The New Republic's Frank Foer FORAcast: Norman Ornstein

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Partner:: New Republic
Location:: The New Republic
Denver, CO
Event Date:: 08.26.08
Speakers:: Franklin Foer,; Norman J. Ornstein
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Summary: Frank Foer (Editor, The New Republic) talks with Dr. Norman Ornstein about Barack Obama - what we can extrapolate about his leadership style should he become President, and the challenges that a President Obama would face as he tries to implement the deep reforms that he proposes. Also, Dr. Ornstein talks about how his personal experiences with Joe Biden over the years, has led him to become a "Biden fan".

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Franklin Foer

Franklin Foer is an American political journalist and the editor of The New Republic.

Foer graduated from Columbia in 1996. Before joining The New Republic, Foer was a frequent contributor to the online magazine Slate.

His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Spin, U.S. News & World Report, Lingua Franca, The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, New York and Foreign Policy. In 2004 he published his first book, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.

Norman J. Ornstein

Norman J. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. An election analyst for CBS News, he writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs, and he appears regularly on television programs like The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, and Charlie Rose. He serves on the board of the Public Broadcasting Service and several other nonprofit groups. Like Mann, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.