Obama: The Journey of a Confident Man - Carrie Budoff Brown, The Politico
The Devils in Obama's Details - George Will, Washington Post
Biden Finally Changes the Subject - John Dickerson, Slate
Avoiding A Long, Disappointing Fall for Dems - John Judis, New Republic
McCain's Next Seven Days - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
Where is the 2004 Barack Obama? - Jon Gurwitz, San Antonio Express News
What Bush Taught McCain - Joe Klein, Time
Inflating Obama's Record Will Not Work - Karl Rove, Weekly Standard
Why Obama Was 'The Most Liberal' - Charles Green, National Journal
The Obama Democrats vs. Capitalism - David Harsanyi, Denver Post
Obama and The Deeper Promises of America - Rep. Artur Davis, The Root
Obama Needs to Take a Stand on Race - Juan Williams, Wall Street Journal
Dems New Southern Strategy: Send Biden - Bob Moser, The Nation
The Big Contradiction from the Denver Dems - Michael Medved, Townhall
Charlie Wilson's Peace - Charles Wilson, Washington Post
How Reagan Would've Dealt With Russia - Henry Nau, Los Angeles Times
Farewell, NATO - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
National Tracking Polls: Gallup: Obama +6 | Rasmussen: Tied
RCP Blog: Plouffe Takes Stock | 3 Down, 1 To Go / VP Watch: It
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Obama's Historic Night - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
A Leap of Faith - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Obama's Pragmatism Explained - Cass Sunstein, The New Republic
Obama Campaign: Ayers is Off Limits - Guy Benson, National Review
Biden's Plain-Spoken Genius - Ezra Klein, The American Prospect
Dems Are Stupid to Equate McCain and Bush - Dick Morris, The Hill
McCain's Prickly Interview - James Carney & Michael Scherer, Time
The Separation of Church and Pelosi - David Reinhard, The Oregonian
Will Obama 'Ground Game' Beat Bush's in '04? - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
What Hillary's Women Want - Geraldine Ferraro, New York Daily News
VP Watch: Mitt Gets Security Sweep | Pawlenty Cancels Appearances
Live Streaming Video: Democratic National Convention
A Leap of Faith - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Obama's Pragmatism Explained - Cass Sunstein, The New Republic
Obama Campaign: Ayers is Off Limits - Guy Benson, National Review
Biden's Plain-Spoken Genius - Ezra Klein, The American Prospect
Dems Are Stupid to Equate McCain and Bush - Dick Morris, The Hill
McCain's Prickly Interview - James Carney & Michael Scherer, Time
The Separation of Church and Pelosi - David Reinhard, The Oregonian
Will Obama 'Ground Game' Beat Bush's in '04? - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
What Hillary's Women Want - Geraldine Ferraro, New York Daily News
VP Watch: Mitt Gets Security Sweep | Pawlenty Cancels Appearances
Live Streaming Video: Democratic National Convention
The American Promise - Senator Barack Obama
Obama Soars with Feet Firmly on the Ground - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News
Just What the Doctor Ordered - John Judis, The New Republic
Obama's Speech Has Familiar Ring to It - Peter Brown, Rocky Mtn News
So Many Miles From Selma - Eugene Robinson, Houston Chronicle
Obama: The Perfect Stranger - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Bring Back the Real McCain - The Economist
Congress Is a Perfect Target for McCain - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Obama Soars with Feet Firmly on the Ground - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News
Just What the Doctor Ordered - John Judis, The New Republic
Obama's Speech Has Familiar Ring to It - Peter Brown, Rocky Mtn News
So Many Miles From Selma - Eugene Robinson, Houston Chronicle
Obama: The Perfect Stranger - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Bring Back the Real McCain - The Economist
Congress Is a Perfect Target for McCain - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Editorials
America's Proud Moment - New York Daily News
What Obama Needs to Say - Chicago Tribune
The GOP's Alaska Meltdown - Wall Street Journal
Russia's Delusion - Washington Post
Political News & Analysis
Obama Takes Aim at McCain with Forceful Call for Change - N.Y. Times
For Descendants of King's Dream, a New Day Dawns - Washington Post
McCain VP Rumors Crowd Obama's Day - The Politico
Gustav Could Cause GOP Convention Delay - Washington Post
Transcripts & Speeches
The American Promise - Barack Obama
Time for America to Get Back Up - Joe Biden
Bill Clinton's Speech to the DNC - Bill Clinton
Majority Leader Reid's DNC Speech - Sen. Harry Reid
Clinton Acclimates Obama, Panel Responds - Special Report w/Brit Hume
Best of the Blogs
Bill Clinton: My Excellent Foreign Policy - Bill Kristol, The Blog
An Insider's Survival Guide to the NY Post - Keith Olbermann, Daily Kos
Did Biden Worsen the Mortgage Crisis? - McQ, QandO
McCain's Latest Fearmongering - Todd Beeton, MyDD
No, You Can't, You Bloody Fools - John Derbyshire, The Corner
The Devils in Obama's Details
- George Will, Washington Post
Dems Are Stupid to Equate McCain and Bush
- Dick Morris, The Hill
The Master Has Arrived
- Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Avoiding A Long, Disappointing Fall for Dems
- John Judis, New Republic
- George Will, Washington Post
Dems Are Stupid to Equate McCain and Bush
- Dick Morris, The Hill
The Master Has Arrived
- Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Avoiding A Long, Disappointing Fall for Dems
- John Judis, New Republic
Obama, the Showman-in-Chief
Thomas Lifson
Appearances are at the center of Barack Obama's career. Those who believe he has never accomplished anything overlook his chosen career as a political impresario, a master of creating illusions that dazzle the public More
The Politics of Hurricane Gustav
C. Edmund Wright
Remember the good ol' days back when hurricanes were weather events and not political happenings? More
The Singular William Jefferson Clinton
Ronald Wieck
His name is Clinton, and the rules don't apply to him. Learn it; accept it; live it. More
Thomas Lifson
Appearances are at the center of Barack Obama's career. Those who believe he has never accomplished anything overlook his chosen career as a political impresario, a master of creating illusions that dazzle the public More
The Politics of Hurricane Gustav
C. Edmund Wright
Remember the good ol' days back when hurricanes were weather events and not political happenings? More
The Singular William Jefferson Clinton
Ronald Wieck
His name is Clinton, and the rules don't apply to him. Learn it; accept it; live it. More
The Denver Democratic Convention
- Where is Al Gore? - Larrey Anderson
- Picture This: Racism at the Democratic Convention - Larrey Anderson
- Democrats in Denver Discuss the Jewish Vote - Richard Baehr
- Hillary Supporters Unite! (Sort of) - Larrey Anderson
Stopping for the Little People
August 28, 2008
We almost saw Joe Biden. His security-laden entourage drove by us. More
Jimmy Carter: McCain 'Milking' P.O.W. Experience
August 28, 2008
Thank God for Jimmy Carter. On the day of the most important speech of his party's 2008 Presidential nominee Barack Obama's life, the former President decides to insert himself into the national conversation. More
Tales from 57 States: The Donkey Clan Gathers
August 28, 2008
In the third Silly Season of the Third Millennium, the Clan of Donkeys met near the Mountains of Rock to choose their champion for the race where the winner would be crowned Potus of the 57 States. More
Another voter fraud investigation for ACORN
August 28, 2008
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Cleveland, Ohio) is investigating 75,000 voter registrations - many found to have been fraudulent - submitted by ACORN More
August 28, 2008
We almost saw Joe Biden. His security-laden entourage drove by us. More
Jimmy Carter: McCain 'Milking' P.O.W. Experience
August 28, 2008
Thank God for Jimmy Carter. On the day of the most important speech of his party's 2008 Presidential nominee Barack Obama's life, the former President decides to insert himself into the national conversation. More
Tales from 57 States: The Donkey Clan Gathers
August 28, 2008
In the third Silly Season of the Third Millennium, the Clan of Donkeys met near the Mountains of Rock to choose their champion for the race where the winner would be crowned Potus of the 57 States. More
Another voter fraud investigation for ACORN
August 28, 2008
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Cleveland, Ohio) is investigating 75,000 voter registrations - many found to have been fraudulent - submitted by ACORN More
Did Bill Cut A Clever 11th Hour Deal?
August 28, 2008
The last time I witnessed an abrupt 180 degree even approaching the magnitude of last night's from Bill Clinton was when Frank Pentangeli suddenly recanted all previous accusations against Michael Corleone at a Senate Committee hearing. More
Obama's Temple of Illusion (updated)
August 28, 2008
Why the faux Greek Temple at Obama's mass rally at the Invesco Park, you ask? Actually, it's probably not his God Complex. It's just the basic stagecraft of visual illusion. More
New, 'exciting" McCain ad to air tonight
August 28, 2008
'Exciting' and 'McCain' in the same sentence? A first. More
'Rebound' Replaces 'Recession' In MSM Headlines
August 28, 2008
Well surprise, surprise. Get a load of this "The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. The revised reading was much better than the government's initial... More
August 28, 2008
The last time I witnessed an abrupt 180 degree even approaching the magnitude of last night's from Bill Clinton was when Frank Pentangeli suddenly recanted all previous accusations against Michael Corleone at a Senate Committee hearing. More
Obama's Temple of Illusion (updated)
August 28, 2008
Why the faux Greek Temple at Obama's mass rally at the Invesco Park, you ask? Actually, it's probably not his God Complex. It's just the basic stagecraft of visual illusion. More
New, 'exciting" McCain ad to air tonight
August 28, 2008
'Exciting' and 'McCain' in the same sentence? A first. More
'Rebound' Replaces 'Recession' In MSM Headlines
August 28, 2008
Well surprise, surprise. Get a load of this "The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. The revised reading was much better than the government's initial... More
Bill Clinton's digs at Obama
August 28, 2008
It may have appeared all sweetness and light at last night's session of the Democratic Convention, but as Stephen Green of Vodkapundit fame points out, Bill Clinton couldn't resist getting in a few digs at Obama More Russia and Disapproval
August 28, 2008
Russia finally stumbled into disapproval of its invasion of Georgia that mattered... More
George Will on Obama's "banal" speeches
August 28, 2008
George Will has a warning for Obama before he "feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium tonight." More
Obama Lashes out blindly at opponents
August 28, 2008
Is the Obama campaign beginning to panic? More
August 28, 2008
It may have appeared all sweetness and light at last night's session of the Democratic Convention, but as Stephen Green of Vodkapundit fame points out, Bill Clinton couldn't resist getting in a few digs at Obama More Russia and Disapproval
August 28, 2008
Russia finally stumbled into disapproval of its invasion of Georgia that mattered... More
George Will on Obama's "banal" speeches
August 28, 2008
George Will has a warning for Obama before he "feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium tonight." More
Obama Lashes out blindly at opponents
August 28, 2008
Is the Obama campaign beginning to panic? More
If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
Election 2008: Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power.
The Christian Right's Slick Campaign to Make Abstinence Seem TrendyVanessa Valenti, AlterNet
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Conservatives finally learned that sheer moralizing doesn't keep teens from having sex. Now they have a creepy new tactic.
After Biden, the Economic Debate Takes ShapeBill Scher, Campaign for America's Future
Election 2008: Sen. Joe Biden shows that he gets what's going on in America, not with stats, but around middle-class kitchen tables.
What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army
By Robert Parry, Consortium News
Election 2008: The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.
What 15,000 Reporters Are Doing at the DNC
Justin Peters, Columbia Journalism Review
Election 2008: Drinking, complaining and getting massages are just a few of reporters' preferred convention activities.
Dems Nominate Obama, Unify and Transform the PartyJohn Nichols, TheNation.com
Election 2008: A hundred years ago, Dems questioned whether to take a stand against lynching. Today, Obama's nomination completes a long process of transformation.
Should Uncle Sam Be Helping CEOs Get Richer?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: America's overpaid corporate execs have plenty of people to thank for their good fortune, including average American taxpayers.
Immigration: Too Hot for the Dems?Roberto Lovato, New America Media
Immigration: America's brutal immigration detention network is getting little attention from Democratic reformers and their institutional allies in Denver.
Bush Is Pouring Gas on Afghanistan's Bonfire
Chris Hedges, Truthdig
ForeignPolicy: Mounting NATO bombing raids and widespread detentions of Afghans are rapidly turning the country into the mirror image of Iraq.
Hillary Electrifies: "Nothing Less Than the Fate of Our Nation ... Hangs in the Balance"Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Election 2008: In a speech to a roaring crowd at the DNC, Hillary Clinton gave full support to Barack Obama, promising to fight for health care and the environment.
The Villains of the Housing Crisis Are Denying All ResponsibilityDean Baker, TruthOut.org
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The housing crisis is a result of reckless deregulation by specific individuals.
John Kerry, Foreign Policy Warrior
Matthew Yglesias
August 28, 2008 | web only
Last night, Kerry moved beyond his failed presidential bid and the expectations that have hung over his head since he entered politics, and offered the critique of John McCain that Democrats long needed to make.
Also: Ezra Klein on the plain-spoken genius of Joe Biden.
Matthew Yglesias
August 28, 2008 | web only
Last night, Kerry moved beyond his failed presidential bid and the expectations that have hung over his head since he entered politics, and offered the critique of John McCain that Democrats long needed to make.
Also: Ezra Klein on the plain-spoken genius of Joe Biden.
The group blog of The American Prospect
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Posted at 4:46 p.m.
A respectable liberal blog
Who's afraid of the uninsured?
Posted at 12:55 p.m.
Dean Baker's economic commentary
[color="#800000"]Manufacturing on the rise?
What Hillary Means Now
Dana Goldstein
August 27, 2008 | web only
Hillary Clinton's speech last night showed that in defeat, she has become a sort of patron saint of the Democratic Party. Her most passionate supporters in the feminist, Latino, and gay communities revere her for representing the party's often unstated commitment to their issues.
Hillary Clinton waves at the crowed after being introduced by Chelsea Clinton.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Obama's Progressive, Populist Agenda: "Now Is Not the Time for Small Plans"
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Election 2008: Obama has shown the pathway out of the decades-long, ruinous mess conservative rule has created.
Obama's Grand Speech: Reason for Hope
David Corn, Mother Jones Online
Election 2008: Can an acceptance speech make a difference in an election? This was one with the potential to do so.
Democrats: Don't Make Afghanistan Your War
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
War on Iraq: Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic.
How the Media's Tarring of Hillary Hurt Obama Too
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
Media and Technology: From the primaries to the convention, the media have become experts at inventing a storyline and skewing facts to support it.
What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Election 2008: The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.
If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
Election 2008: Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power.
The Christian Right's Slick Campaign to Make Abstinence Seem TrendyVanessa Valenti, AlterNet
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Conservatives finally learned that sheer moralizing doesn't keep teens from having sex. Now they have a creepy new tactic.
After Biden, the Economic Debate Takes ShapeBill Scher, Campaign for America's Future
Election 2008: Sen. Joe Biden shows that he gets what's going on in America, not with stats, but around middle-class kitchen tables.
David Sirota:
The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional
This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement.
Robert Scheer:
McCain's Warped Worldview
McCain's campaign is an irrational mix of patriotic swagger and blindness to reality that's proving scarily successful with uninformed voters.
Norman Solomon:
The Clash Between Progressives and Obama
Support for Obama should not require a lack of candor about his defects.
Amy Goodman:
Dissent Is Essential to Democracy
So why are people being arrested for lawful protest?
The American Promise - Senator Barack Obama
Obama Gives a Non-Celebrity Speech - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer
Rekindling the Flame - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Democratic Nominee Gets Serious - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Obama: The Perfect Stranger - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Dream is Alive - Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times
A 'Maverick' Nominee, But the Same GOP - James Barnes, National Journal
A Speech to the Delegates - David Brooks, New York Times
Obama's New, Old Politics Clash - John Harris & Jim VandeHei, The Politico
A Fine Speech but a Wasted Convention - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics
And If Obama Loses? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Democratic Platform is for Whiners - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
Tax. Spend. Create Great Jobs. - John Schwarz, Washington Post
Fiscal Conservatism Helped Beat Katrina - Gov. Bobby Jindal, WSJ
A New Iron Curtain? - Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld
Putin Maps Boundaries of Greater Russia - Philip Stephens, Financial Times
RCP Blog: Obama's Night / VP Watch: Mitt, Pawlenty, Huck Are Out
Obama Gives a Non-Celebrity Speech - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer
Rekindling the Flame - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Democratic Nominee Gets Serious - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Obama: The Perfect Stranger - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Dream is Alive - Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times
A 'Maverick' Nominee, But the Same GOP - James Barnes, National Journal
A Speech to the Delegates - David Brooks, New York Times
Obama's New, Old Politics Clash - John Harris & Jim VandeHei, The Politico
A Fine Speech but a Wasted Convention - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics
And If Obama Loses? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Democratic Platform is for Whiners - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
Tax. Spend. Create Great Jobs. - John Schwarz, Washington Post
Fiscal Conservatism Helped Beat Katrina - Gov. Bobby Jindal, WSJ
A New Iron Curtain? - Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld
Putin Maps Boundaries of Greater Russia - Philip Stephens, Financial Times
RCP Blog: Obama's Night / VP Watch: Mitt, Pawlenty, Huck Are Out
Editorials
Mr. Obama's Party - New York Times
Obama Leaves Out the Details - San Diego Union-Tribune
Bring Back the Real McCain - The Economist
Jimmy Carter's New Low - New York Post
Political News & Analysis
Obama Takes Aim at McCain with Forceful Call for Change - N.Y. Times
For Descendants of King's Dream, a New Day Dawns - Washington Post
McCain VP Rumors Crowd Obama's Day - The Politico
Gustav Could Cause GOP Convention Delay - Washington Post
Transcripts & Speeches
The American Promise - Barack Obama
Al Gore's Remarks to the DNC - Al Gore
Panel Previews Obama's Speech - Special Report w/Brit Hume
Brooks and Shields' Post-Speech Analysis - The NewsHour
Republicans Rebut Obama's Speech - Larry King Live
Best of the Blogs
The Hope We Confess - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Obama: Less Glamour, More Grit - Jonathan Cohn, The Plank
Obama as Nero - Bridget Johnson, Pajamas Media
K-Lo - Kos, Daily Kos
Obama Gives Speech of a Generation - Taylor Marsh
Dems Are Stupid to Equate McCain and Bush
- Dick Morris, The Hill
The Devils in Obama's Details
- George Will, Washington Post
Obama: The Perfect Stranger
- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Inflating Obama's Record Will Not Work
- Karl Rove, Weekly Standard
- Dick Morris, The Hill
The Devils in Obama's Details
- George Will, Washington Post
Obama: The Perfect Stranger
- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Inflating Obama's Record Will Not Work
- Karl Rove, Weekly Standard
Obama Rekindles the Flame - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post9
Obama Gives a Non-Celebrity Speech - Steve Kornacki, New York Observerhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162085.html
Fiscal Conservatism Helped Beat Katrina - Gov. Bobby Jindal, WSJhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162120.html
Putin Maps Boundaries of Greater Russia - Philip Stephens, Financial Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162121.html
The American Promise - Senator Barack Obama72
Obama Soars with Feet Firmly on the Ground - Vaughn Ververs, CBS Newshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162005.html
Just What the Doctor Ordered - John Judis, The New Republichttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162006.html
Obama Gets Serious - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journalhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162007.html
The Perfect Stranger - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post190
The Dream is Alive - Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162008.html
New, Old Politics Clash in Speech - John Harris & Jim VandeHei, Politicohttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162009.html
A Fine Speech but a Wasted Convention - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics32
A 'Maverick' Nominee, But the Same GOP - James Barnes, National Journalhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162035.html
Bring Back the Real McCain - The Economisthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162010.html
And If Obama Loses? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review39
Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain - Paul Krugman, New York Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162011.html
Democratic Platform is for Whiners - Robert Robb, Arizona Republichttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162012.html
John Kerry, Foreign Policy Warrior - Matthew Yglesias, American Prospecthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162020.html
A Speech to the Delegates - David Brooks, New York Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162022.html
Tax. Spend. Create Great Jobs. - John Schwarz, Washington Posthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162086.html
A New Iron Curtain? - Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld
Obama Gives a Non-Celebrity Speech - Steve Kornacki, New York Observerhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162085.html
Fiscal Conservatism Helped Beat Katrina - Gov. Bobby Jindal, WSJhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162120.html
Putin Maps Boundaries of Greater Russia - Philip Stephens, Financial Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162121.html
The American Promise - Senator Barack Obama72
Obama Soars with Feet Firmly on the Ground - Vaughn Ververs, CBS Newshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162005.html
Just What the Doctor Ordered - John Judis, The New Republichttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162006.html
Obama Gets Serious - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journalhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162007.html
The Perfect Stranger - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post190
The Dream is Alive - Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162008.html
New, Old Politics Clash in Speech - John Harris & Jim VandeHei, Politicohttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162009.html
A Fine Speech but a Wasted Convention - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics32
A 'Maverick' Nominee, But the Same GOP - James Barnes, National Journalhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162035.html
Bring Back the Real McCain - The Economisthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162010.html
And If Obama Loses? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review39
Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain - Paul Krugman, New York Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162011.html
Democratic Platform is for Whiners - Robert Robb, Arizona Republichttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162012.html
John Kerry, Foreign Policy Warrior - Matthew Yglesias, American Prospecthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162020.html
A Speech to the Delegates - David Brooks, New York Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162022.html
Tax. Spend. Create Great Jobs. - John Schwarz, Washington Posthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/162086.html
A New Iron Curtain? - Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld
How Obama Finally Made "Change" Relevant To The General Election
by John B. Judis
Why It Will Take More Than Being The 'Historic Candidate' For Obama To Beat McCain
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Obama Steals A Page From Reagan's Playbook
by David Kusnet
The Next President Will Be A Foreign Policy President, Whether He Likes It Or Not
by The Editors
Forget Jefferson and Madison, Meet The Unsung Hero Of Religious Tolerance in America
by Martha C. Nussbaum
by John B. Judis
Why It Will Take More Than Being The 'Historic Candidate' For Obama To Beat McCain
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Obama Steals A Page From Reagan's Playbook
by David Kusnet
The Next President Will Be A Foreign Policy President, Whether He Likes It Or Not
by The Editors
Forget Jefferson and Madison, Meet The Unsung Hero Of Religious Tolerance in America
by Martha C. Nussbaum
KATRINA
Three Years Later
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005, Katrina cut "a 125-mile swath of destruction stretching from coastal Alabama across Mississippi to the French Quarter and the Superdome." Katrina was the costliest hurricane in American history and the third deadliest, killing 1,800 people. New Orleans was particularly hard-hit, which submerged 80 percent of the city. Sadly, as the anniversary of Katrina nears, New Orleans is bracing for another storm, Gustav, which is projected to hit the Gulf Coast early next week as a Category 3 hurricane. The development of Gustav prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ® to proclaim a state of emergency and prepare "hundreds of buses and emergency shelters to help residents flee should Gustav strike as expected." Gustav's approach also caused the cancellation of events commemorating the Katrina anniversary. The threat of another hurricane serves to highlight the progress that New Orleans has made in the last three years, and the work that still remains cleaning up and repairing the city.
BUSH VISIT A 'REMINDER OF BROKEN PROMISES': Last week, President Bush appeared in New Orleans to say that "hope is coming back" to the city, due to $126 billion in disaster aid sent to the region in the last three years. "The good future is here," Bush said. "I predicted New Orleans would come back as a stronger and better city. We helped deliver $126 billion in taxpayer money." Three years ago, however, Bush was preoccupied as Katrina hit. While 75 percent of New Orleans residents do "feel hopeful about the future of the greater New Orleans area," Bush's visit was more a "reminder of broken promises" than the sign of hopeful future. In 2005, Bush did not organize a federal response to Katrina for two days after the storm hit, despite repeated requests for assistance from former Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco (D) and reports that levees in New Orleans had been breached. He then spent the following days claiming -- falsely -- that no one anticipated the breach of the levees and that he was "satisfied with the [federal] response" to the storm. In 2006, the New York Times reported that to federal aid to the region hit by Katrina was plagued by "breathtaking waste and fraud." The New York Times called the waste of federal dollars "one of the the most extraordinary displays of scams, schemes and stupefying bureaucratic bungles in modern history, costing taxpayers up to $2 billion." Last week, the Bush administration announced that the funds sent to the Gulf Coast region for hurricane recovery were "sufficient" and that there are "enough funds in the pipeline, to get the mission done."
PERSISTENT PROBLEMS: Even if "hope is back" in New Orleans, massive problems resulting from the hurricane remain, including "significant debris management issues," and "a cleanup fraught with environmental issues." While "97% of the population has returned to Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties, the three areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina," New Orleans still has a far greater proportion of vacant homes than any other city in the country," with "more than one in three residential addresses vacant or unoccupied." According to the research and advocacy institute PolicyLink, "thousands of residents who want to return home are facing a critical rental housing shortage, inadequate rebuilding grants and a recovery plagued by red tape and ever-changing rules." Part of the problem is the federal Road Home program, which is "the main conduit by which federal funds were to compensate homeowners for the damage wrought" by Katrina. "In New Orleans, 4 of every 5 Road Home recipients rebuilding their homes did not get enough money to cover their repairs," with an average shortfall of $54,586. As of March, "only 13% of the $1.6 billion in the state's emergency community development block grant funds had benefited lower-income victims." Further compounding New Orleans' troubles with Gustav approaching, the Associated Press conducted a yearlong review of levee work which revealed "a pattern of public misperception, political jockeying and legal fighting, along with economic and engineering miscalculations, that threaten to make New Orleans the scene of another devastating flood."
HAVE THE MEDIA FORGOTTEN NEW ORLEANS?: Earlier this week, the Independent's Richard Holledge published an article proclaiming that in the last three years the media "forgot the city of jazz and jambalaya." "Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the world's media has lost sight of the ongoing misery in New Orleans," he wrote. "Coverage by the international and national news media in the run-up to the anniversary is negligible...One of the world's most cataclysmic natural disasters, one made worse by official incompetence and corruption, is almost forgotten." Conservative talker Glenn Beck, however, has made sure to deride the rebuilding of New Orleans as the anniversary nears, saying, "We shouldn't spend a single dime of taxpayers' money in a place where - I don't care where it is - where it is in a flood zone." Jon Amoss, editor of New Orleans' Times-Picayune, echoed Holledge's sentiment, saying, "I don't think we are on people's minds. We have to contend with those voices, particularly on pop radio, which say 'New Orleanians with their eternal whining – why don't they pull themselves up by their boot straps?'" But highlighting the continuing role Katrina plays in the life of New Orleanians, Amoss added "I wondered a year-and-a-half ago whether there would ever come a time when the word hurricane or Katrina would not appear on, or near, page one [of the Times-Picayune]. There have been some days when there hasn't been a single story on page one, but that is still a rarity because it is the fabric of our life."
Three Years Later
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005, Katrina cut "a 125-mile swath of destruction stretching from coastal Alabama across Mississippi to the French Quarter and the Superdome." Katrina was the costliest hurricane in American history and the third deadliest, killing 1,800 people. New Orleans was particularly hard-hit, which submerged 80 percent of the city. Sadly, as the anniversary of Katrina nears, New Orleans is bracing for another storm, Gustav, which is projected to hit the Gulf Coast early next week as a Category 3 hurricane. The development of Gustav prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ® to proclaim a state of emergency and prepare "hundreds of buses and emergency shelters to help residents flee should Gustav strike as expected." Gustav's approach also caused the cancellation of events commemorating the Katrina anniversary. The threat of another hurricane serves to highlight the progress that New Orleans has made in the last three years, and the work that still remains cleaning up and repairing the city.
BUSH VISIT A 'REMINDER OF BROKEN PROMISES': Last week, President Bush appeared in New Orleans to say that "hope is coming back" to the city, due to $126 billion in disaster aid sent to the region in the last three years. "The good future is here," Bush said. "I predicted New Orleans would come back as a stronger and better city. We helped deliver $126 billion in taxpayer money." Three years ago, however, Bush was preoccupied as Katrina hit. While 75 percent of New Orleans residents do "feel hopeful about the future of the greater New Orleans area," Bush's visit was more a "reminder of broken promises" than the sign of hopeful future. In 2005, Bush did not organize a federal response to Katrina for two days after the storm hit, despite repeated requests for assistance from former Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco (D) and reports that levees in New Orleans had been breached. He then spent the following days claiming -- falsely -- that no one anticipated the breach of the levees and that he was "satisfied with the [federal] response" to the storm. In 2006, the New York Times reported that to federal aid to the region hit by Katrina was plagued by "breathtaking waste and fraud." The New York Times called the waste of federal dollars "one of the the most extraordinary displays of scams, schemes and stupefying bureaucratic bungles in modern history, costing taxpayers up to $2 billion." Last week, the Bush administration announced that the funds sent to the Gulf Coast region for hurricane recovery were "sufficient" and that there are "enough funds in the pipeline, to get the mission done."
PERSISTENT PROBLEMS: Even if "hope is back" in New Orleans, massive problems resulting from the hurricane remain, including "significant debris management issues," and "a cleanup fraught with environmental issues." While "97% of the population has returned to Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties, the three areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina," New Orleans still has a far greater proportion of vacant homes than any other city in the country," with "more than one in three residential addresses vacant or unoccupied." According to the research and advocacy institute PolicyLink, "thousands of residents who want to return home are facing a critical rental housing shortage, inadequate rebuilding grants and a recovery plagued by red tape and ever-changing rules." Part of the problem is the federal Road Home program, which is "the main conduit by which federal funds were to compensate homeowners for the damage wrought" by Katrina. "In New Orleans, 4 of every 5 Road Home recipients rebuilding their homes did not get enough money to cover their repairs," with an average shortfall of $54,586. As of March, "only 13% of the $1.6 billion in the state's emergency community development block grant funds had benefited lower-income victims." Further compounding New Orleans' troubles with Gustav approaching, the Associated Press conducted a yearlong review of levee work which revealed "a pattern of public misperception, political jockeying and legal fighting, along with economic and engineering miscalculations, that threaten to make New Orleans the scene of another devastating flood."
HAVE THE MEDIA FORGOTTEN NEW ORLEANS?: Earlier this week, the Independent's Richard Holledge published an article proclaiming that in the last three years the media "forgot the city of jazz and jambalaya." "Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the world's media has lost sight of the ongoing misery in New Orleans," he wrote. "Coverage by the international and national news media in the run-up to the anniversary is negligible...One of the world's most cataclysmic natural disasters, one made worse by official incompetence and corruption, is almost forgotten." Conservative talker Glenn Beck, however, has made sure to deride the rebuilding of New Orleans as the anniversary nears, saying, "We shouldn't spend a single dime of taxpayers' money in a place where - I don't care where it is - where it is in a flood zone." Jon Amoss, editor of New Orleans' Times-Picayune, echoed Holledge's sentiment, saying, "I don't think we are on people's minds. We have to contend with those voices, particularly on pop radio, which say 'New Orleanians with their eternal whining – why don't they pull themselves up by their boot straps?'" But highlighting the continuing role Katrina plays in the life of New Orleanians, Amoss added "I wondered a year-and-a-half ago whether there would ever come a time when the word hurricane or Katrina would not appear on, or near, page one [of the Times-Picayune]. There have been some days when there hasn't been a single story on page one, but that is still a rarity because it is the fabric of our life."
THINK FAST
THINK FAST
U.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, "and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis." The U.S. military says the deputy, Ali al-Lami, "was working with the 'highest echelons' of the Iranian 'special groups' criminals."
As tropical storm Gustav approaches, "oil producers have begun to halt drilling and operations in the Gulf of Mexico" and are now "evacuating hundreds of workers from rigs and production platforms."
As New Orleans prepares for another hurricane, a new report "presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana." "Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older" and 51 percent were black, according to the study in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. The researchers hope the findings "will aid public health and emergency preparedness efforts" in the future.
"Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming." The oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing groups asked a judge to prevent laws designed to protect the bear from being used "to block projects that release heat-trapping gases in the state."
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) on Thursday named Charles T. Canady to the State Supreme Court. The move "drew praise from conservatives," as Canady is a "a former congressman who played a major role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton."
Tax rebate checks and robust exports "helped the U.S. economy grow at a faster-than-expected rate in the second quarter." But "economists warned that those two pillars couldn't prop growth up for long" because the rebate checks' "one-time boost to consumer spending is largely over.
And finally: Speaking last night at the Democratic convention in Denver, Barney Smith -- a displaced manufacturing worker from Marion, IN -- delivered the line of the night. "We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney," he said. (The brokerage firm Smith Barney "had its image tarnished for its financing of Enron Corp., the Houston-based energy company which had an epic collapse due to dodgy accounting procedures.") Watch it here.
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"Iraq's influential Shi'a cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia," BBC reports.
STATE WATCH
MARYLAND: "Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year."
ILLINOIS: Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has "cut hundreds of state jobs and closed nearly two dozen historic sites and parks" due to budget restraints.
CALIFORNIA: State "is close to adopting a law intended to slow the increase" in greenhouse emissions.
BLOG WATCH
THINK PROGRESS: Fox News: President Bush might not speak at the Republican National Convention on Monday because of Gustav.
WONK ROOM: "Concern" about refugee camp massacre: the responsibility to fret?
YGLESIAS: The generation gap and climate change.
DAILY GRILL
"The policies of our country comply with our law, which prohibits torture."
-- Vice President Cheney, 8/27/08
VERSUS
"[T]he Central Intelligence Agency has authorized torture...Americans are torturing."
-- Lt. Gen. Harry Soyster, 8/27/08
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U.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, "and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis." The U.S. military says the deputy, Ali al-Lami, "was working with the 'highest echelons' of the Iranian 'special groups' criminals."
As tropical storm Gustav approaches, "oil producers have begun to halt drilling and operations in the Gulf of Mexico" and are now "evacuating hundreds of workers from rigs and production platforms."
As New Orleans prepares for another hurricane, a new report "presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana." "Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older" and 51 percent were black, according to the study in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. The researchers hope the findings "will aid public health and emergency preparedness efforts" in the future.
"Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming." The oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing groups asked a judge to prevent laws designed to protect the bear from being used "to block projects that release heat-trapping gases in the state."
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) on Thursday named Charles T. Canady to the State Supreme Court. The move "drew praise from conservatives," as Canady is a "a former congressman who played a major role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton."
Tax rebate checks and robust exports "helped the U.S. economy grow at a faster-than-expected rate in the second quarter." But "economists warned that those two pillars couldn't prop growth up for long" because the rebate checks' "one-time boost to consumer spending is largely over.
And finally: Speaking last night at the Democratic convention in Denver, Barney Smith -- a displaced manufacturing worker from Marion, IN -- delivered the line of the night. "We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney," he said. (The brokerage firm Smith Barney "had its image tarnished for its financing of Enron Corp., the Houston-based energy company which had an epic collapse due to dodgy accounting procedures.") Watch it here.
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"Iraq's influential Shi'a cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia," BBC reports.
STATE WATCH
MARYLAND: "Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year."
ILLINOIS: Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has "cut hundreds of state jobs and closed nearly two dozen historic sites and parks" due to budget restraints.
CALIFORNIA: State "is close to adopting a law intended to slow the increase" in greenhouse emissions.
BLOG WATCH
THINK PROGRESS: Fox News: President Bush might not speak at the Republican National Convention on Monday because of Gustav.
WONK ROOM: "Concern" about refugee camp massacre: the responsibility to fret?
YGLESIAS: The generation gap and climate change.
DAILY GRILL
"The policies of our country comply with our law, which prohibits torture."
-- Vice President Cheney, 8/27/08
VERSUS
"[T]he Central Intelligence Agency has authorized torture...Americans are torturing."
-- Lt. Gen. Harry Soyster, 8/27/08
THINK FAST
U.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, "and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis." The U.S. military says the deputy, Ali al-Lami, "was working with the 'highest echelons' of the Iranian 'special groups' criminals."
As tropical storm Gustav approaches, "oil producers have begun to halt drilling and operations in the Gulf of Mexico" and are now "evacuating hundreds of workers from rigs and production platforms."
As New Orleans prepares for another hurricane, a new report "presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana." "Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older" and 51 percent were black, according to the study in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. The researchers hope the findings "will aid public health and emergency preparedness efforts" in the future.
"Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming." The oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing groups asked a judge to prevent laws designed to protect the bear from being used "to block projects that release heat-trapping gases in the state."
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) on Thursday named Charles T. Canady to the State Supreme Court. The move "drew praise from conservatives," as Canady is a "a former congressman who played a major role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton."
Tax rebate checks and robust exports "helped the U.S. economy grow at a faster-than-expected rate in the second quarter." But "economists warned that those two pillars couldn't prop growth up for long" because the rebate checks' "one-time boost to consumer spending is largely over.
And finally: Speaking last night at the Democratic convention in Denver, Barney Smith -- a displaced manufacturing worker from Marion, IN -- delivered the line of the night. "We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney," he said. (The brokerage firm Smith Barney "had its image tarnished for its financing of Enron Corp., the Houston-based energy company which had an epic collapse due to dodgy accounting procedures.") Watch it here.
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"Iraq's influential Shi'a cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia," BBC reports.
STATE WATCH
MARYLAND: "Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year."
ILLINOIS: Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has "cut hundreds of state jobs and closed nearly two dozen historic sites and parks" due to budget restraints.
CALIFORNIA: State "is close to adopting a law intended to slow the increase" in greenhouse emissions.
BLOG WATCH
THINK PROGRESS: Fox News: President Bush might not speak at the Republican National Convention on Monday because of Gustav.
WONK ROOM: "Concern" about refugee camp massacre: the responsibility to fret?
YGLESIAS: The generation gap and climate change.
DAILY GRILL
"The policies of our country comply with our law, which prohibits torture."
-- Vice President Cheney, 8/27/08
VERSUS
"[T]he Central Intelligence Agency has authorized torture...Americans are torturing."
-- Lt. Gen. Harry Soyster, 8/27/08
INTERNSHIPS
The research team that brings you The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org needs fall interns! Click here for more information.
U.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, "and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis." The U.S. military says the deputy, Ali al-Lami, "was working with the 'highest echelons' of the Iranian 'special groups' criminals."
As tropical storm Gustav approaches, "oil producers have begun to halt drilling and operations in the Gulf of Mexico" and are now "evacuating hundreds of workers from rigs and production platforms."
As New Orleans prepares for another hurricane, a new report "presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana." "Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older" and 51 percent were black, according to the study in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. The researchers hope the findings "will aid public health and emergency preparedness efforts" in the future.
"Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming." The oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing groups asked a judge to prevent laws designed to protect the bear from being used "to block projects that release heat-trapping gases in the state."
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) on Thursday named Charles T. Canady to the State Supreme Court. The move "drew praise from conservatives," as Canady is a "a former congressman who played a major role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton."
Tax rebate checks and robust exports "helped the U.S. economy grow at a faster-than-expected rate in the second quarter." But "economists warned that those two pillars couldn't prop growth up for long" because the rebate checks' "one-time boost to consumer spending is largely over.
And finally: Speaking last night at the Democratic convention in Denver, Barney Smith -- a displaced manufacturing worker from Marion, IN -- delivered the line of the night. "We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney," he said. (The brokerage firm Smith Barney "had its image tarnished for its financing of Enron Corp., the Houston-based energy company which had an epic collapse due to dodgy accounting procedures.") Watch it here.
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GOOD NEWS
"Iraq's influential Shi'a cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia," BBC reports.
STATE WATCH
MARYLAND: "Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year."
ILLINOIS: Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has "cut hundreds of state jobs and closed nearly two dozen historic sites and parks" due to budget restraints.
CALIFORNIA: State "is close to adopting a law intended to slow the increase" in greenhouse emissions.
BLOG WATCH
THINK PROGRESS: Fox News: President Bush might not speak at the Republican National Convention on Monday because of Gustav.
WONK ROOM: "Concern" about refugee camp massacre: the responsibility to fret?
YGLESIAS: The generation gap and climate change.
DAILY GRILL
"The policies of our country comply with our law, which prohibits torture."
-- Vice President Cheney, 8/27/08
VERSUS
"[T]he Central Intelligence Agency has authorized torture...Americans are torturing."
-- Lt. Gen. Harry Soyster, 8/27/08
DAVID SIROTA
Obama Convention Speech Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election '08 If his convention speech is any indication, Barack Obama has (finally) signaled that progressive economic populism is going to be the central thrust of Democrats campaign in the stretch run of the 2008 election.
Convention Dispatch: Dinner with the Ruling Class, Lunch In the Police State I am still marveling at how I got to eat dinner last night with the American ruling class. RICK PERLSTEIN
For NIXONLAND Nerds All eight or nine of you might be interested in this live-blogged account of the American Political Science Association convention panel on NIXONLAND. Bed-wetter Nation (2) A while back I did apost that got a lot of attention on how much more confidence and character the American nation enjoyed before the conservative ascendency turned us all into a bunch of pants-piddling cowards. Here's another interesting illustration, from roundabout San Diego.
Obama Convention Speech Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election '08 If his convention speech is any indication, Barack Obama has (finally) signaled that progressive economic populism is going to be the central thrust of Democrats campaign in the stretch run of the 2008 election.
Convention Dispatch: Dinner with the Ruling Class, Lunch In the Police State I am still marveling at how I got to eat dinner last night with the American ruling class. RICK PERLSTEINFor NIXONLAND Nerds All eight or nine of you might be interested in this live-blogged account of the American Political Science Association convention panel on NIXONLAND.
Bed-wetter Nation (2) A while back I did apost that got a lot of attention on how much more confidence and character the American nation enjoyed before the conservative ascendency turned us all into a bunch of pants-piddling cowards. Here's another interesting illustration, from roundabout San Diego.
ARA BARZ
Who Recharged the Electric Car? gristmill.grist.org — In the midst of the mayhem that was the Democratic National Convention in Denver, 10 electric vehicles could be found zipping along the streets of Denver or idling at the corner of Speer and Champa. Boulder County, Colo.
EUGENE ROBINSON
A Moment in History truthdig.com — Obama has taken great pains to reassure voters that as president he would act without racial animus or resentment — that he bears no grudges and intends to settle no scores. His success to date has depended largely on his ability to be seen as a candidate who happens to be black rather than as "a black candidate." Still, this is an amazing, unbelievable moment.
WILLIAM PFAFF
Cleaning Up After Bush truthdig.com — The Bush administration has lived by a strategy of tension, and will go out of office bequeathing the wars it has started and the ill will it has created to its successors, to compromise those who come after.
BILL BOYARSKY
The End of an Institution truthdig.com — I suppose I should be sad to watch the decline of the once mighty political media, an institution that trained and nurtured me. But that's not how I feel. For this was the institution that cheered when President Bush took us to war.
IVAN ELAND
Bush Escalates Tensions with Russia consortiumnews.com — To take advantage of Russian "aggression&334; against Georgia and to demonstrate that the seemingly impotent United States has at least one retaliatory option, the Bush administration has provocatively reached an agreement with Poland to install 10 missile defense interceptors on its territory. This unnecessary deployment will merely dump gasoline on the fire and will probably cause Russia to take more anti-Western actions in response.
ANTHONY D. ADVINCULA
Deconstructing the Ethnic Vote news.newamericamedia.org — Will Chinese-American voters who largely supported Hillary Clinton be ready for Barack Obama? How about Pakistani Americans who presently have two Republican members in the legislature? Are Latino voters now more concerned about the U.S. economy than immigration? Will the majority of African-American voters in republican states vote democratic this year?
LIZZY RATNER
New Orleans Redraws Its Color Line thenation.com — Throughout the region, historically white suburbs, as well as one African-American neighborhood, have been tightening the housing noose by passing laws that restrict, limit or simply ban the building — and even renting — of homes that traditionally benefit poor and working-class people of color. Couched in the banal language of zoning and tax credits, density and permissive-use permits, these efforts rarely raise eyebrows. But taken together — and accompanied, as they so often are, by individual acts of flagrant racism — they represent one of the most brazen and sweeping cases of housing discrimination in recent history.
STEVEN THOMMA
Conservatism's Post-Reagan Era Identity Crisis mcclatchydc.com — The winning coalition that Reagan built of economic, foreign policy and social conservatives is splintered. The issues he used to define the his party have changed. And the national rejection of an unpopular president that helped Reagan launch a political revolution now benefits the other party as it rallies against the legacy of George W. Bush.
Who Recharged the Electric Car? gristmill.grist.org — In the midst of the mayhem that was the Democratic National Convention in Denver, 10 electric vehicles could be found zipping along the streets of Denver or idling at the corner of Speer and Champa. Boulder County, Colo.
EUGENE ROBINSON
A Moment in History truthdig.com — Obama has taken great pains to reassure voters that as president he would act without racial animus or resentment — that he bears no grudges and intends to settle no scores. His success to date has depended largely on his ability to be seen as a candidate who happens to be black rather than as "a black candidate." Still, this is an amazing, unbelievable moment.
WILLIAM PFAFF
Cleaning Up After Bush truthdig.com — The Bush administration has lived by a strategy of tension, and will go out of office bequeathing the wars it has started and the ill will it has created to its successors, to compromise those who come after.
BILL BOYARSKY
The End of an Institution truthdig.com — I suppose I should be sad to watch the decline of the once mighty political media, an institution that trained and nurtured me. But that's not how I feel. For this was the institution that cheered when President Bush took us to war.
IVAN ELAND
Bush Escalates Tensions with Russia consortiumnews.com — To take advantage of Russian "aggression&334; against Georgia and to demonstrate that the seemingly impotent United States has at least one retaliatory option, the Bush administration has provocatively reached an agreement with Poland to install 10 missile defense interceptors on its territory. This unnecessary deployment will merely dump gasoline on the fire and will probably cause Russia to take more anti-Western actions in response.
ANTHONY D. ADVINCULA
Deconstructing the Ethnic Vote news.newamericamedia.org — Will Chinese-American voters who largely supported Hillary Clinton be ready for Barack Obama? How about Pakistani Americans who presently have two Republican members in the legislature? Are Latino voters now more concerned about the U.S. economy than immigration? Will the majority of African-American voters in republican states vote democratic this year?
LIZZY RATNER
New Orleans Redraws Its Color Line thenation.com — Throughout the region, historically white suburbs, as well as one African-American neighborhood, have been tightening the housing noose by passing laws that restrict, limit or simply ban the building — and even renting — of homes that traditionally benefit poor and working-class people of color. Couched in the banal language of zoning and tax credits, density and permissive-use permits, these efforts rarely raise eyebrows. But taken together — and accompanied, as they so often are, by individual acts of flagrant racism — they represent one of the most brazen and sweeping cases of housing discrimination in recent history.
STEVEN THOMMA
Conservatism's Post-Reagan Era Identity Crisis mcclatchydc.com — The winning coalition that Reagan built of economic, foreign policy and social conservatives is splintered. The issues he used to define the his party have changed. And the national rejection of an unpopular president that helped Reagan launch a political revolution now benefits the other party as it rallies against the legacy of George W. Bush.
Palin is Brilliant, but Risky, VP Choice - Ed Rollins, CNN
The Palin Pick: Bold or Disastrous? - Mark Halperin, Time
McCain Has Wowed the Public & Enthused the Right - National Review
The Double-X Dan Quayle - Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair
Palin a Calculated Risk for McCain - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Experience Question Cuts Both Ways - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic
Why Obama's Speech Succeeded - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Obama Offers a Beautifully Packaged Lie - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily
Beyond Oratory - Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
National Tracking Polls: Gallup: Obama +8 | Rasmussen: Obama +4
More Palin Reaction: M. Barone | J. Marshall | P. Wehner | M. Ambinder
The Palin Pick: Bold or Disastrous? - Mark Halperin, Time
McCain Has Wowed the Public & Enthused the Right - National Review
The Double-X Dan Quayle - Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair
Palin a Calculated Risk for McCain - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Experience Question Cuts Both Ways - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic
Why Obama's Speech Succeeded - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Obama Offers a Beautifully Packaged Lie - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily
Beyond Oratory - Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
National Tracking Polls: Gallup: Obama +8 | Rasmussen: Obama +4
More Palin Reaction: M. Barone | J. Marshall | P. Wehner | M. Ambinder
Defending Against the First Attacks on Sarah Palin
Patrick J. Casey
It's important to prepare for the attacks on Sarah Palin that will be launched, starting this afternoon, by the Democrats and the media. More
Obama, the Showman-in-Chief
Thomas Lifson
Appearances are at the center of Barack Obama's career. Those who believe he has never accomplished anything overlook his chosen career as a political impresario, a master of creating illusions that dazzle the public More
The Singular William Jefferson Clinton
Ronald Wieck
His name is Clinton, and the rules don't apply to him. Learn it; accept it; live it. More
Patrick J. Casey
It's important to prepare for the attacks on Sarah Palin that will be launched, starting this afternoon, by the Democrats and the media. More
Obama, the Showman-in-Chief
Thomas Lifson
Appearances are at the center of Barack Obama's career. Those who believe he has never accomplished anything overlook his chosen career as a political impresario, a master of creating illusions that dazzle the public More
The Singular William Jefferson Clinton
Ronald Wieck
His name is Clinton, and the rules don't apply to him. Learn it; accept it; live it. More
Hillary supporters and Sarah Polin: a first indication
August 29, 2008
A report on what they are saying about Sarah Palin at the closed hillaryclintonforum.com site. More
The best Sarah Palin picture yet
August 29, 2008
Best of all, it appears genuine and believable. Let the captions begin More
The Case for Palin (continuously updated with roundtable comments)
August 29, 2008
If Sarah Palin gets the VP nod from McCain, there are some risks involved of course, but there is a big upside to this pick. More
Was Sarah Palin Really the Right Choice for Vice-president?
August 29, 2008
Honestly, I can't say I'm surprised, as I told someone just a week ago that she could be the choice. The question is, is she a good choice? More
August 29, 2008
A report on what they are saying about Sarah Palin at the closed hillaryclintonforum.com site. More
The best Sarah Palin picture yet
August 29, 2008
Best of all, it appears genuine and believable. Let the captions begin More
The Case for Palin (continuously updated with roundtable comments)
August 29, 2008
If Sarah Palin gets the VP nod from McCain, there are some risks involved of course, but there is a big upside to this pick. More
Was Sarah Palin Really the Right Choice for Vice-president?
August 29, 2008
Honestly, I can't say I'm surprised, as I told someone just a week ago that she could be the choice. The question is, is she a good choice? More
Class vs no class
August 29, 2008
Last night, John McCain put on ads congratulating Barack Obama for his achievement. The day Joe Biden was picked, John McCain called him to congratulate him. That is class. More
First McCain Palin commercial
August 29, 2008
It's here already. Watch it now More
What we know about Sarah Palin
August 29, 2008
Investor's Business Daily has had its eye on Sarah Palin for quite some time. They offer some first rate journalism on the woman of the hour. More
Ladies Rejoice! (a poem)
August 29, 2008
A lady will ride the elephant/ Into St. Paul next week/ At the side of our Republican candidate./ At last she's "the one we seek". More
August 29, 2008
Last night, John McCain put on ads congratulating Barack Obama for his achievement. The day Joe Biden was picked, John McCain called him to congratulate him. That is class. More
First McCain Palin commercial
August 29, 2008
It's here already. Watch it now More
What we know about Sarah Palin
August 29, 2008
Investor's Business Daily has had its eye on Sarah Palin for quite some time. They offer some first rate journalism on the woman of the hour. More
Ladies Rejoice! (a poem)
August 29, 2008
A lady will ride the elephant/ Into St. Paul next week/ At the side of our Republican candidate./ At last she's "the one we seek". More
McCain Campaign Confirms: It's Palin
August 29, 2008
Some downside but overall a very good pick by McCain More
BBC to produce dramas in Hollywood
August 29, 2008
Looks like the BBC is going to set up shop in America, producing dramas. Could they be attracted by the prospect of an Obama presidency? More
GOP Convention May be postponed due to Gustav
August 29, 2008
McCain campaign considering the political costs of having a party when so many would be in need. More
Berkeley tree sitters out on a limb
August 29, 2008
The obnoxious, smelly tree sitters in Berkeley, who are trying to stop construction of a training facility for athletes, lost in court, and now are seeking an appeal More
August 29, 2008
Some downside but overall a very good pick by McCain More
BBC to produce dramas in Hollywood
August 29, 2008
Looks like the BBC is going to set up shop in America, producing dramas. Could they be attracted by the prospect of an Obama presidency? More
GOP Convention May be postponed due to Gustav
August 29, 2008
McCain campaign considering the political costs of having a party when so many would be in need. More
Berkeley tree sitters out on a limb
August 29, 2008
The obnoxious, smelly tree sitters in Berkeley, who are trying to stop construction of a training facility for athletes, lost in court, and now are seeking an appeal More
With Pick, McCain Reclaims Maverick Image - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Why the Left is Scared of Sarah Palin - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard
Why McCain's Veep Choice is Likely to Flop - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek
Silencing the Obama Doubters - Clive Crook, Financial Times
McCain's Brilliant Trap - Kirsten Powers, New York Post
Two-Front Republicans - Matthew Continetti, New York Times
The Transformation of Obama - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Obama Plays His Cards Brilliantly - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Learning From Clinton's Words, Not '92 Playbook - Ronald Brownstein, NJ
Should Obama Have Picked Hillary? - Rebecca Traister, Salon
It's All Good in Obama's 'Cathedral' - Debra Saunders, San Fran Chronicle
The Perils of Palin - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
Palin Fought for Reform in Alaska - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Who is Prepared to be President? Nobody - Richard Reeves, RealClearPolitics
McCain's Baked Alaska - Gail Collins, New York Times
Can Obama Purge US's Original Sin? - Tristram Hunt, Times of London
Changes in Politics - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Why the Left is Scared of Sarah Palin - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard
Why McCain's Veep Choice is Likely to Flop - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek
Silencing the Obama Doubters - Clive Crook, Financial Times
McCain's Brilliant Trap - Kirsten Powers, New York Post
Two-Front Republicans - Matthew Continetti, New York Times
The Transformation of Obama - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Obama Plays His Cards Brilliantly - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Learning From Clinton's Words, Not '92 Playbook - Ronald Brownstein, NJ
Should Obama Have Picked Hillary? - Rebecca Traister, Salon
It's All Good in Obama's 'Cathedral' - Debra Saunders, San Fran Chronicle
The Perils of Palin - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
Palin Fought for Reform in Alaska - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Who is Prepared to be President? Nobody - Richard Reeves, RealClearPolitics
McCain's Baked Alaska - Gail Collins, New York Times
Can Obama Purge US's Original Sin? - Tristram Hunt, Times of London
Changes in Politics - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Editorials
Battle of the Conventions - Financial Times
A Great Day for Alaska, But For the Country? - Anchorage Daily News
A Reform Ticket - Wall Street Journal
Mr. McCain's Choice - Washington Post
Political News & Analysis
McCain Chooses Palin to be Running Mate - Wall Street Journal
Dems Kick Off Rust Belt Campaign - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Obama Takes Aim at McCain with Forceful Call for Change - N.Y. Times
For Descendants of King's Dream, a New Day Dawns - Washington Post
With Pick, McCain Reclaims His Maverick Image - Dan Balz, Wash Post1
McCain's Brilliant Trap - Kirsten Powers, New York Posthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163432.html
Silencing the Obama Doubters - Clive Crook, Financial Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163433.html
Why the Left is Scared of Sarah Palin - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standardhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163434.html
Palin Fought for Reform in Alaska - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journalhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163435.html
The Perils of Palin - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163436.html
Should Obama Have Picked Hillary? - Rebecca Traister, Salonhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163437.html
It's All Good in Obama's 'Cathedral' - Debra Saunders, San Fran Chronicle1
Why McCain's Veep Choice is Likely to Flop - Jonathan Alter, Newsweekhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163438.html
The Transformation of Obama - Michael Gerson, Washington Posthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/1/163396.html
Obama Plays His Cards Brilliantly - Greg Sheridan, The Australianhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163439.html
Can Obama Purge US's Original Sin? - Tristram Hunt, Times of Londonhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163440.html
Who is Prepared to be President? Nobody - Richard Reeves, RCPhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/1/163394.html
Changes in Politics - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
McCain's Brilliant Trap - Kirsten Powers, New York Posthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163432.html
Silencing the Obama Doubters - Clive Crook, Financial Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163433.html
Why the Left is Scared of Sarah Palin - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standardhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163434.html
Palin Fought for Reform in Alaska - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journalhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163435.html
The Perils of Palin - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Timeshttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163436.html
Should Obama Have Picked Hillary? - Rebecca Traister, Salonhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163437.html
It's All Good in Obama's 'Cathedral' - Debra Saunders, San Fran Chronicle1
Why McCain's Veep Choice is Likely to Flop - Jonathan Alter, Newsweekhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163438.html
The Transformation of Obama - Michael Gerson, Washington Posthttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/1/163396.html
Obama Plays His Cards Brilliantly - Greg Sheridan, The Australianhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163439.html
Can Obama Purge US's Original Sin? - Tristram Hunt, Times of Londonhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/42323/163440.html
Who is Prepared to be President? Nobody - Richard Reeves, RCPhttp://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/1/163394.html
Changes in Politics - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
- Obama's Tough New Populism
- John Nichols: Trading soaring rhetoric for a smart and incisive populism, Barack Obama takes his campaign to the people.
- We'll Take it From Here
- The Editors: Eight years ago, the people gave the GOP the keys to the country. It's time to take them back.
» Capitolism
Sarah Palin, Buchananite | McCain appeases the base.
Christopher Hayes
» The Bea
Obama's Tough New Populism | Trading soaring rhetoric for a smart and incisive populism, Barack Obama is taking his campaign to the people.
John Nichols
» The Dreyfuss Report
For the Record: Obama, Biden on Georgia | Two tough guys.
Robert Dreyfuss
Sarah Palin, Buchananite | McCain appeases the base.
Christopher Hayes
» The Bea
Obama's Tough New Populism | Trading soaring rhetoric for a smart and incisive populism, Barack Obama is taking his campaign to the people.
John Nichols
» The Dreyfuss Report
For the Record: Obama, Biden on Georgia | Two tough guys.
Robert Dreyfuss
Sarah Palin says she hasn't thought about Iraq
By Mark Benjamin-
John McCain plays the female card from the bottom of the deck
By Gary Kamiya -
Should Obama have picked Hillary?
By Rebecca Traister -
Barbecue's violent, racist history
By Andrew Leonard
McCain and the OODA Loop
Charlie Martin
There are two military concepts here that explain the (absolutely spectacular) choice of Governor Sarah Palin. Both of them are important to the training of a fighter pilot. More
Bush and Putin and Iran and Georgia
Michael Margolies
Backing down on Iran may have opened the way for the Georgia crisis More
Free Gorki Aguila!
John Mendez
It's not very often that a punk rocker becomes a leading dissident in a totalitarian regime, but it's happening now in Cuba. More
Charlie Martin
There are two military concepts here that explain the (absolutely spectacular) choice of Governor Sarah Palin. Both of them are important to the training of a fighter pilot. More
Bush and Putin and Iran and Georgia
Michael Margolies
Backing down on Iran may have opened the way for the Georgia crisis More
Free Gorki Aguila!
John Mendez
It's not very often that a punk rocker becomes a leading dissident in a totalitarian regime, but it's happening now in Cuba. More
No Dan Quayle
August 30, 2008
I was there on the levee in New Orleans when George H.W. Bush rode the Delta Queen into New Orleans in August 1988 to announce his surprising choice of Dan Quayle. More
Palin Smear of the Year: Baby not hers
August 30, 2008
Predictably, the smear comes from Daily Kos More
Peggy Noonan blasts MSNBC's 'fatuous suck-upping'
August 30, 2008
Peggy Noonan lets loose with hilarious straight talk on Obama and has her co-panelists doubled over with laughter. Except Andrea Mitchell... More
Michael Moore: 'Gustav is proof there is a God in heaven'
August 30, 2008
Michael Moore showed us once again how the left has hijacked a natural disaster and turned it into a political football. More
August 30, 2008
I was there on the levee in New Orleans when George H.W. Bush rode the Delta Queen into New Orleans in August 1988 to announce his surprising choice of Dan Quayle. More
Palin Smear of the Year: Baby not hers
August 30, 2008
Predictably, the smear comes from Daily Kos More
Peggy Noonan blasts MSNBC's 'fatuous suck-upping'
August 30, 2008
Peggy Noonan lets loose with hilarious straight talk on Obama and has her co-panelists doubled over with laughter. Except Andrea Mitchell... More
Michael Moore: 'Gustav is proof there is a God in heaven'
August 30, 2008
Michael Moore showed us once again how the left has hijacked a natural disaster and turned it into a political football. More
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