Politics
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How Republicans Think (Updated)
Here's a classic case of Republican projection of its own cynical thinking–Karl Rove predicting Obama's VP pick: "I think [Obama's] going to make an intensely political choice, not a governing choice," Rove said. "He's going to view this through the prism of a candidate, not through the prism of president; that is to say, he's
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Mile High (Updated)
Finally some vigorous attacking. One-two punch from the Dems–Gore, then Obama. Al Gore finally, energetically, compellingly indicting this administration for its malfeasance. 2008 Gore would have blown 2000 Bush out of the water. Richardson addressed the torture and rule of law themes earlier, and Gore hit them strongly as well. Obama, alas, did not. Obama's,
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What’s Missing?
Greenwald has a good post today that puts his finger on what I was feeling as I listened to Biden's speech last night. It wasn't so much what he was saying as what he wasn't. It just sounded as though we were in the middle of another typical election rather than in the middle of
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Biden’s Speech
Not bad, not great. He doesn't come across as a robo-pol–but there was nothing memorable in the text. I think the video and his son Beau's introduction were more compelling. I liked the part about his mother. The kitchen table stuff was pretty standard fare. And the attacks on McCain were curiously abstract and lacked
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Quote of the Day: Victor Navasky
His [Obama's] mistake is the same one that the last two Democratic candidates for President–Gore and Kerry–made. The assumption (shared by too many campaign consultants) that the way to woo those in the center is to move towards the center. Arianna Huffington, I believe, has a point when she advises, "Instead of targeting the swing
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Quote of the Day: Bradley Burston
"There will be those for whom race is the deciding issue, but I believe their numbers are few. For many more, well-meaning and tolerant people, I believe the reason is fear. It is fear of the unknown, but not only fear of the unknown Obama. "I believe that the real fear is finding out what
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Dem Convention (Update)
I won't have much to say about it or about the GOP convention. Most people who still bother to read this blog know my point of view, and given my low regard for the media and the Democratic Party and its way of doing things, its pageantry just doesn't interest me. I can't imagine anything
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Naomi Klein on Transformational Politics
I think she captures perfectly the Obama political reality at this moment–its limitations, but also its potential if Obama chooses to realize it: What all transformative movements have in common is the quality of speaking up to an aspirational public, to our best possible selves. Transformative movements act like the world is better than it
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Summing Up Saddleback
Digby: I know it's a small sample, but as Warren points out, social conservatism is not just about religion, it's a"'worldview" and McCain is the one who shares it, not Obama. Sullivan: How weird that an evangelical audience would give its biggest applause so far on domestic oil drilling. Maybe I'm being too harsh. I