Here's the case that it isn't... … [Read more...] about Is The Margaret Thatcher Era Over?
Will The GOP’s Political Base Still Love Sarah Palin Tomorrow?
She strays from the base's preferred position on a major hot button issue -- immigration. A sign that she has an eye on 2012 and feels she needs to broaden her constituency? … [Read more...] about Will The GOP’s Political Base Still Love Sarah Palin Tomorrow?
Radical Anti-American Order Threatened By Obama Win: The Daily Nation, Kenya
'The Seduction of Colin Powell' [Hoje Macau, Macau] A little considered aspect of the current American election is this: What will all of the left-wing, anti-American intellectuals in the Third World do with themselves, if the United States of America elects a Black man as its president? For Kenya's Daily Nation, Charles Onyango Obbo writes in part: "In the United … [Read more...] about Radical Anti-American Order Threatened By Obama Win: The Daily Nation, Kenya
He Isn’t Called A Big, Fat, Idiot for Nothing
Ah, Rush: "How come the conservative movement is fracturing,?" when there's a blueprint for winning it, 1980, there's a blueprint. McCain is not the blueprint for how Republicans win landslides. Going after moderates, independents, and all these yokels is not the blueprint. The blueprint's there, 1994, taking back the House, the blueprint's there. Why are these … [Read more...] about He Isn’t Called A Big, Fat, Idiot for Nothing
“Undecided” as Code
Somewhere in the higher-than-usual percentage of undecided voters in the late stages of an almost two-year campaign are those who can't or won't vote for an African-American candidate. The good news for Barack Obama is that, as his lead in the national polls grows toward double digits, it may, as gamblers say, "cover the spread." Michelle Obama recently dismissed the … [Read more...] about “Undecided” as Code
Ex-Bush Press Secretary McClellan And Goldwater’s Granddaughter Endorse Barack Obama
It has been triple-whammy bad news for Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain this week: for a candidate who said he can reach across the aisles, he's having serious trouble holding on to some famous names in his own party. Two more famous names in the past 24 hours alone have come out against McCain, and for his rival Democratic candidate Sen. Barack … [Read more...] about Ex-Bush Press Secretary McClellan And Goldwater’s Granddaughter Endorse Barack Obama
I Caused Barack Obama to Lose…
I'm sorry Obama supporters. I've let you down and now I'm in protective custody. For those that can't see the video above, please go here. … [Read more...] about I Caused Barack Obama to Lose…
Those LAPD Profiling Stats
I flagged this study by Yale law professor Ian Ayres in the civil rights roundup [The link in which I've now fixed -- DS], but I just wanted to block quote some of the findings: We found persistent and statistically significant racial disparities in policing that raise grave concerns that African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles are, as we put it in the report, … [Read more...] about Those LAPD Profiling Stats
Obama on Food; An Understanding of Systems
Barack Obama, from an interview with Joe Klein: Whatever else we think is going to happen over the next certainly 5 years, one thing we know, the days of easy credit are going to be over.... And what that means is that just from a purely economic perspective, finding the new driver of our economy is going to be critical. There is no better potential driver that pervades all … [Read more...] about Obama on Food; An Understanding of Systems
Funniest Republican of the Day: Sarah Palin
Question: Do you think you're intellectual? Palin: Yehhh-sss. Now that's freakin' hilarious. (Even if, or perhaps precisely because, she wasn't trying to be funny.) You can read the full interview, at People, here. ********** Bonus funny: McCain to Imus: "I think she's the most qualified of anyone recently who has run for vice president to tell you the … [Read more...] about Funniest Republican of the Day: Sarah Palin
Civil Rights Roundup: 10/23/08
Your daily dose of civil rights and related news Breath-taking results from a study by Ian Ayres on racial profiling by the LAPD. I'm probably going to write a separate post on this one -- the data is jaw-dropping. [Link fixed -- I was wondering why I was getting all those hits to my post on cotton subsidies] The polls on Proposition 8 have been narrowing, and it looks … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Roundup: 10/23/08
Is Civil Discourse on Life Support?
I would invite you to read your fill of The Lady Logician on this subject, please, on the day after the homes of a number of elected officials (both Democrat and Republican) had their homes defaced by vandals. The electorate needs to grow up and learn how to disagree without being disagreeable. On MSR, we have a conservative, a libertarian and a liberal on the show and while … [Read more...] about Is Civil Discourse on Life Support?
Obama and McCain: Wrong Battles on the Economy
Barack Obama and John McCain are locked in the wrong battle of words over the panic stricken American economy as it slips into recession. They are sparring over the kind of tax relief each will deliver, incentives to save jobs and regulations to curtail the greed of investment bankers and fund managers. Though relevant for the longer term, these are mistaken prescriptions … [Read more...] about Obama and McCain: Wrong Battles on the Economy
For McCain, It May All Come Down to Pennsylvania
It wasn't all that long ago -- actually, about two and a half weeks ago -- that the McCain campaign pulled out of Michigan and set its sights on three key battleground states: Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. (Although he was behind quite decisively in all three.) Well, it now looks like it's all about Pennsylvania. As Jim Rutenberg of NYT's The Caucus reported … [Read more...] about For McCain, It May All Come Down to Pennsylvania
The ACORN Non-Issue
Amid all the Republican accusations against ACORN for its drive to register new voters, the simple truth seems to be that hourly workers scammed the non-profit organization by submitting fake names, but there is no evidence whatsoever of fraud by non-existent voters actually going to the polls to cast ballots. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is … [Read more...] about The ACORN Non-Issue
On Conservatism’s (Un)Certain Future
With the seemingly-likely blowout of the GOP from the halls of power, there has been a lot of talk about what will happen to the conservative moment. Blogger Peter Suderman believes it's a bit premature to say that conservatism is doomed: I don’t want to go too far down the road of arguing that the right doesn’t have problems. It does, and I desperately hope that it … [Read more...] about On Conservatism’s (Un)Certain Future
Barr, McCain, Obama, I Voted Today. In The Fedora Tradition…
I voted today. Like my dad, Fedora-man, my ballot choices are secret. I'm an Independent, though I've belonged to each party in the past wanting to find out more. That voting is private runs in my bones. In the old country people of my family, immigrants and refugees, this secrecy of vote was cherished in America... for back in the villages everyone knew everyone's … [Read more...] about Barr, McCain, Obama, I Voted Today. In The Fedora Tradition…
Rocky McCain and Bullwinkle
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch … [Read more...] about Rocky McCain and Bullwinkle
Why the Republicans Must Lose (Part 2,395)
Every time the elections roll around, yet another disillusioned Republican comes along bemoaning loss of the old, small government, fiscal conservative roots of the party and the rise of the neo-cons and extreme social conservatives who hijacked the organization some years back. This season is no different, and Radley Balko comes along to fill the bill. The truth is, unless … [Read more...] about Why the Republicans Must Lose (Part 2,395)
SNL & Palin; Obama Next?
Freakonomics: Sarah Palin’s favorability ratings dropped slightly among independents, Democrats, and Republicans who viewed Tina Fey’s impressions of her on Saturday Night Live, according to a study conducted earlier this month by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion. Another study by the same group said the real Palin’s appearance on SNL … [Read more...] about SNL & Palin; Obama Next?