My email inbox yesterday contained a surprising — even ironic — twist to the narrative about John McCain’s press relations and how they form the foundation of his campaign. Sent from the Republican National Committee’s server, the email “From the Desk of John McCain” begins with a paragraph about the candidate’s upcoming “Service to America” [...]
Although I’ve disagreed with John McCain pretty vehemently about Iraq recently, this is a very good foreign policy speech, delivered today at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council–a quantum leap toward sanity and away from the prevailing idiocy of the Bush Administration. In fact, McCain’s distance from George W. Bush seems greater than from the [...]
Neal Gabler has a must-read op-ed in the New York Times today, and not least because he identifies me as “a blogger,” which I think should give me some long-denied cred next time I head to Yearly Kos. It is about McCain’s use of irony and self-deprecation to win over the political press. Seeming to [...]
