October 24, 2008 – 01:30 pm
From Paul Krugman’s Rebranding the U.S. With Obama: “Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes…said that at a recent international conference he attended in Malaysia, many Muslims voiced astonishment at Mr. Obama’s rise because it was so much at odds with their assumptions about the United States. Remember that the one thing [...]
October 20, 2008 – 01:13 pm
From the New Republic’s Obama for President: “It’s hardly surprising that, as a matter of policy, we overwhelmingly prefer that Barack Obama win the prize of dealing with this mess. But it is his temperament and smarts that give us some hope that he can do more than manage the damage wrought by Bush–that he [...]
October 17, 2008 – 01:10 pm
From the Washington Post’s endorsement of Barack Obama for President: “The first question might be why [Obama and McCain even want] the job. Start with two ongoing wars, both far from being won; an unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan; a resurgent Russia menacing its neighbors; a terrorist-supporting Iran racing toward nuclear status; a roiling Middle East; a [...]
October 17, 2008 – 10:11 am
Imagine if they’d been this amiable for the last four months. That was the campaign we were supposed to have.
October 16, 2008 – 02:40 pm
From NY Times’s Joe in the Spotlight: “Turns out that ‘Joe the Plumber,’ as he became nationally known when Senator John McCain made him a theme at Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate, may run a plumbing business but he is not a licensed plumber. His full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. And he [...]
October 16, 2008 – 01:33 pm
From NY Times Magazine’s 10-page long Will Gun-Totting, Churchgoing White Guys Pull the Lever for Barack Obama?: “Normally, in political campaigns, you hope people get to know you and then decide to vote for you; Obama now believed that perhaps only the inverse was possible. Once, he might have thought that if he could only [...]
October 16, 2008 – 01:01 pm
From Glassbooth’s : “Glassbooth connects you to the 2008 presidential candidate that represents your beliefs the best.” [Editor's note: Apparently, I should vote for Green Party candidate, Cynthia McKinney]
October 16, 2008 – 12:33 pm
[Hat tip to Alex for the photo]
October 12, 2008 – 12:00 pm
In a NY Times article, Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain, a former Republican congressman from Minnesota says, “The main thing [McCain] needs to do…is focus on a single message — a single, concise or clear-cut message, and stick with that over the next 30 days, regardless of what happens. He’s had a [...]
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