Most people thought it was a good thing that Bill and Hillary Clinton made their daughter off-limits for political purposes during their campaigns and their tenures in office. That was true across partisan lines and it should be true now,… Continue Reading
Steve Benen takes the Associated Press’s reporter Charles Babbington to task for calling Obama’s acceptance speech sketchy on the details of the policies Obama would pursue as President: Babbington: ‘Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,”… Continue Reading
Read the whole text of it here. It was, of course, delivered in a magnificent way. Including the invocation of the language of Scripture at the end, loosely underlining the point of my previous post.
Notwithstanding my previous post, Senator McCain at least has not forgotten his manners: David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, said this in response: “That’s a very nice gesture. We appreciate that. I wish more of his ads had that tone. But… Continue Reading
After an extensive search (re-enacted to left by GOP volunteers) John McCain has picked his running mate. He’ll announce his choice tomorrow, after the DNC is over. So I’ve put together a quick mini-poll for who it will be. Vote… Continue Reading
Barack Obama is now officially the Democratic party’s nominee for President of the United States. Which is good. Nice that Senator Clinton moved to have his nomination passed out of the convention floor by acclamation, which avoids a roll call… Continue Reading
I previously wrote about the rather silly theory that John McCain is constitutionally ineligible to be President. That theory depended on a particular interpretation of a particular law concerning the Panama Canal Zone and its relationship to the United States.… Continue Reading
Enough with the arugula jokes already. Even when we might be mulling over the pros and cons of Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate, there are still people who seem to obsess over Obama’s liking for arugula. Get over… Continue Reading
I dispense props where they’re due. Obama’s VP selection, at long last, was revealed to be Joe Biden at about midnight. I’m not a huge fan of Senator Joe myself but I think he provides some needed wisdom and gravitas… Continue Reading