Jacob Weisberg - Jacob Weisberg is editor of Slate. He was previously Slate's chief political correspondent and the originator of its "Strange Bedfellow" and "Ballot Box" columns. Before joining Slate in 1996, he wrote about politics for magazines including the New Republic, Newsweek, and New York Magazine, and has written as well for Vanity Fair and the New York Times Magazine.
He is the co-author, with Robert E. Rubin, of In an Uncertain World. He is also the author of In Defense of Government, the 2000 eBook The Road to Chadville, and the Bushisms series.
For related Britannica content, please search on Britannica's Web site, at www.britannica.com.
Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy, discusses the view that George W. Bush's has largely failed.
Drawing from his research of the Bush family, Weisberg concludes that many of George W. Bush's failures have actually stemmed from his father's successes.