I've seen a lot of things in my time watching politics, but I can say with absolute certainty that I've never seen anything like this: That's some serious all-star business... [More]
February 2, 2008
The Closing Argument, Part IV [LA TIme Endorsement: It Is Time To Turn The Page]
LATimes goes big for Obama: Democrats preparing to vote in Tuesday's California primary can mark their ballots with confidence, knowing that either candidate would make a strong nominee and, if... [More]
It's All A Question Of Time
Via The Plank, this from today's WaPo: With three days to go before Super Tuesday, when roughly half the delegates in the Democratic presidential contest will be awarded, Obama is... [More]
More On The Mountain West
It's been a long time since I've quoted Sirota on what's going on out West. Time to correct that: But which candidates win the Rocky Mountains will be less about... [More]
The Closing Argument, Part I
Over the next 72 hours, I'm going to highlight what I think have been some of the best arguments for Obama and against Clinton. If you haven't yet made up... [More]
The Closing Argument, Part II
Next up is this take on the race from Fareed Zakaria: This is the problem with Hillary Clinton. She is highly intelligent, has real experience and is an attractive candidate.... [More]
"Make Way for the Millennials"
Looks like I have a new book to add to my reading list. Here's the op-ed version, courtesy of WaPo: The scene at American University last week was electric: thousands... [More]
The Closing Argument, Part V [Idaho Knows]
Ambinder: Obama gets 15,000 in Ada County (Boise), Idaho. That's 7 times the number who caucused in Idaho in 2004. Got that? One rally. One city. 7x the number of... [More]
The Closing Argument, Part III
This one comes from Andrew Sullivan, the prototypical conservative Obama convert: The two candidates can each make a case that he or she is the most electable. Senator Clinton has... [More]
February 3, 2008
Obama and the Netroots
This is Chris Bowers' strong suit. Read the whole thing to understand this: It feels like the butterfly effect, the Frankenstein monster, or some sort of self-mutating computer virus. The... [More]
February 6, 2008
More On Movements v. Campaigns
Judging from everything I have read today, there seems to be a concerted effort by the Clinton camp to portray Obama as the new frontrunner, allowing Clinton to try and... [More]
About Last Night
Some final thoughts on Super Duper Tuesday. Obama won more states: 13 to 8 Obama won more delegates: See NBC's projections. Obama won the Mountain West: See Idaho, Colorado, Utah,... [More]
February 10, 2008
Signs of the Realignment
The Reagan Democrats are coming home.... [More]
February 11, 2008
Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Andrew Sullivan recounts yet another amazing story about an independent turned Obama supporter, and then asks: Who else does this? My answer: No one. But remember, this isn't about Obama.... [More]
Behind the Scenes at the Clinton Campaign
In case you somehow missed it, Hillary Clinton decided over the weekend to replace her campaign manager. There had been talk after Iowa that this would happen, but the unexpected... [More]
A Once In a Generation Opportunity
Clive Crook gets it: What makes Mr Obama remarkable is that his message of hope, resonating so powerfully with black America, is cast to every American, regardless of colour, to... [More]
Obama > Clinton > GOP
It looks like Mark Penn, Clinton's chief strategist, has offered yet another brilliant justification for Hillary's campaign: "Senator Obama has in fact never had a serious Republican challenger." Never mind... [More]
February 12, 2008
Empty Rhetoric, Mindless Followers? Don't Sleep!
After watching this, I dare anyone to honestly repeat that lie about the Obama campaign again.... [More]
February 13, 2008
More On Obama's Victory Speech
It wasn't just significant because of the way he began to take on McCain. It was also big because of the way he began to bring around some of his... [More]
Shifting The Center
Here's Matt Y's take on something I just wrote about: Most people, by contrast, are relatively open to persuasion -- if the argument is made by a persuasive figure. And... [More]
February 14, 2008
Turning the Mountains Blue
Two huge signs that the Mountain West is turning Democratic blue: First, Sportsmen for Climate Change, a group representing 670 hunting and fishing organizations, is demanding serious action to curb... [More]
February 15, 2008
Advantage: Democrats
The Fix is in: From 1998 to 2004, 98 percent of all House incumbents who ran for re-election were victorious. That figure dropped to 94.5 percent in 2006 as 22... [More]
Irony
Now how funny is this? Tom DeLay's ridiculous effort to gerrymander Texas is likely to give Obama a huge boost in the upcoming Texas priamcaucus. Short-term, DeLay might be thrilled... [More]
February 17, 2008
Zakaria on Realignments
I'm going to have to remember this one. Fareed Zakaria has found the perfect metaphor for my idea of rhetorical realignments. Here's how he describes the end of an era:... [More]
February 20, 2008
Runner-Up
An amazing stat: With 97% of the vote counted in Wisconsin, Obama has a nearly 200,000 vote lead over Clinton. But Clinton, believe it or not, has a similar lead... [More]
The Triumph Of Narrative
Paul Waldman has an absolute must-read column over at TAP, I've long argued, both here and elsewhere, that there are few things more important than politics than narrative, and that... [More]
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