Salon published a piece by Matt Stoller called “The Progressive Case Against Obama.” Then they published a piece in response by the actor and Zen priest Peter Coyote called “The Progressive Case for Obama.”

Mr. Coyote is a talented actor, but as a thinker he is embarrassing. He is unable to rebut Mr. Stoller’s indictments of President Obama, and actually concedes that he agrees with them. He also rightly addresses the crimes of Bill Clinton, but then goes on to - nebulously - defend President...