Remember one of the main agents of the downfall of Presidential nominee Mike Dukakis? It was his failure to respond with sufficient vigor to his wife Kitty’s rape-murder when posited as a hypothetical in one of the Presidential debates. Here’s … Continue reading →
Will John McCain end up regretting his challenge to Obama to finally visit Iraq for himself? Obama’s trip is starting to resemble that of a rock star, with an entourage and a press corps the likes of which even the … Continue reading →
Susan Estrich is worried that Obama’s lead in the polls isn’t what it should be at this point. Her opening gambit is pretty funny: July polls don’t tell you who’s going to win in November. Just ask President Dukakis or … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter Roy Lofquist wrote: Obama’s 57 state comment was an obvious attempt at humor. That it was taken as a gaffe illustrates something, but damned if I know what. I hadn’t heard that defense before, but I wanted to … Continue reading →
Obama’s angry reaction to the New Yorker cover has highlighted a fact that has been obvious for some time: the man has no sense of humor. Oh, I know, every now and then he tries a little quip. But his … Continue reading →
I’ve pointed out before that the WaPo editors seem to have gotten a clue lately about the self-serving awfulness of some of Obama’s recent moves, especially on Iraq. Well, they’re at it again, with an editorial that hits Obama quite … Continue reading →
In a TNR article with the extraordinary title “Contra Expectations: Obama isn’t Jimmy Carter—he’s Ronald Reagan,” Eli Lake demonstrates exactly what Obama meant when he wrote in his book The Audacity of Hope: I serve as a blank screen on … Continue reading →
…and the blogosphere squawks, but it’s the article inside that really skewers him. What cover, what article? Why, the New Yorker, that totally liberal rag, appears to have broken ranks and turned on Obama.
Continue reading →At the end of January of 2007, shortly after Bush proposed the surge, Barack Obama countered with a Senate bill featuring a plan for withdrawal from Iraq by March 31, 2008, which would have been fourteen months later. Fortunately for … Continue reading →
Amidst all the brouhaha involved in our interminable election campaign, Iran not-so-quietly continues on its course to obtain nuclear weapons. It’s also recently fired off a few demo long-range missiles with enough reach to target Israel, and although that’s gotten … Continue reading →
When I read this news about Obama’s Iraq reversal—and then his reversal of his reversal—one sentence struck me as strange, but I wasn’t exactly sure why (it’s the second one in this quote): I am absolutely committed to ending the … Continue reading →
Obama’s figured something out. Or maybe he figured it out a long time ago. That’s this: if you are so obscure that the public doesn’t know much about you, then changing your mind and then spinning on almost every issue … Continue reading →