Eric Alterman : (4)

" If bloggers are to improve our public discourse – helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world – it is necessary to use some sort of standard with which to judge their reliability. Perhaps the answer (strictly advisory) is a body of their peers. Perhaps not. " - Eric Alterman

" Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. " - Eric Alterman

" Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment. " - Eric Alterman

" Politically, Obama’s amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding. " - Eric Alterman