nytimes.com - 11/10/2008
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Many an author has come to incorrect conclusions, but only a few have had the courage to make a prediction in a title that could be directly contradicted. >
Author President?
corner.nationalreview.com 1/22/2009 — Jonah, the Garrison Keillor comment you cite is really an astonishing display of ignorance and puppy love, of the sort I suppose we should now expect from the cult of Obama. Obama is "our first genuine author-president"? He has written two books about ...
Op-Ed Columnist - Win, Win, Win, Win, Win ...
nytimes.com 12/28/2008 — How many times do we have to see this play before we admit that it always ends the same way? Which play? The one where gasoline prices go up, pressure rises for more fuel-efficient cars, then gasoline prices fall and the pressure for low-mileage ...
Analysis Done Right
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/9/2008 — People looking to examine demographic subgroups in the presidential election would do well to follow Kevin Drum’s lead and state the sub-group’s swing relative to the overall swing . A group like union members where Obama did the same as ...
Palin Defends Herself in Fox Interview
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 11/11/2008 — In her first national television interview since the election, Gov. Sarah Palin delivered a lengthy post-mortem of the presidential campaign, criticizing the media, her campaign handlers and the aides who anonymously leaked damaging characterizations ...
Joe the Plumber is Now Joe the Author
news.aol.com 11/22/2008 — Joe the "Plumber" is in the news again. The New York Times announced today that the erstwhile McCain surrogate has landed a book deal:
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, the presidential campaign fixture and John McCain advocate better known as Joe the ...
Why Obama Won: Presidential Election Analysis
bitteranalysis.blogspot.com 11/7/2008 — The latest numbers and analysis of the election. Check out the five main reasons the junior Senator from Illinois is now the President-Elect. Note the interesting take on why Hillary beat Barack in New Hampshire even though he led in the polls. Comments encouraged!
Obama Defends Cabinet: The Change Will Come From Me
huffingtonpost.com 11/26/2008 — Speaking to reporters for the third time in three days, Barack Obama was asked directly whether the staff choices he had made for his cabinet and advisory positions conflicted with his campaign message that the next president simply couldn't tap the ...
Another Obama Win
dailykos.com 10/16/2008 — MediaCurves scores it for Obama: That's comparable to the first two debates. Now,everyone is skeptical of the exact insta-poll numbers, but so far, every time there's an insta-poll, the trackers confirm it a few days later. We'll find out by ...
McCain defends Obama
politico.com 12/14/2008 — John McCain, reminding GOP partisans why they always hated him, downplays the Blago story and takes a passing shot at the RNC on "This Week":
"I think that the Obama campaign should and will give all information necessary. You know, ...
Author Michael Crichton Dies
patdollard.com 11/5/2008 —
Prolific novelist and “ER” creator Michael Crichton has passed away. He was 66.
Perhaps best known for being the author of Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, which were turned into a hugely successful movie franchise, his numerous books have sold over 150 million ...
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