Commentary
By Jamison Foser
Reading Mark Halperin’s assessment of Barack Obama’s first year in office, one thing is immediately clear: The silliness of his criteria is matched only by his inability to properly apply them. The problem isn’t just that Halperin assesses Obama’s attainment of Halperin’s remarkably shallow goals; it’s also that the Time editor-at-large has no idea what he’s talking about.
Take, for example, Halperin’s third sentence: "His approval ratings have fallen, and ideologically,…
