Presidential races require strategy. As they’ve become longer and more complex, they’ve taken on qualities somewhere between a marathon, a boxing match, and an advertising campaign. Special advisers can help the candidates, much like trainers, coaches, and promoters. But still, … Continue reading →
By now the consensus is that Hillary’s red phone ad probably helped her comeback on Super Tuesday Two. The ad was controversial but traditional, in the mold of a famous ad Walter Mondale used against Gary Hart in 1984, and … Continue reading →
Yesiree, that’s their motto in Brattleboro: “Where it can ALL happen.” I’m not exactly sure what the ALL is about, although the slogan is vaguely reminiscent of Barack Obama’s. But one thing that has indeed happened is that Vermont is … Continue reading →
You’ve probably all read about the disadvantages of the lengthy unresolved Democratic campaign. Less time to unify. Lingering bitterness. Lots of fun video clips the Republicans can use against the eventual nominee in the general election. But there are advantages … Continue reading →
“Where’s the beef?” was not only a famous ad slogan of the early 80’s, it figured in the Democratic campaign for President in 1984: [Gary] Hart had moved his candidacy from dark horse to the lead over [Walter] Mondale based … Continue reading →
I found this video through a link at Pajamas Media, where it was dubbed “the creepiest Obama tribute video ever.” If that’s hyperbole and there’s a creepier one, I hope I never see it. This one is bad enough. It … Continue reading →
Allison Kaplan Summer translates an Obama interview with the Israeli news source Ynet that is due to appear on Friday. Asked how he would deal with the threat of Iran and whether he would support military action if diplomacy fails, … Continue reading →
It isn’t often you get to watch a lie become entrenched truth. Or maybe it is often, if you pay enough attention. Once it’s repeated enough, and by the right people, it becomes the revealed truth, and there’s almost no … Continue reading →
Despite the force of the Obama “Yes, we can” train (no mere “I think I can, I think I can” choo-choo for him!), it looks as though he may not get enough votes in the primaries to win the Democratic … Continue reading →
Fred Barnes seems to be channeling neo-neocon in his latest Weekly Standard article. Towards the end of his piece describing Iraq’s recent progress towards reaching those benchmarks we used to hear so much about, Barnes asks some of the same … Continue reading →
Read the speech John McCain made on Thursday to CPAC for yourself, and see what you think. Although he freely admits that he hasn’t always marched to conservative tunes on every issue, he asserts his basic conservatism. McCain then goes … Continue reading →
But now it’s Wednesday. The upshot? Hillary and Obama are still neck and neck, with Hillary a hair ahead. I see Tuesday’s results as a slight check for Obama in that his momentum may have been slowed somewhat. For me, … Continue reading →