Political Bloviation

How did she do it? | By Andrew Sullivan Wow that must of hurt. I hope he didn’t get an aneurysm typing that post. Poor Sully…

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From Ezra Klein at The American Prospect: When it comes to racism, I’ve been somewhat surprised to find that I was wrong. Very little of the narrative around Obama’s run has touched on race; very few of the attacks on him have been coded racism, and those that have — the occasional mention of his [...]

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In listening to the back and forth in the new tactic from Hillary against Obama I’m struck by a few things. The main point seems to be the “words are not actions” as a means of staunching the hemorrhaging of her inevitability in the face of Barack’s eloquence. It’s truly a false dichotomy. Rhetoric is [...]

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Harold Meyerson at TAP has a take on the meaning of a black man taking the lead in a 95% white state: Iowa’s Verdict | The American Prospect “Years from now,” he told his Iowa legions, and those in New Hampshire as well, “you’ll look back” at this memorable moment when America ceased to be” [...]

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It looks like Obama wins with 37% at the moment. Edwards and Hillary are in a dead heat for 2nd place with 30% each, despite Hillary out spending Edwards by more than two to one. The Huckster wins decisively with 34% on the GOP side frustrating Romney’s (25%) transparent attempt to buy the nomination in [...]

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan I’d vote for Clinton against anyone in the GOP field, but she’d definitely not my first choice. I’d rather see Edwards win the primary and Obama is my second choice. Obama’s greatest weakness IMHO is his stance on health care reform. I don’t think he clearly gets what [...]

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