Politics
Barack Obama on 60 Minutes
Monday, November 17th, 2008Steve Kroft’s Interview with Barack and Michelle Obama
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What Do We Do With Lieberman?
Sunday, November 16th, 2008As Democrats continue getting their house in order–pun intended–one of the most vexing questions that the party faces is what to do with Joe Lieberman. Lieberman who as recently as 2000 was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, and on whose behalf Barack Obama campaigned in 2006, was extremely critical of Obama during this year’s presidential race. [...]
RP Asks: Will Going Negative Hurt McCain?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The New York Times published a scathing editorial criticizing John McCain for letting Karl Rove’s operatives into his campaign, and in so doing adopting a more negative tone in his contest against Barack Obama. In recent weeks McCain has falsely accused Obama of turning his back on soldiers and being an opponent of energy, and absurdly [...]
Stephen L. Carter: Getting Past Black and White
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Yale University Law Professor and novelist, Stephen L Carter has two essays of note in circulation this week. The first is “Affirmative Distraction” an Op-Ed published in the New York Times assaying the legacy of Affirmative Action. Carter’s article gives a brief historical overview of the this policy prescription, meditating on the landmark Bakke case [...]
Color Lines Magazine: Race and Election Coverage 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Color Lines Magazine’s recurring assessments of Race and 2008’s Election coverage always brings to light issues that are not covered by the MSM. For example, while many have discussed Missouri’s importance as a battleground state, and the prospects of Missouri Governor as a vice-presidential candidate has also garnered adequate attention, there has been no debate [...]
Robert Novak: “Obamacons on the Rise”
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Writing a special column for RCP, Robert Novak assays the insurgent “Obamacon” movement where conservatives are crossing party lines to support Barack Obama. Novak writes:
The prototypical Obamacon may be Larry Hunter, familiar inside the Washington Beltway as an ardent supply-sider. When it became known recently that Hunter supports Obama, fellow conservatives were stunned…Explaining his support [...]
Howard Fineman: “Poll Position”
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Newsweek’s Howard Fineman explores the significance of summer polls for a fall race. According to Fineman’s assessment both parties and all voters have very god reason to take current polls with a grain of salt.
June polls of a horserace that ends in November aren’t “reliably predictive,” as the survey experts say. So why are [...]
Ari Berman: “John McCain’s Voodoo Reformism”
Friday, June 27th, 2008One of the biggest surprises of this campaign is that it is McCain, the candidate touting his experience in office, who actually has had more trouble shaping his identity. Labeled as everything from a hero to a maverick, McCain the senator and Republican presidential nominee has found it difficult living up to these iconic signatures, [...]
John Ridley: When Rove Calls Obama Arrogant, He Means “Uppity”
Friday, June 27th, 2008HuffPo contributor John Ridley expounds on Karl Rove’s latest attempts at putting Obama in his place:
The only arrogance Obama is guilty of is the same “Unforgivable Blackness” so many exceptional people of color have demonstrated throughout the history of this country: a refusal to bend to the will of the Retro Guard. To Rove, to [...]
What Ever Happened to the Republicans
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Jeff, I do not know about you, I’m still open to public-financing, as are a lot of artist-practictioners throughout this country who could use some of the financial support thrown behind Barack Obama during this campaign season. In an ideal world the money turned down by Obama and potentially McCain would be re-distributed to fund [...]
