Broder is a consistent Leftist , and it makes one curious as to why you would say he isn’t ...
Did you read the quotation I posted by Broder: “History will record that both of them saw the threat to the West posed by terrorism and responded courageously” Do those sound like the words of a partisan leftist?
Or that the man heaped praise on Karl Rove?
I’m not sure about “consistent.” I’m not familiar enough with Broder to say that. But I do remember the guy was a rare journalist who could praise Bush and the War on Terror. Why should I trash a guy who I think has been fair on an occasion or two?
Now that you mentioned, I’ve searched through some of his articles, and I would say he has a few redeemable moments:
On Bill Clinton:
“”Ambrose is right on both scores,” says Howard Baker. “But the difference between Clinton and Nixon is that Nixon resigned because he couldn’t stand it. Clinton is not cut from the same cloth. He can compartmentalize. I drive by the White House at night and think, ‘What in the world are they doing right now? How do they function?’ I would be destroyed.”
For Baker, the most serious consequence of the scandal is “the diminished capability for the U.S. to lead by moral example . . . the impact on Kosovo and Iraq. I can just see Saddam Hussein licking his chops seeing that the U.S. is less willing to respond.”
Washington insiders are particularly appalled by the president’s recklessness, given the fact that he was already facing the Jones lawsuit. “What angers people here,” says political writer Elizabeth Drew, is that “he was on notice. There are two different kinds of judgments — one, how terrible and two, how stupid. Even if this doesn’t warrant throwing him out of office, there are too many people who are bothered by it morally and there are others who want to take the opportunity to exploit his vulnerability. The result is an awful lot of wreckage and damage.”
“Even those who have to deal with or publicly support the administration do so grudgingly. They say that regardless of whether his fortunes improve, Bill Clinton has essentially lost the Washington Establishment for good.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm