The hottest new pollster on the block goes by the name of Five Thirty Eight, has been profiled (here) by Newsweek, and knows more about statistics than I can even imagine. He’s famed for his ability to predict based on the work of polls published by others, which is a little like taking a testContinue reading “The Obama Wave Rebuilds”
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Republicans Have Lost Their Minds, part 97
A couple of years ago, the hugely famous and widely admired analyst Charles Barkley lowered the boom on the GOP, declaring — on a golf course, no less — "I used to be a Republican, until they lost their minds." Little has gone right for the Grand Old Party in the last couple of years,Continue reading “Republicans Have Lost Their Minds, part 97”
Big Mo: Landslide Win Predicted for Obama in Missouri
Jay Roberts, an experienced St. Louis pol, tells Off the Bus: "We’re going to be one of the top four-to-six battlegrounds and at the end of the day, we’re going to go blue and take back a state that has historically been Democratic — and that includes sweeping a new Democratic governor, Jay Nixon, intoContinue reading “Big Mo: Landslide Win Predicted for Obama in Missouri”
Are Bush and Cheney Trying to Get McCain Defeated?
Monday Dick Cheney makes a hillbilly/incest joke at West Virginia’s expense, and after all the notable politicians in the state — Republicans and Democrats alike — protest, has to take it back. Tuesday Bush reveals that "we’ll be in Iraq for forty years" thus perfectly reinforcing McCain’s gaffe about being in Iraq for 100 years.Continue reading “Are Bush and Cheney Trying to Get McCain Defeated?”
Bush: Dumber Than A Comic Book
The Washington Post brings up the the "confused pep-talk" that our Prez gave to his top commanders after four contractors were brutally killed in Fallujah in 2004, according to Ricardo Sanchez, then the commander of US forces in Iraq: "Kick ass!" he quotes the president as saying. "If somebody tries to stop the march toContinue reading “Bush: Dumber Than A Comic Book”
Betrayal, Says McClellan. No Problem, Says McCain
This morning Byron York, who is an excellent reporter even if he does work for the National Review, summarized the moment in press secretary Scott McClellan’s career when he went from spokesman for the President to critic of the President. The first [defining moment] was when McClellan told reporters that he had talked to KarlContinue reading “Betrayal, Says McClellan. No Problem, Says McCain”
Honor a Veteran: Avoid Unnecessary War
Arguably the most surprising political magazine in the country today is The American Conservative, because it is firmly — passionately — anti-imperialist, pro-local, and pro-poetry. It’s the one magazine I read today that makes me rethink who I am on a routine basis. Here’s a fascinating column by Bill Kaufman, about a mostly forgotten SDSContinue reading “Honor a Veteran: Avoid Unnecessary War”
Obama: Can He Be Trusted on Coal?
For enviros concerned about global warming, nothing matters more than opposing the construction of new coal plants, in this country and around the world. That’s because coal is by far the most carbon intensive of all fuels. James Hansen, the world’s leading climatologist, has been talking about its menace for years. In an op-ed publishedContinue reading “Obama: Can He Be Trusted on Coal?”
Presidential Candidates Won’t Kill to be Elected
This presidential election, for the first time in decades, will not feature candidates for the highest office in the land donning hunting gear and going out with guns to shoot small animals. The contrast to the 2004 election, in which both candidates made a publicity stunt out of killing for votes, is stark. In SeptemberContinue reading “Presidential Candidates Won’t Kill to be Elected”
Bush Links Obama to Appeasement: What Obama Should Have Said
What Bush said, what Obama said in response (here). Obama concludes: George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel. This is okay, but seems a little mildContinue reading “Bush Links Obama to Appeasement: What Obama Should Have Said”
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