weeklystandard.com - 8/27/2008
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The first thing that jumps out from Biden's speech is that the tone seems to appeal to the Jacksonians in the Jacksonian / Academic divide that Michael Barone explored during the primaries. He talks about "honor" and fighting and bloodying the nose of neighborhood bullies and the bearing of crosses.
This is not the type of imagery that Obama has been comfortable trading in.
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... year and
no raise?"--hit home with more people.
JPod:
Biden didn’t offer specifics about what Obama would do. But
he framed the discussion in terms of the way Republicans have
mishandled American foreign policy. I think he’s wrong about a lot of
that, but it’s not intended for us; it’s intended to sway independents
and others who don’t follow these matters very closely and might be
swayed by the attack.
Jonathan V. Last:
The first thing that jumps out from Biden's speech is that
the ...
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