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Obama’s “Brain”
Chicago Boyz —
... It appears that the Obama-Ayers-Annenberg story, which I expect will soon feature the infamous pic of Ayers trampling a U.S. flag in an alley, is making it on to the MSM radar. Michael Barone does a superb job as political anthropologist here, explaining the ” Chicago Way” to Americans in more normal communities: ...
Video: Michael Barone’s analysis of Palin speech
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Michael Barone agreed to speak with me about the impact of Sarah Palin on the race and the results of her first speech, after a fortuitous meeting in a hallway. Barone believes that Palin could generate a GOTV effort that may wind up rivaling that of Barack Obama, and that the McCain campaign could generate a juggernaut from Palin. He doesn’t think much of Team Obama’s first attempts to push back against Palin’s attacks, either: Barone’s analysis at ...
Why John McCain Continues to Trail Barack Obama in Pennsylvania
The New Editor —
Michael Barone:
... McCain is running even with or better than Bush in most of Pennsylvania but is running far behind in metro Philly. ... Why? My hypothesis is that that is because places like the Philly suburbs are places where the recent decline in household wealth has been most conspicuous.
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The irony here is that voters motivated by anger at the decline in their wealth seem about to elect a president who has promised to embark on wealth-destroying policies.Read the whole piece.
Making Progress - Keep Up the Good Work!
Daily Pundit —
Michael Barone - Opinion (usnews.com)
Astonishing news on the generic ballot question. Pollster Scott Rasmussen reports that Democrats are currently ahead of Republicans by only 40 percent to 39 percent. Given that this generic ballot question over the years has tended to understate Republicans’ performances in actual elections, one gathers that if the 2010 election for House seats were held today, Republicans would win or come close to winning a majority of seats—which is to say, they would gain about 40 seats. By way of comparison, they gained 52 ...
CPAC Interview: Michael Barone
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Michael Barone of US News and Fox dropped by Bloggers Row to discuss his thoughts on the election, polling, stimulus, and the Obama administration. Barone talks about a new Obama proposal to cap contributions to charitable institutions, which would have broad ramifications to the delivery of services to the needy — and make government the prime force for assistance:
