CNN’s John Avlon cut away the nicities and just said it: the GOP is trying to extort the President. May I say “ditto?” (actually I have my take HERE about some of what is going on..). Watch for yourself HERE as Avlon, a leading voice for centrists, independents and moderates tells it like it is,
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.