February 11, 2008 – 04:42 pm
From George Lakoff’s What Counts as an “Issue” In the Clinton-Obama Race?: “This nomination campaign is about much more than the candidates. It about a major split within the Democratic party. The candidates are reflecting that split.”
February 11, 2008 – 12:56 pm
Paul Krugman writes in his NY Times Op-Ed, Hate Springs Eternal, “Supporters of each [Democratic] candidate should have no trouble rallying behind the other if he or she gets the nod. Why, then, is there so much venom out there? I won’t try for fake evenhandedness here: most of the venom I see is coming [...]
February 6, 2008 – 12:00 pm
From My DD’s A Tie Goes To Clinton: “Headlines stating that Clinton and Obama ‘Trade Victories,’ and that the race is ‘Not Settled’ are telling and indeed represent a non-victory victory for Hillary Clinton; as New Hampshire before it, tonight was the equivalent of hitting a reset button.”
February 6, 2008 – 11:49 am
From Slates’s Did Obama or Clinton win Super Tuesday?: “Obama did well with African-Americans, men, the wealthy, those with college degrees, and liberal voters. Clinton continues to do well with women, older voters, Latinos, and those with less education and lower incomes. “
February 1, 2008 – 01:47 pm
From New York Magazine’s Clinton and Obama: A Contest of Realistic vs. Romantic Worldviews: “If you find yourself drawn to the Clinton candidacy, you likely believe that politics is politics, that partisanship isn’t transmutable, that Republicans are for the most part irredeemable…If you find yourself swept up in Obamamania, on the other hand, you regard [...]
January 27, 2008 – 04:24 pm
From an Op-Ed in the NY Times entitled, Two Presidents Are Worse Than One: “One problem with the George W. Bush administration is that it has brought a kind of plural presidency in through the back door. Vice President Dick Cheney has run his own executive department, with its own intelligence and military operations, not [...]
January 24, 2008 – 04:38 pm
From Newsweek’s The Clintons’ Patronizing Tack: “The Clintons figure that maybe their base among less educated white Democrats might be receptive to an argument that assumes they’re dumb. Less well-educated equals gullible in the face of bogus attack ads. That’s the logic, and the Clintons are testing it in South Carolina before trying it in [...]
January 24, 2008 – 03:48 pm
From the Washinton Post’s The Rove Legacy: “Just days after the November 2004 election, Bill Clinton pulled Rove aside at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas. ‘Hey, you did a marvelous job, it was just marvelous what you did,’ Clinton told Rove. ‘I want to get you down to the [...]
January 23, 2008 – 11:52 am
From the Atlantic’s Teacher and Apprentice: “Hillary Clinton tried to teach Barack Obama about power, but then he got ideas of his own. A story of nasty surprises, dueling war rooms, and the Drudge Report.”[Editor's Note: As of yesterday, the Atlantic is now free. Hat tip to Alex for the head's up.]
January 22, 2008 – 03:37 pm
I just finished watching the Democratic debate in South Carolina from last night, and I gotta say, while I support Sen. Obama and the change that he represents, I wouldn’t have a problem with any of the three remaining candidates serving as our next president.
I’ve said before — and I’ll say again — I [...]
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