Jeff Shesol is the author of Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court. He is also a founding partner of West Wing Writers, a speechwriting and strategy firm, and the author of Mutual Contempt. From 1998 to 2001, Shesol served as a speechwriter to President Bill Clinton. A Rhodes scholar, he holds degrees in history from Oxford and Brown universities. His comic strip, Thatch, appeared daily in more than 150 newspapers from 1994 to 1998.
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Bashing the Supremes
Why Obama should leave the court alone this fall. MORE
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Obama’s Righteous Court Fight
Why this president needs to speak out more—just like FDR and Reagan did. By Jeff Shesol. MORE
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Obama Needs a New Tune
Clinton speechwriter Jeff Shesol on why Obama’s reelection message isn’t working. MORE
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Joy Behar Was Right
The co-hostess of The View faulted Obama for failing to tell the country where he was leading us.... MORE
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Obama vs. FDR
Heading into his first midterm, Roosevelt, too, faced an ailing economy and critics blasting him... MORE
