Kossacks Voting Their Wishes?
Take a look at this poll on Daily Kos. The people who think Obama won the debate are out of touch with reality. He lacked energy and passion. He was hesitant and halting in his responses. On the...
View ArticleHow to Become Invisible (in Politics)
This short essay was written by Martin, the photographer for BrilliantPolitics.com, about our experience covering the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner in Cedar Rapids on June 1, 2007. See...
View ArticleChris Matthews Supports Hate Speech
Here is my letter to Chris Matthews. No repsonse yet. Dear Mr. Matthews,If you are going to support hate speech by having Ann Coulter on the show and allowing her to get away with calling Bill...
View ArticleDavid Brooks is NOT a Superficial Twit
Some people in our office are adamant that David Brooks is a superficial twit. There are some that go even further, saying that he is a superficial, prissy, twit. I tend to be the lone voice of...
View ArticleAd Ideas for Dems: Here Comes Hillary
Democrats have been less than skillful in the way they present their candidates to the public. My wife and I used to frequently yell at the TV in 2004 when John Kerry repeatedly demonstrated the...
View ArticleThe Class of 2016
Prologue: You might rightly accuse me of, in George W. Bush's words, "the soft bigotry of low expectations" after reading my basic criteria for the next president. But, paraphrasing Saul Alinsky, we...
View ArticleThe Green Giant and the Shrinking President
In today’s New York Times, Thomas Friedman sizes up the relative contributions of Al Gore and George W. Bush over these last seven years.
View Article"Leaning toward the black boy now."
The full quote from an NPR interview, aired February 14, of residents of Bloomer, Wisconsin:
View ArticleBill Kristol's Fever of Unreality
Never has a political pundit been as consistently wrong in the positions taken and the predictions made as has Bill Kristol over the past seven years.
View ArticleObama as the Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison, named by his father after Ralph Waldo Emerson, won the National Book Award in 1953 for his novel, The Invisible Man.
View ArticleI AM the One
The McCain campaign was skillful this week in taking Obama's strengths of charisma, broad-based popularity, and ability to inspire and using Political Aikido to throw Obama to the mat temporarily...
View ArticleJohnny Rotten McCain
John McCain has shown over the past two weeks that he is a man completely devoid of any principles and totally and absolutely without honor.
View ArticleSafely Blue States Shut Out of Obama Speech?
Maybe I am being paranoid. But a look at the electoral map at 538.com looks like a pretty good guide to who will get tickets to the Obama acceptance speech at Invesco Field.
View ArticleImprobable Stories, Unimaginable Lives
America is a nation of immigrants, and immigrants are, to use Barack Obama's phrase, "a people of improbable hope." Many crossed an ocean to live in an unknown land, longing for a better life.
View ArticleDan Bartlett Interview at Democratic Convention
Dan Bartlett was the White House Communications Director and, later, Counselor to the President in George W. Bush’s second term. He did rapid response for the 2000 Bush Campaign. He resigned from his...
View ArticleThings Sarah Palin Likes to Kill
Republicans at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul last week apparently fell head-over-heels in love with Sarah Palin's Alaskan Tough Babe persona. She gleefully shoots automatic rifles. Fred Thompson...
View ArticleObama Needs More Big Rallies ASAP!!
The momentum in the race has clearly shifted to McCain and Palin, as Palin's celebrity has electrified the GOP, along with some women and some independents. The energy and enthusiasm are currently with...
View ArticleObama is Losing. Badly. Time for Big Rallies.
Barack Obama is losing ground in the polls, losing the battle for media time,and losing the public's interest. He is losing every daily news cycle as this week unfolds, and he will lose the next four...
View ArticlePalin is an "Elite Fundamentalist."
Sarah Palin is a truly frightening political figure, with deeper commitments to evangelical fundamentalism than George W. Bush.
View ArticleHarvey Keitel for Treasury Secretary
Perhaps it is unfortunate for Timothy Geithner that being Treasury Secretary now is more political than at any other point in modern American history. Barck Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and David Axelrod are...
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