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For being a dope . How many apologies for insensitivity has Obama collected in this campaign--a dozen? Two dozen? -- Michael Crowley
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You probably haven't heard of James McGee. He's our Ambassador in Harare, Zimbabwe. He's also a black man, which frustrates the sick worldview of Robert Mugabe. Here's an excerpt from a news story earlier this week that made me smile:...
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The lede of a June 28, 2000 piece in the New York Times : Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing...
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Many are celebrating yesterday's decision by the California Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage in the state; others are bracing for a referendum battle; and some, cooped up in campaign offices, are trying to figure out how best to play it. So...
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Today was national Bike or Walk to Work Day . Perhaps in acknowledgement, the Guardian flags a funny ethical “ ecoconumdrum ”: Electrified bikes—yea or nay? As a huge bike enthusiast, I am fully in favor of the technology, which puts tiny motors on regular...
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We understand that writing a newspaper column is hard work. But, sweet jeebus, does Bill Kristol have to be this bad at it? Blandly written, intellectually lazy, and--worst of all--hopelessly predictable, his columns will stink up The New York Times'...
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First, there was West Virginia. Michael Crowley parsed Hillary's thinking going into the primary, noting that West Virginia is the place Bill belongs . Hillary won, and Noam said the numbers vindicate John Judis. But Josh Patashnik thought losing...
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New York 's John Heilemann has an interesting Q&A with the smart and deadly GOP strategist Alex Castellanos (via Ben Smith). I thought this was the most interesting exchange: J.H.: So you believe that Democrats won't be able to rebrand McCain...
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Jamie thinks the quotation from McCain below puts the Hamas issue to rest. I'm not so sure. In his response to Rubin, McCain says, " They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another."...
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Josh wrote earlier about Jamie Rubin's Washington Post op-ed today alleging John McCain's "Hypocrisy on Hamas" (bigger news, I think, is that a ruthless Clinton hack like Rubin is now going to the barricades for Obama). Both Josh and...
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John McCain, speaking to the National Rifle Association today: After Senator Obama made his unfortunate comment that Pennsylvanians "cling to guns and religion" out of bitterness, Senator Clinton quickly affirmed her support for the Second Amendment...
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Remember that Pentagon program , revealed last month, that fed talking points to supposedly objective military analysts to push the Bush administration's line on Iraq? The Department of Defense just released thousands of documents from the program...
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Many are celebrating yesterday's decision by the California Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage in the state; others are bracing for a referendum battle; and some, cooped up in campaign offices, are trying to figure out how best to play it. So...
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While it was a bit choppy , I'd have to say Obama's speech today was an epochal stride towards dismantling the conservative advantage on foreign policy--attacking its rhetorical substructure in way Democrats have not done before. To wit, by saying...
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Mohan Munasinghe, reporting for Britain's intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), thinks reports of our civilization's demise have been greatly under exaggerated. According to the substance of a talk Munasinghe gave recently at Cambridge...