Liberal Rift: Bloggers React to Sean Wilentz's Obama Bashing

Compiled by EVAN R. GOLDSTEIN

As the Democratic Party seeks to heal bruised feelings from a hard-fought primary campaign, many liberal intellectuals are puzzled and angered by the behavior of the Princeton University historian Sean Wilentz. In a recent cover story for Newsweek, Wilentz — an avowed supporter of Hillary Clinton, who tirelessly and forcefully made the case for her candidacy in a flurry of opinion columns, essays, and blog posts — has some harsh words for Barack Obama. In "A Liberal's