If Obama can boldly articulate a pro-life platform to reduce abortion, care for children and families, reduce arms and prevent war then he could bring about a seismic shift in electoral politics.
What will it be? A nod to Israel to bomb Iran? An American-engineered coup in Pakistan? Whatever it is, it is coming and if Obama intends to weather the dirty trick he will have to be prepared.
Let's review some of what we know about Corsi: he cavorts with white supremacists, he is a known plagiarist (according to a conservative!), and he is a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.
The irony is almost too great. Disabled veterans, who have made such tremendous sacrifices in defense of democracy, are now being denied assistance in voting.
For the unprecedented Olympics ad buys, Obama started out positive and uplifting -- as befits the positive uplift of the Olympics media environment. McCain went in, well, a different direction.
As the 44th President said, many times, no leader can function by himself. And in particular, 44 made one brilliant appointment: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
MGM held a movie magazine contest to rename their "next big thing." The winning entry: Joan Crawford. I hope Obama keeps this in mind before he considers putting "Obama Bayh" on bumper stickers.
It's more reasonable to ask McCain about Corsi than it was to ask Obama about Farrakhan. The Democrat and the Nation of Islam leader are not linked. Corsi and the GOP are.
We have rolled out our first local version of The Huffington Post. HuffPost Chicago is part local news source, part resource guide, and part virtual soap box -- featuring a collection of bloggers who know and love Chicago. Read More
Obama's Vacation Assignment: Prepping to Make the Case that McCain Isn't "Ready to Lead" on National Security Voters trust McCain on the war on terror; Obama needs to show them every day why they shouldn't. Allowing the GOP to claim it has the advantage on this is nothing less than disastrous for Democrats. Just ask President Kerry. Read More
This week, at the same time Bush was coming to the realization that his insights into Putin's soul may have been misguided, his failed policy toward Pakistan was also coming full circle.
McCain's internet policy is the product of a team of advisors that gives lip service to consumers, but when the rubber meets the road, it's the corporations that get most of the goodies.
I came to the Aspen Institute to hear McCain talk about how he might handle this Russian Crisis -- and found a lot has changed since Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
