Entries Categorized as 'Politics'

Wake me when we get there

Date April 23, 2008

Talking Points Memo on last night’s primary:

There’s a lot of crowing from Hillary’s campaign tonight about a shift in momentum and doubts about Obama. Tomorrow there will be a lot of chatter from Obama’s campaign that none of that really matters because of the reality of the delegate numbers which won’t change much.
Like I said, [...]

A substantial process

Date April 17, 2008

Ninety minutes of debate and
not one question on word parsing, exaggeration, or the candidate’s clergy. Honestly, how can we decide which president we’d rather have a PBR+shot with if we spend all of our time discussing bank regulation, foreign policy strategy, and Constitutional legal theory?
Sure am glad I decided to watch
OK Connery last [...]

The Obama presidency

Date April 16, 2008

Commenter “free0352″ on honestpartisan’s blog discusses what we can expect from an Obama presidency. With a few minor exceptions, I think the commenter is a bit overly optimistic.
It’s clear free0352 thinks he/she is making a scary, damning argument but with a few exceptions this sounds pretty good to me. Free0342’s prognostications:

McCain Ad

Date April 15, 2008

From the YouTube:

Farm bill

Date April 15, 2008

I know, I know. All you ever hear about when you turn on the news is the farm bill. What the candidates are saying about the farm bill, how much the farm bill costs, whether or not farm subsidies are necessary given the fact that farmers are making record profits, and how even non-farmers qualify [...]