194e-11e2-b97b-3ae53cdeaf69_story.html">tonight’s foreign-policy debate</a> will be a more serious and subdued affair. It will be a slugfest — because Barack Obama has no choice but to come out swinging. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-a-thiessen-why-mondays-debate-will-be-a-slugfest/2012/10/22/2af2c508-1c65-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/24c0efa3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Why+Monday%E2%80%99s+debate+will+be+a+slugfest&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmarc-a-thiessen-why-mondays-debate-will-be-a-slugfest%2F2012%2F10%2F22%2F2af2c508-1c65-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545504072/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/24c0efa3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545504072/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/24c0efa3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144545504072/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/24c0efa3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack ObamaAl-Qaedanuclear weaponMon, 22 Oct 2012 17:13:13 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-a-thiessen-why-mondays-debate-will-be-a-slugfest/2012/10/22/2af2c508-1c65-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/24893094/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cno0Ecomfort0Efor0Eobama0Efrom0Edebate0Ehistory0C20A120C10A0C160C7a860A8180E17930E11e20Ea55c0E3940A8fbe6a4b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Imarc0Ethiessen/story01.htm<p>As Tuesday’s second presidential debate approaches, Democrats worried by President Obama’s poor performance in the first debate have taken comfort in a false historical comparison: Both George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, we are told, lost their first presidential debates but went on to win reelection. That may be a consoling storyline, but it is highly misleading. Here is why:</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-comfort-for-obama-from-debate-history/2012/10/16/7a860818-1793-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessen">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635870/s/24893094/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=No+comfort+for+Obama+in+debate+history&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fno-comfort-for-obama-from-debate-history%2F2012%2F10%2F16%2F7a860818-1793-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_marc-thiessen" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545095051/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/24893094/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545095051/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/24893094/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144545095051/u/0/f/635870/c/34656/s/24893094/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:50:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-comfort-for-obama-from-debate-history/2012/10/16/7a860818-1793-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html?wprss=rss_marc-thiessenMarc A. Thiessen