Analysis: Barack Obama and the Economy
This is for Bruce Lerner, who wondered aloud on Twitter how Obama proposes to handle the budget and economy in specific terms. Bruce, here’s my promised answer. I. Where we…
Read moreRove Advising McCain: Like it’s a Surprise?
ThinkProgress has a post up today about the Rove Electoral Map Meme, Faux News, and John McCain. Evidently Chris Wallace trotted out the same electoral maps that Hillary Clinton must…
Read moreCaught In an Inescapable Network of Mutuality
Dr. King’s letter from a Birmingham jail is one of the most honest, wrenching, and profound documents I’ve ever read. I reread it tonight and as I did, images from…
Read moreAshcroft- We all make mistakes like that
A red-faced former Attorney General John Ashcroft ‘slips’ and refers to Sen. Barack Obama as “Osama” while on a tirade about how valuable and necessary the Patriot Act is to…
Read moreDouble Standards
McClatchy reports: A Texas oilman who’s accused of defrauding the Nigerian government by illegally pumping and exporting 10 million barrels of oil is a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential…
Read moreDelegate Voodoo: Credentials, Dates and Magic Math
Recently Howard Dean expressed confidence that the Democratic nominee would be known by July 1st. There is a significance to that date that has gone unreported. July 1st matters because…
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