For those who missed it, the full text is here. I finally managed to find time to read it in full, and I think Matt... [More]
August 2, 2007
Obama v. Clinton, Round 10
The spat between Obama and Clinton over foreign policy just got very, very weird. In yesterday's big foreign policy speech, Obama suggested that as president... [More]
August 3, 2007
Ill-Considered?
Apparently everyone has decided to pile on Obama. Yesterday it was right-wing bloggers complaining that his comments on using special forces in Pakistan to capture... [More]
August 4, 2007
California Decertifies E-Voting Machines
Well done left coast! California’s top election official on Friday decertified three voting systems widely used in the state but said she would let counties... [More]
August 5, 2007
Safe Predictions
Here's a prediction I think I can make fairly safely: Come November, SF will vote to fix Muni, not to increase the number of parking... [More]
This Is For My People, My California People
If you live in CA, you need to pay very, VERY careful attention to this. In general, I'm in favor of this sort of reform.... [More]
August 7, 2007
"Leave It To The Priests"
Via Tim Grieve, here's Rudy's take on his religious practice: "My religious affiliation, my religious practices and the degree to which I am a good... [More]
August 8, 2007
Serving Your Country
I always thought that "service" meant looking beyond one's own family to the larger community of which you are a part. As a mormon, you... [More]
Smearing Bill to Take Down Hillary?
The Swift Boaters are coming! In a rational world, this sort of thing wouldn't work. And I don't just mean that generally. Remember that one... [More]
August 9, 2007
More Obama and Pakistan
Following up on yesterday's post, I see that Josh Marshall has entered the fray, offering up analysis that largely tracks mine. An excerpt: And the... [More]
August 10, 2007
What Does It Take To Sink a Campaign?
I'm beginning to feel like the rules of presidential campaigning have changed. Two days ago, Romney proudly proclaimed that his many son's weren't serving in... [More]
August 11, 2007
Quote of the Day
Rudy Giuliani, March 1994: We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if... [More]
August 13, 2007
Obama Does GQ
Look who's on the cover of GQ Magazine? A few thoughts based on a few excerpts.... As Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, told me, “There... [More]
August 15, 2007
Lawrence Lessig, Lobbying, and the Clintons
I'm not sure when - if ever - was the last time I quooed something from Lawrence Lessig's blog, so let me make up for... [More]
August 16, 2007
This Week in Foreign Affairs: Giuliani and Edwards
Foreign Affairs has an ongoing series this month featuring essays from each of the major candidates for the presidency. LAst time around we got Obama... [More]
August 28, 2007
"Brownie's Law"
This is brilliant: Former Sen. John Edwards said at a Hurricane Katrina conference he would propose what he called "Brownie's Law" requiring that qualified people,... [More]
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