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David Brooks - Both Candidates have Shortcomings

1,856 views · Published 17 September 2008 · 3:06 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: FORA.tv · 2008 · News & Politics

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New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks expresses  disappointment with both Presidential candidates in the 2008 election, wondering if either has the political skills to reach effective bipartisan agreements.

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A panel discussion at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival featuring Amy Goodman, David Brooks, Stuart Rothenberg, Arianna Huffington, Jonathan Capehart, Jim Wallis and moderated by Jonathan Alter.

David Brooks became an op-ed columnist for The New York Times in September 2003. He had been an editor at The Wall Street Journal, a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, and a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic. Currently a commentator on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, he is also the author of Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There and On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense. He has contributed essays and articles to many publications, including The New Yorker, Forbes, The Public Interest, The New Republic, and Commentary. He is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio, CNN’s Late Edition, and The Diane Rehm Show.

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