- JB on PK vs BHO
- Bank Transfers? Really?
- Farrakhan's Support For Obama? Hugely Controversial. Hagee's Backing Of McCain? No Problem.
- ABC: All Bad for Citizens
- Bill Kristol Corrects False Assertion About Obama
- The Myth Of The Black Racist Voter
- That NYT/CBS poll
- What Can We Possibly Add?
- Clinton Camp Sacks Mark Penn
- George Will Moves to the Left of the Democrats
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The Truth About Jonathan Taplin
Actually, this is not the truth about Jonathan Taplin. Everything I'm going to write is factual, but it's not really the truth. I'm just going to subject Taplin to the kind of innuendo that Taplin subjects his political opponents to...more »
Posted on May 9, 2008 5:06 PM
Anne Marie Slaughter and John McCain
The debate about Fareed Zarakia's book, "The Post-American World," has resurrected one of the very worst ideas hatched by Anne Marie Slaughter -- a "concert of democracies" that will be empowered to act when the United Nations can't or won't.Anne...more »
Posted on May 7, 2008 5:41 PM
McCain's Platform: Previously Rejected!
Let’s imagine the worst and that McCain reaches the White House. Because of his advanced age (847) he has only one term in which to implement the policies he’s promised. But take four major issues (healthcare, social security, taxes and...more »
Posted on April 30, 2008 12:16 PM
Reasonable People Opposed Invading Afghanistan
Critics of Moveon very often point out that the group opposed invading Afghanistan after 9/11. Then we all argue about what Moveon did or didn't say at the time and the argument is rarely productive because it rests on a...more »
Posted on April 19, 2008 1:27 PM
I'm Pro Obama, not Anti-Clinton (2nd posting try)
[Apologies if this posts twice. I posted 15 minutes ago and it didn't show up.]readytoblowagasket says that what's happened to me is that I've gone negative on Hillary but that I don't have a positive argument to make on Obama's...more »
Posted on April 7, 2008 9:53 PM
I'm not anti-Hillary, I'm Pro-Obama
readytoblowagasket says that what's happened to me is that I've gone negative on Hillary but that I don't have a positive argument to make on Obama's behalf except that he isn't John McCain.Now, not being John McCain and not being...more »
Posted on April 7, 2008 9:36 PM
Okay, I Was Wrong and I'm an Obamanoid Now.
I've posted my doubts about Hillary already and was asked by Genghis to go ahead and endorse Obama. I just ignored that. Wasn't ready yet.Okay, I endorse Obama. But I will continue to question him through the general and to...more »
Posted on April 6, 2008 11:40 PM
Race? Or Civil Rights?
Let me just try this idea out: we should talk about race, but we should always include a conversation about broader civil rights issues.Yes, as the polite phrasing goes, African Americans have a “unique” history in this country. That must...more »
Posted on March 31, 2008 7:49 PM
"A Defining Moment In The History of A Free Iraq"
President Bush (remember him?) says that the fighting in Basra is "A defining moment in the history of a free Iraq."It is a history that will be remembered for 100 years if John McCain, age 847, is elected president in...more »
Posted on March 28, 2008 6:07 PM
Clinton's Toughness
This isn't a post I wanted to write. It's frankly a little embarassing given some of the things I've written on this site.After Obama's race speech I decided that I'd stop calling Obama a wimp. I decided to only make...more »
Posted on March 27, 2008 10:23 AM
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It's an interesting argument but there's something I don't understand... when the Swiftboaters come back there are plenty of old school hyper-partisans who will be there to take up Obama's defense, maybe freeing him from having to do it himself.
Yes, Obama sets the tone for the campaign. But the point about Swift boater is that they aren't the opposition, they're allied with the opposition. They have plausible deniability. Perhaps they can be countered by Obama allies with the same plausible deniability.
Posted at May 13, 2008 5:15 PM in response to Matt Stoler: Coup in Democratic Party
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Bob O'Patriot?
No way I'm ever voting for a filthy Irishman.
Posted at May 13, 2008 5:11 PM in response to How Obama Blew It: The Campaign That Could Have Been
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Of course this election was run under the rules we have now so we can't say with certainty who'd have won an all-primary, no supers type of election.
But given that Obama won the popular vote (as best we can count it under the current system) doing it my way wouldn't necessarily have changed the result.
Also, just so you know, I'm not suggesting it for that purpose. I just think that Democrats should be allowed to go to the polls before work, vote in a reasonable time and get on with their days. For that reason alone primaries beat caucuses.
Posted at May 13, 2008 3:30 PM in response to Five Reforms for the Democratic Party's Primary Process
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Love your suggestions but I'd go for a more radical reform.
1) only primaries, no caucuses. Caucuses are part of a bygone era. In modern times we need to encourage the most party members to vote and they need to be able to get in and out of the polling places and to work. We should expect people to spend half a day moving around rooms in groups. One Democrat, one vote on a secret ballot should be the norm.
2) Eliminate the supers. Delegates should just mindlessly express the will of the people in their states and that's that. They should be awarded by the proportion of the popular vote won and that's that.
Basically we have a system in place that allows the party to second guess its members. The part leaders should give the members more credit than that.
Posted at May 13, 2008 9:13 AM in response to Five Reforms for the Democratic Party's Primary Process
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Cranky? Certainly never disagreeable and only seldomly wrong!
Post more, we miss you E.J.
Posted at May 12, 2008 7:47 PM in response to Happy Mother's Day (belatedly)
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That's very brave of Obama given that he's a Muslim.
You know it really sucks that I can't make that joke without saying it's a joke because if I do, somebody might take it seriously.
Which is very brave of me, as a Muslim.
Posted at May 12, 2008 6:14 PM in response to Obama On Israel-Palestine
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This is going to be one of those softball comment threads, isn't it?
Posted at May 12, 2008 6:06 PM in response to Comment Here on D'Oh! by Josh Marshall
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Yes, the quotation marks spare Peasant our replies.
AAAaaaaaandrew! Since you're not busy could you either fix that bug or ban grammatical marks in names until this can be fixed?
Posted at May 12, 2008 6:04 PM in response to The Myth Of The Black Racist Voter
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Thank you. 5.
Posted at May 12, 2008 5:01 PM in response to The Myth Of The Black Racist Voter
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Only in America is 12 weeks of unpaid leave from work considered an "entitlement."
Posted at May 12, 2008 4:07 PM in response to Happy Mother's Day (belatedly)
