All three of the senator candidates have had plenty of opportunity to accrue the relevant policy background -- through some combination of actual experience and study. When they are questioned about the Iraq War, health care, energy policy, … [Read more...]
The end of the GOP as we know it
If the most active Republicans are now energized by the selection of Palin, it is only in comparison to how they had been demoralized by their campaign so far. Palin's raison d'etre on the ticket is as a closer to seal the deal with the … [Read more...]
McCain speech, general GOP convention thoughts
Overall, Democrats should feel pretty good about the last two weeks. It's hard for me to compare, since I wasn't also in St. Paul ... but last week in Denver was electric -- forward-looking, optimistic, energized ... and Thursday … [Read more...]
Vetting, what vetting?
East-coast elitist credential-sniffer that I am, it occurred to me that I wasn't aware of Sarah Palin's college affilitation, but I was too lazy busy to do a Google and find out. Turns out, I hadn't missed anything. Nobody mentioned it. … [Read more...]
Thoughts on the Republican National Convention
I wanted to mention two things about Lieberman's speech. First, I'm very glad that he did not reprise the appalling level of vitriol demonstrated by Zell Miller last time. Second, did anyone else catch that he actually praised … [Read more...]
This cannot be what McCain imagined when he dreamed of this day
On Thursday night, when McCain was finalizing his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, do you think he expected that, just a few days later, one of the first people he would meet in Minneapolis would be an Alaskan hockey stud whose … [Read more...]
Hookers & Blow
Someone in the GOP didn't get the memo... … [Read more...]
Great irony pickup by Michael Beschloss
On Jim Lehrer, Michael Beschloss just noted the great irony of Joe Lieberman's speech lauding John McCain's supposed penchant for reaching across the aisle to solve the nation's problems: most of it was probably written as his speech … [Read more...]
Maverick? What maverick?
Notwithstanding the surface-deep maverick-like sensibilities that McCain and Palin supposedly share, McCain's decision to choose Palin as a running mate is the exact opposite of a maverick decision. Just look at the timeline. McCain very … [Read more...]
Exactly how pro-family is Sarah Palin?
It is hardly a surprise that news of Bristol Palin's circumstances -- teenaged, unwed, five-months pregnant -- has been on the front page of the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and just about every paper in the country that covers … [Read more...]
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