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"Oh, Snap" du Jour: Obama on McCain/Iraq Tonight in Great Falls
Mark Murray at First Read posts some of Obama's planned remarks from an appearance tonight in Montana. Suggests another pretty good pummelling -- rating 3 out of 5 on the "Oh, Snap" scale -- is coming the way of the presumptive Republican nominee, who can take...more »
Posted on May 30, 2008 5:40 PM
Use "Baseball" Abitration to Resolve the MI-FL Situations
The Michigan/Florida situation is genuinely tricky, both politically and as a matter of moral philosophy: On the one hand, it is deeply problematic for the Democratic Party not to count two entire states, whose voters are not fully to...more »
Posted on May 23, 2008 11:57 AM
A Very Simple Reporter Question For Hillary Re Florida Primary
Florida reporter Adam Smith just did an interview (first audio segment) with HRC in which she claimed that, although Harold Ickes and other close supporters voted in August 2007 in favor of the DNC's decision to strip Florida of all...more »
Posted on May 22, 2008 1:26 PM
Not Since the "Giant Ku Klux Klan rallies of the 1920s . . ."
Whoever you support, you have to admire the energy Obama is bringing to politics. I venture to say that virtually all Democrats recognize this -- as is evidenced by the many Clinton fans whom I have heard to expend their full rhetorical quivers on...more »
Posted on May 6, 2008 12:23 PM
HRC channels McCain on Iraq: Just Incredibly Awkward . . .
In 2005, on CBS, Hillary Clinton agreed with John McCain's argument that if we get the casualties down, staying in Iraq indefinitely would be AOK: Senator McCain made the point earlier today, which I agree with, and that is, it's...more »
Posted on May 5, 2008 2:00 PM
Josh, Do Journalistic Ethics Permit You to Share with Us the Broadcast Anti-Obama Emails You Reportedly Received from Sidney Blumenthal?
Seems newsworthy. I don't know the rules on these things, but seems to press the limits of confidentiality pretty far....more »
Posted on May 1, 2008 10:35 PM
"Why are you stumbling? Why can't you run straight"
Hillary Clinton's latest and last argument is that, whatever the delegate numbers say, Obama is a weak candidate who will lose in the general election. Therefore, this argument goes, superdelegates and others principally concerned about elected a Democratic President, should reject Obama...more »
Posted on April 29, 2008 2:49 PM
McAuliffe '04: Michigan "will not get seated" if they break rules
Markos Moulitsas has just put up a killer quote from Terry McCauliffe's book "What a Party!" Besides the shocking revelation that someone may have read at least parts of that book -- although it evidently took a long time -- the book contains a...more »
Posted on April 25, 2008 6:19 PM
The Quintessence of Beltway Evil Has been Located: Penn, Schoen
Mark Penn's partner Doeg Schoen, has an item in the Huffington Post, in which Schoen takes issue with Wednesday's NYT editorial calling out Hillary Clinton for having taken the "Low Road to Victory" in Pennsylvania. Schoen's piece is completely priceless, not least for its utter failure --...more »
Posted on April 24, 2008 3:47 PM
Toughness/Tenacity/Refusal to Quit versus Reckless/Delusional Lust for Power
How does one tell the difference?...more »
Posted on April 23, 2008 12:34 AM
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I think it's the inevitable implication of the phrase referring to a "seismic shift in attitudes," which in context means toward Democrats.
Posted at July 3, 2008 11:42 AM in response to Obama: Bill Clinton Told Me He's Bullish On My Chances In Colorado
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And Karl Rove is the kind of guy whom swears at and undertips his caddy, and they hangs out with the other overweight guys making lewd comments about the club's wait staff, who find him repulsive, and try to avoid his table.
Posted at June 23, 2008 3:22 PM in response to Rove: Obama Is The Type Of Guy Who Hangs Out At Country Clubs
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My favorite red state where Obama is in the hunt is Alaska, even though it's obviously got fewer electoral votes than some of the others. I hope he goes up there, raises some money for Begich and Berkowitz, visits some melting permafrost, and shows the flag for the 50 state strategy.
Posted at June 20, 2008 6:34 PM in response to Poll: Obama Vaults To 15-Point Lead Over McCain
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And what brilliant savior do the Republicans have in store for when he does? One of the candidates who could not even beat McCain? Rudy? Mittster? A different Bush? It would be un-Republican to do something so unusual, but if they did, I expect the replacement would get trounced even worse. (And consider how divided the party would likely be after a smoke-filled room replacement process, which would strike even Republicans as undemocratic.) I think they're stuck with McSame.
Posted at June 20, 2008 6:12 PM in response to Poll: Obama Vaults To 15-Point Lead Over McCain
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I knew Michael Dukakis. I like Michael Dukakis. Michael Dukakis was a friend of mine in the sense that I sent out mass mailings in a windowless room of his Boston headquarters. Barack Obama is no Mike Dukakis, needless to say. In addition to infinitely more modest pure political talent than Obama, he did not enjoy campaigning (recall that his wife was going through tough times personally during the campaign). Obama, on the other hand, seems to relish it a la Bill Clinton, and it shows.
Posted at June 20, 2008 6:07 PM in response to Poll: Obama Vaults To 15-Point Lead Over McCain
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Definitely. This Lamont Williams is a yellow dog Obaman. See above.
Posted at June 20, 2008 5:40 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
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I've heard this explanation, but I question it. The Supreme Court says legislators enjoy extremely broad immunity for actions taken in their official capacities -- no matter how crappy the decision, approving (or failing to intervene to stop) an unconstitutional wiretapping program would almost certainly not subject members of Congress to legal jeopardy. Different story for Executive Branch officials (and telcos) -- they could be on the hook absent a legislative absolution like that that is apparently in the current bill.
Members of Congress might have been ashamed, fearful of disclosure, etc., but probably weren't seriously concerned about civil judgments (and certainly not prosecution).
Posted at June 20, 2008 5:39 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
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The immunity issue is a good one for Obama to fight on because it (1) has no credible basis in national security needs, and (2) exemplifies lobbyist- and corporate-coddling brand of lawmaking. He could sell the issue, too -- I don't think it's a political winner for Bush and his telco friends when it's exposed to the light of publicity (to date it has gotten attention largely from progressive bloggers).
Posted at June 20, 2008 5:11 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
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I don't think it's a hit piece, but it would benefit from spelling out for those of use unschooled in the bill exactly what provisions of the legislation -- other than retro immunity provisions that he will oppose -- are so objectionable that Obama should have made a stand against both Repubs and large parts of his own party, including its highest elected official (Nancy Pelosi).
Even the most pugnacious boxers, if they are to survive, must choose when to fight and when to wait for a better time and place.
Posted at June 20, 2008 5:07 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
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Impressively pure!!!
Posted at June 20, 2008 4:57 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
