From the AP news wires today:
Booneville, Ky - “Senator Barack Obama often commands large crowds of young people, college graduates and women at speeches and campaign rallies. But the central front in his war for the White House with Senator John McCain remains hardscrabble Appalachian communities like Owsley County, Kentucky (population 4,858), where Senator McCain […]
[Hat tip Matt Yglesias]
The Politico reports:
“The endorsement could hardly have been stronger. On Monday, John McCain’s campaign released a statement signed by 300 economists who ‘enthusiastically support’ his ‘Jobs for America’ economic plan, providing a heavyweight testimonial to the presumptive Republican nominee’s ‘broad and powerful economic agenda.’
There’s just one problem. Upon closer inspection, it seems […]
While I’ll have more thoughts about this later, one of the things to keep an eye on in the coming year(s) are advocacy movements seeking major policy changes in areas of obvious national neglect like health care, the environment, energy, water rights/distribution, etc. The reason is that I take (future President) Barack Obama at […]
This is a nice endorsement for Democratic Congressional candidate Bob Abboud, especially because of General John Borling’s active involvement with Republican Presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign, including serving as a member of McCain’s finance committee.
General Borling, a fiscal conservative and social moderate, has a number of disagreements with current Republican Congressman Don Manzullo, […]
Yes, it’s true. The Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2008 will not win every vote in the general election. This has caused much anxiety (and resulting analysis) from pundits left, right and center - but really, since most of us aren’t selling our words, it’s not a big concern. […]
According to today’s New York Times, Justin Case, John McCain’s Spokesperson/Campaign Manager/Strategist/Chief Fundraiser/Field Manager/All-Around Handy Guy, told reporters that John McCain had fired his staff because of their lobbying connections, including clients like a Russian businessman “barred from entering” the U.S. because of purported links to organized crime, the repressive totalitarian country Myanmar (Burma) and […]
Charlie Pierce has written an extremely powerful piece, “The Cynic and Senator Obama,” in this month’s Esquire. Whatever you may think of it - it’s an important criticism, made more moving by Pierce’s love for an America lost (and feared forever lost). I got there via Ezra Klein’s post, which is also well […]
Matt Stoller may be overestimating some of the power of the structure, but his analysis of Barack Obama’s Campaign is certainly worth a read. The issue, which has excited New York Times Opinion Columnist Paul Krugman to no end, is two-fold:
1. What do we get out of Barack Obama’s power structure in practical terms […]
While Mark Schmitt writes this in the context of whether or not there should be a “unity ticket” of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, it’s actually a great response to questions about how united Democrats will be with Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential election:
“[As opposed to “structural and ideological” fights,] there are fights that […]
