3 Quotes & Sayings By Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart is a staff writer at The New Republic, where he has written extensively about the Middle East, including "Breaking the Wave," about Hamas, "Showdown in Ramallah," about the Palestinian uprising, and "The Crisis of Zionism," about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is also a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where his research focuses on American foreign policy in the Middle East. He is the author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals—and Only Liberals—Can Win the War on Terror and The Crisis of Zionism: Reflections on Israel/Palestine, co-authored with David Remnick. His articles have been published in numerous other periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, and Harper's Magazine.

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It's easy to see why conservatives would be salivating at the thought of a Hillary primary challenge. Presidents who face serious primary challenges– Ford, Carter, Bush I–almost always lose. The last president who lost reelection without a serious primary challenge, by contrast, was Herbert Hoover. But in truth, the chances that Obama will face a primary challenge are vanishingly slim, and the chances that he will lose reelection only slightly higher. No wonder conservatives are fantasizing about Hillary Clinton taking down Barack Obama. If she doesn't, it's unlikely they will. Peter Beinart
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Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them. Peter Beinart