…this is the best opinion piece I’ve read on the subject. Short, simple, and to the point: WHAT JOHN MCCAIN UNDERESTIMATES 1. The astonishing enthusiasm that Obama inspires in his supporters — and how much it contrasts with the respect, but not passion, McCain enjoys from his own backers. (And the size of Obama’s crowds…) 2. The “Major League vs … Read More
McCain On Wiretapping
It’s hard to understand John McCain. He keeps allying himself with the Bush agenda, despite the fact that Bush is polling as the most unliked president in modern history [UPDATE: Apparently, I was more right than I thought. USA Today reports that John McCain "won’t try to separate himself from a weakened President Bush or his unpopular handling of the … Read More
Words vs. Deeds: McCain
Let the McCain basking begin — John McCain, speaking in Katrina-devestated New Orleans — June 3, 2008, on Obama: The wrong change looks not to the future but to the past for solutions that have failed us before and will surely fail us again. I have a few years on my opponent, so I am surprised that a young man … Read More
Yeah, I Know It’s Over. And It’s Just Beginning.
I’m sure by now everyone knows it’s over. So what can I blog about? The historic significance of the first African-American presidential candidate? Yeah, but you know that, too, unless you live under a rock. Will the Democratic party unify? Yes. Will Hillary be VP? I don’t know yet. That said, now that we’re at a new starting line politically, … Read More
Obama’s Not A Very Good Muslim
John McCain on May 9, 2008: John McCain has offered a creative new justification for the use of Obama’s alleged endorsement by Hamas as an issue in the campaign: Even though Obama clearly has nothing in common with the organization, people will care about it, anyway. "It’s very obvious to everyone that Senator Obama shares nothing of the values or … Read More
Is Barack Obama Muslim?
No.[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317031,00.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16813267/ http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_barack_obama_muslim.htm http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/11/12/obama_has_never_been_a_muslim_1.php Source: IsBarackObamaMuslim.com Just in case you get one of those emails….
The Michelle Tape — Trouble for Obama?
Apparently, Michelle Obama was at a forum where she made a reference to "whitey". Apparently, there is video, but it’s not been broadcast — Let’s assume that the tape exists. Moreover, let’s assume that Michelle used the word "whitey". Does it matter what context? Was she being facitious? UPDATE: Booman Tribune (who hasn’t seen the tape) has an interesting theory: … Read More
It’s Over?
Looks like Hillary is going to throw in the towel tomorrow: Members of Hillary Clinton’s advance staff received calls and emails this evening from headquarters summoning them to New York City Tuesday night, and telling them their roles on the campaign are ending, two Clinton staffers tell my colleague Amie Parnes. The advance staffers — most of them now in … Read More
Here’s What Happened
The folks over at McClatchy newspapers are trumpeting their own horn about their reportage in the run-up to the Iraq War. And well they should. Unlike the rest of the media, they actually questioned the Bush Administration’s "intelligence" and justification for an Iraq War. To them (and other astute political observers), Scott McLellan’s book is nothing new. But the "crimes" … Read More
The McClellan Book
You know, it doesn’t say anything that many of us didn’t already know. It’s just nice to see someone on the inside of the Bush Administration admit that these things went on: WASHINGTON (CNN) — The incidents that first left then-White House press secretary Scott McClellan "dismayed and disillusioned" about Washington involved the surreptitious release of classified information, McClellan said … Read More
The Seventh Sense Gets All Big Media
Nice to get quoted by Bloomberg…..
This Looks Really Good
Great cast, great topic:
An Open Letter To Lieberman…
…who writes in the WSJ… How did the Democratic Party get here? How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose? *** Instead a debate soon began within the Democratic Party about … Read More
Hillary as VP
Lot of buzz about this in the news today: CNN is reporting this morning that the Obama and Clinton campaigns are in formal talks about ending her quest for the Democratic nomination and possibly giving her the VP slot. These apparent talks are described by CNN as being in a “very preliminary” stage and as "difficult." It’s really unclear what … Read More
Hillary Hyperbole
According to Hillary Clinton, not seating the Florida delegates is like denying votes to blacks in the era lacking civil rights. You know, like this: No, no. It’s more like the voting was in Zimbabwe. You know, like this: More than thirty people have been killed in the run-up to the poll, most of them supporters of the main opposition … Read More