RICHARD WOLFFE is an award-winning journalist and political analyst for MSNBC television, appearing frequently on MSNBCamp;#8217;s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Hardball. He covered the entire length of Barack Obamaamp;#8217;s presidential campaign forNewsweekmagazine. BeforeNewsweek, Wolffe was a senior journalist at theFinancial Times, serving as its deputy bureau chief and U.S. diplomatic correspondent. He lives with his wife and their three children in Washington, D.C.