Following the trail blazed by Stephen Skowronek, I've long argued on this blog that in realignment terms Bush is the new Carter. Reagan set the... [More]
April 11, 2008
Pivot Points
I alluded to this earlier tonight, but now that Obama has responded himself this subject deserves its own post. Because in case you needed yet... [More]
April 12, 2008
A Bitter Backlash
I cannot believe I'm going to say this, but... the people in Wolf's Situation Room get it exactly right. I didn't expect the media would... [More]
Ambinder on Bitterness
Or as he calls it, "bittergate": 1. As one Democrat who opposes Obama points out, "elitist comments like these are like catnip for the GOP."... [More]
April 13, 2008
Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Andrew Sullivan asks: Will Clinton Over-Reach? My answer: She already has. That is all.... [More]
April 16, 2008
Newt Gingrich Might Be Nuts, But...
He isn't stupid.... [More]
April 18, 2008
Advice For Krugman
Krugman: If I were a Democratic Party elder, I'd urge Mr. Obama to stop blurring the distinction between Clinton-era prosperity and Bush-era economic distress. And... [More]
Modern Conservatism, In Two Sentences Or Less
If I were to make a short-list of the names of people who had the largest influence on the conservative movement after 1980, Newt Gingrich... [More]
April 23, 2008
Quote of the Day I
TNR's Jonathan Cohn: McCain has the look of an Internet stock circa 1999: Great numbers, lousy fundamentals. Cohn worries, however, that if the Dems don't... [More]
April 25, 2008
It's Not Race. It's Gender.
I'm immensely relieved to see that Obama campaign manager David Plouffe understands the truth: Obama's problem in white working class neighborhoods isn't primarily about race,... [More]
Rewriting the Political Map
Yet more evidence that Obama understands we are on the verge of a realignment: Today, we announce the Vote for Change drive, an unprecedented 50-state... [More]
And Speaking Of Realignments....
The Internet's Matt Yglesias highlights this from his colleague Ross Douthat: Ross speaks of "the limits of what Steve Sailer likes to call Obama's 'I... [More]
Not Evil, Stupid.
Unless you spend all day around the people who actually make up "the next generation," it is hard to understand just how differently they see... [More]
April 30, 2008
Bits and Bobs
Some things I didn't have time to blog about yesterday... + Matt Yglesias has the cover story in this month's American Prospect, and its an... [More]
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