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Obama-Webb 2008

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted May 14, 2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Now that just about everyone has finally figured out that Senator Barack Obama is the right leader for America at the this crucial moment in our history and that he is going to be the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2008, we can now turn to the issue of...

Casting Hillary: The Movie

Martin Nolan | Posted May 13, 2008 | Entertainment


Martin Nolan

Is she Barbara Stanwyck of Night Nurse and Baby Face? The pre-Code 1930s Stanwyck was a tough cookie who did not stay home baking them.

Sally Field, Hillary Rodham Clinton's contemporary, could play her on screen. The Oscar winner for Norma Rae won again for Places in the Heart and...

Hillary Said It Wrong But Got It Right About Hard Working, White Americans

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted May 10, 2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

If there were ever words that Hillary Clinton should take back it's her retort that hard working whites backed her in the primaries. The implication was that whites are the only ones who work hard. She obviously didn't mean that. Her awkwardly put point was simply that Obama has not...

Memo to Tom Hanks: Barack Obama Is No Harry Truman

Robert Schlesinger | Posted May 5, 2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

So Tom Hanks has endorsed Barack Obama, comparing him -- according to the clip I just saw on Hardball -- with FDR, HST, JFK and RWR (that last would be Ronald Reagan -- apparently the Dems have the monopoly on names that can be reduced to catchy three-letter-initials, though...

Vetting the Candidates: An American Tradition

Adam McKay | Posted April 25, 2008 | Politics


Adam McKay

America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a "straight shooter" or "the genuine article" when it comes to our leaders. As a nation we can "feel it in our gut" when someone is giving us a bum steer. We have a free press ("Free press"...

The Simple Arithmetic of Republican Failure

David Fiderer | Posted April 20, 2008 | Business


David Fiderer

Andrea Mitchell made a feeble attempt to cut through John McCain's doublespeak.

MITCHELL: You know, you've added up and you talked about some $300 billion in savings -- pork barrel savings. Independent experts say that your tax cuts would cost at least $100 billion more than you say and...

Don't be Distracted. Vote For Your Pocket Like the Fat Cats Do

R.T. Eby | Posted April 14, 2008 | Off The Bus


R.T. Eby

I remember Ronald Reagan talking about the "welfare queen." There wasn't a shred of truth in it but he seemed so charming as he told the story. It had to do with a mother on welfare who, according to Reagan, was symbolic of the abuses of America's social programs.

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It's Time to End Post-Reagan Conservatism

Byron Williams | Posted April 13, 2008 | Politics


Byron Williams

Since former Speaker Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America," American politics has been dominated by post-Reagan conservatism.

Post-Reagan conservatism liberally throws out the name of the Gipper for the purposes of legitimacy; that is where the similarities end. Unlike Reagan, it is not based on optimism but rather pessimism. It appeals...

McCain: I'll Cut Deficits Like Reagan (Who Tripled The Deficit)

The Huffington Post   |   April 10, 2008 08:52 AM


"When Senator John McCain was asked here this afternoon how he plans to balance the budget, he said that he hoped to do so by stimulating economic growth - and approvingly cited the example of President Ronald Reagan," the New...

Obama's Dukakis Moment: Bowling Blunders Matter

David Paul Kuhn | Posted April 9, 2008 | Politics


David Paul Kuhn

Last week many had their fun poking fun at Barack Obama's gutter balls. Monday on Ellen Hillary Clinton decided to toss a little ball at some pins on set in order to keep Obama's bowling blunder in the conversation. It wasn't the most tactful response. But Obama's poor showing was...

Run, Hillary, Run, Just Stop Sliming Obama

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted April 2, 2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Hillary Clinton's "negatives" started going up at exactly the same time she began throwing the "kitchen sink" at her Democratic opponent, Barack Obama. The Svengalis in her campaign, Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson, thought it advantageous to treat Obama as if he were a Republican while at the same time...

Vanity Fair: 3 a.m. Phone Calls: The White House Transcripts

Vanity Fair   |  David Friend   |   April 1, 2008 09:06 PM


The White House today released selected transcripts from several late night and early morning telephone conversations logged by various U.S. presidents between 1962 and 2008....

Frank Gaffney: Boeing's Surprising Spear-Carrier in the Middle East?

Steve Clemons | Posted March 31, 2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons
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Frank Gaffney stands out as one of the leading original card-carrying Scoop Jackson Democrats who joined up with Ronald Reagan in tackling to its inglorious end the former Soviet Union -- or at least...

March 30, 1981: We Remember

Paul Helmke | Posted March 31, 2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Twenty-seven years ago, yesterday, on March 30, 1981, a mentally disturbed gunman attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. In the process the shooter wounded a Secret Serviceman, a Washington, DC police officer, and the President's press secretary, James S. Brady.

As we remember that horrible day - and...

Run, Hillary, Run. Ralph, Too.

Matt Cooper | Posted March 27, 2008 | Politics


Matt Cooper

The New York Times is now on autopilot, suffering from an astounding bit of groupthink. First, David Brooks, usually independent minded, echoes the chattering class sentiment about the terrible consequences of Hillary Clinton remaining in the race for president. Now Nick Kristof writes virtually the same thing.

Clinton or Obama? Does the Media Have Nothing Better To Do Than Make Headlines With No Real Basis?

Michael Russnow | Posted March 10, 2008 | Media


Michael Russnow

Last Tuesday, Hillary Clinton reversed her political slide, which had been greased by so many in the Media who gave disproportionate import to the primaries and caucuses Barack Obama won in the days following Super Tuesday. Last Wednesday's headlines gave some begrudging indication -- almost a harumph -- that she'd...

What Barack Obama Needs To Learn About Attacking Hillary Clinton

Denise Clapsaddle | Posted March 6, 2008 | Off The Bus


Denise Clapsaddle

Lately, it seems, Barack Obama has found himself almost constantly playing defense, with McCain and Clinton double-teaming him at every turn. In the post-March 4th world, though, Obama has decided not just to attack his opponent McCain, but he's also going after the real enemy--his work wife, Hillary Clinton.

Obama...

Lanny Davis (Clinton-Lieberman Supporter) Sees Hillary Clinton as Today's Walter Mondale

Paul Abrams | Posted March 2, 2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

He said it, I did not. Lanny Davis just told us that we should be wary of voting for Senator Obama because... well, he could be similar to Gary Hart, and look how Mondale took Hart apart with his inexperience ad.

And, we all can read in our...

A Happy Anniversary: The Brady Law Turns 14

Paul Helmke | Posted February 28, 2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

The Brady Law went into effect 14 years ago today, February 28, 1994.

On anniversaries like this, it is important to remember what the Brady Law has accomplished, how effective the law has been at helping reduce gun crime, and how bitterly the NRA fought to kill it...

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