Scandal in the Age of Obama
October 24, 2011 7:14 pm

Why Washington feeding frenzies aren't what they used to be.

By Jonathan Alter

....Obama's presidency is nearly three years old. It has been nearly four years since the furor over Reverend Jeremiah Wright. During this period, Obama has been reviled by conservatives to a degree matched only by the venom directed at Franklin Roosevelt and, later, Bill Clinton. But the vituperation, distortions, and outright lies have been mostly about policies, alleged policies, conspiracy theories, and ludicrous fantasies.

In all that time-a record span, according to scholars-there has been no major Obama scandal to speak of. Some potential scandals-like Tom Daschle's back taxes-have been nipped in the bud. (Two weeks after the inauguration, Daschle asked that his nomination to be HHS secretary not be sent to the Senate.) Other stories that might have paralyzed earlier administrations just fizzled.

The question is why....

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