Post-Pennsylvania, everyone is trying to decipher the meaning of Clinton's not-really 10 percentage point victory there (or have just gotten tired of it all). Many have concluded it doesn't mean anything since the outcome was largely … [Read more...]
Trade, us Democrats and Interdependence
For my part, I got mixed feelings about the pros/cons of trade. From the perspective of those communities where old industries have died, you can't help but feel trade does little to aid their future aside from allowing the good folks there … [Read more...]
Being Heard…Media Notes Power of Blogosphere in Debate Flap
And as if we didn't know that the blogosphere was packing some punch this campaign season, here is this piece from MSNBC's First Read on ObamaNation: Curious of what the bitterness and anger could look like if Obama is somehow denied the … [Read more...]
A Bitter Debate…Obama Took Beating…What Now?
Well, that debate last night was pretty nasty and petty. It didn't really even come from the candidates - we can thank George and Charlie for a debate high on guilt-by-association and symbolism. Maybe they just figured that the … [Read more...]
Memo to Doug Rubin II: Great work on economy so far, but don’t sleep on the local finance crisis
That said - I think a major risk going forward for the Governor is the local fiscal crisis (at least a perceived crisis and which could deepen as the economy softens) and the reality of ever increasing property taxes and/or cuts in local … [Read more...]
Memo to Doug Rubin: Translating Poetry into Prose
Do more analysis and visioning. Before an initiative is proposed the groundwork has to be laid - a strong rationale for action has to be set out. Too often, without sufficient groundwork, the Governor has lurched into the issue … [Read more...]
The Wisdom and Short-Term Memory of Geraldine Ferraro
Each campaign has had surrogates make stupid remarks that have led to resignations and or apologies throughout. Some people may have heard this one from Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro on how Obama is only where he is because he's … [Read more...]
Ready on Day Two? Clintons endorse Obama’s experience
When you ask any presidential nominee what the most important quality for a vice president is, they all say, in rather cliched fashion, that that person must be ready to assume the office of the president at a moment's notice, i.e. that … [Read more...]
The Commander-in-Chief Threshold
Seeing how Hillary has taken to praising John McCain and her own experience - in her self-assessment they have both passed this so-called "Commander-in-Chief Threshold" - its worth actually considering this vast foreign policy experience … [Read more...]
The High Road from Gettysburg
There's a hallowed place in the plains of Pennsylvania where another fairly untested son of Illinois called on the people of our nation to come together as he led us through the period of our worst national tumult. Barack Obama has to … [Read more...]
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