weeklystandard.com - 11/4/2008
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In the summer of 2007, Jonathan Rauch published an article in The Atlantic making the case for a long presidential campaign. The long campaign would be a test for the candidates, Rauch argued, and would also allow the parties to form U.K.-style "shadow governments" ready to take over on ...
hotair.com - 11/5/2008
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hotair.com —
This morning, after having absorbed the substantial victory
of Barack Obama, I noticed a couple of interesting...
items in the data. Barack Obama certainly won this race, but he won it with just a little more votes than George Bush won in his ...
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Notes from the collapse
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/3/2008
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
On a spectacular September morning more than seven
years ago, our world changed. I remain one of...
those who believe that that day remains indelible, and its lesson unforgettable. The civilized democratic world came under attack from a small ...
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Barack Obama For President
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/4/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Today being the day America chooses a successor,
it’s worth reflecting for a moment on the abysmal...
leader we have right now. I think an issue like asking whether or not George W. Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had gets a little ...
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Good Riddance
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The End of An Endless Campaign
Ross Douthat —
Matt Continetti ponders the long, long road to today's decision: It's worth revisiting why this has been a long campaign. The reason
has nothing to do with when the primaries were scheduled. The early
primaries were a symptom, not a cause. The cause is Bush. Starting with
Hurricane Katrina, a large portion of the country simply wrote off
Bush's presidency. That grew worse as the Iraq war worsened and the
Democrats took Congress in 2006. As Jeffrey Bell has pointed out,
Bush's dismal popularity has driven all politics ever since. It is the
country's ...
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