Over at Huffpost, Tom Edsall has this interesting take on Henry Hyde’s legacy. Hyde, whose most famous legislation was the amendment banning the use of federal funds for abortion, was indeed a complicated person to peg. Unlike many of his fellow abortion foes, he argued that those who oppose abortion have a special responsibility to [...]
I attended Frank Luntz’s dial group of 30 undecided–or sort of undecided–Republicans in St. Petersburg, Florida, last night…and it was a fairly astonishing evening. Now, for the uninitiated: dials are little hand-held machines that enable a focus group member to register instantaneous approval or disapproval as the watch a candidate on TV. There are limitations [...]
In which the hottest issue in the campaign is discussed, plus a correction of last week’s column.
Everyone I’ve spoken with from both the Clinton and the Edwards campaign in the past two weeks readily concedes that Obama has been gaining support in Iowa and is the Democrat with momentum at the moment. “He’s ticking up, there’s no question,” says a senior staffer from a rival campaign. But while Clinton and Edwards [...]
They quoted me: Time’s Ana Marie Cox: “Rudy sort of winning this one. This is Rudy the prosecutor, and part of me sort of loves it.” (Ana Marie Cox, Time’s Swampland Blog, “Liveblogging: The Shoutfest In St. Pete,” 11/28/07, Accessed: 11/28/07) The next sentence — skillfully edited (or not so skillfullly) out — was: “This [...]
In the cover story of the dead-tree TIME that hits newsstands tomorrow, I look at the transformation of the candidate and his campaign. The cover package also includes excerpts of Rick Stengel’s interview with him and an essay on Obama and race by Shelby Steele. (I’ll post that link when it goes up.) Obama insists [...]
