nymag.com - 8/9/2008
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ne of the reasons a lot of us looked forward to this particular presidential matchup, John McCain versus Barack Obama, was the prospect of a contest between two appealingly human candidates. And each man s menschiness (especially McCain s) derives in part from a manifest instinct for irony. There have been funny presidential nominees beforeJack Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, even George W. Bush in ...
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The Lack of Humor in 2008 Elections
PoliGazette —
... It is true; although both Barack Obama and John McCain seem to have a decent sense of humor, humor is missing from this election cycle. Both campaigns seldom use humor to get their point across, and American journalists do not seem to be willing to see the humorous side of things either. ...
NY Magazine on Race and the Race
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... –Whether Obama’s race, rather than perceptions that he’s aloof, elite, effete, hurting him in the polls among whites.
–If dancing around the race issue affects the campaign.
–How Children growing up during an Obama presidency would see race in America in a completely different light.
–The racial politics of the Obama marriage.
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