powerlineblog.com - 2/5/2009
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Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne has a certain value, not because what he writes makes much sense, but because he personifies the conventional, loyal Democrat. Thus, he sheds light on what the other side is thinking.
The main theme of today's column is that the Republicans are trying ...
Things Are Looking Very Good
openleft.com 10/27/2008 — Worried about "the tightening?"
Well, Obama's national lead has been stable at 7% for a month now. The national campaign is not tightening, and we are just seeing statistical noise.
Even if the campaign were tightening, Obama would still have a ...
Are Obama's "New" Politics Really New?
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/19/2008 — Glenn Greenwald has an interesting post about the Rick Warren mess, which he uses as a jumping off point to argue that Barack Obama's "new" politics isn't really new at all.
Greenwald's basic point is that Obama's efforts to placate the right by ...
Why Should He?
newshoggers.com 2/11/2009 — Commentary By Ron Beasley
The headline reads:
Obama must do more to get GOP on board
My question is: why should he want them on board ? Why should any of us care if they are onboard since we all know that their only agenda is to sabotage ...
Media Matters for Obama
corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Like pretty much everyone in Washington, I don't take Media Matters for America very seriously. But, I sometimes find it funny how seriously it takes itself. A good example is Eric Boehlert's hysterical fit about my recent USA Today column on Obama's ...
Boehlert: The media myth about the cost of Obama's inauguration
mediamatters.org 1/19/2009 — Did you hear that "some are saying" Barack Obama's inauguration will cost "$160 million," which is
$100 million more than George W. Bush's last swearing-in? That's the tale the crew at
Fox & Friends was telling on
January 15. "Why does the ...
Boehlert: Obama, the press, and the "bipartisan" trap
mediamatters.org 2/4/2009 — I'm not sure how many thousands of
questions have been asked over the years at White House press briefings, but I
would suggest NBC's Chuck Todd may have recently asked one of the most
inane.
The history-making
moment unfolded in the White ...
The Speech
corner.nationalreview.com 1/22/2009 — It's hard to say anything about it that hasn't already been remarked upon in here or elsewhere. Like others, I was struck by how pedestrian the prose was, but on re-reading it, I like the plainspokenness of it. The weakest moments were when it, ...
Obama's 'change:' Big things and now
swamppolitics.com 2/27/2009 — by Janet Hook
Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama is calling for the most dramatic change in decades in the way the country tackles its most pressing problems - from the economy and healthcare to energy, education and taxes. Government, ...
On the Lack of Left-Wing Pressure On Obama
openleft.com 2/16/2009 — Back on Friday, John Judis and Glenn Greenwald both published articles decrying the lack of concerted, effective, institutional left-wing pressure on President Obama. The specific context of their complaints was the smaller than needed size of the ...
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