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 29, 2008 – 12:01 pm
From David Brooks’ The Kennedy Mystique: “Something fundamental has shifted in the Democratic Party….The grandparents and children united against the parents…The respect for institutions that was prevalent during the early ’60s is prevalent with the young again today. The earnest industriousness that was common then is back today. The awareness that we are not self-made [...]
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 [...]
January 2, 2008 – 05:54 pm
The Iowa caucus is tomorrow. I feel a little bad because I can’t recite Obama’s healthcare plan from memory, and because I can’t tell you how Biden plans to actually implement his plan for Iraq. Despite my ignorance, however, I do feel better informed than your average American, if only because I’ve watched 80% of [...]
November 11, 2007 – 02:06 pm
From Frank Rich’s column, The Coup at Home: “So what if America’s chief law enforcement official won’t say that waterboarding is illegal? A state of emergency is a state of emergency. You’re either willing to sacrifice principles to head off the next ticking bomb, or you’re with the terrorists. Constitutional corners were cut in Washington [...]
August 21, 2007 – 11:19 am
From Earth Times’ article, Kucinich Moving Up in Democratic Presidential ‘Horse Race’: “As of this morning, Kucinich was winning the online ABC News poll following yesterday’s Democratic Presidential Forum in Des Moines, IA.” [I haven't seen the forum yet, but this can only be good news].
From How the Democrats differ on Iraq: “It was the political equivalent of the sighting of a unicorn. In the midst of [last week's] YouTube debate, there emerged that fabled rarity: a vigorous and relevant policy debate among the Democratic presidential contenders over Iraq.”
From The Presidential Candidates on Health Care: “The leading Democrats are competing among themselves over who has the better plan to control costs and approach universal coverage. The Republicans, for the most part, are promising to expand coverage without increasing the role of the federal government, and reduce cost through tax incentives. Most of the [...]
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