Just two hours before tonight’s debate began Obama finally released his tax returns from last year. The candidate and his wife Michelle earned $4.2 million in 2007, more than they earned in the previous seven years combined. The earnings reflect the success of Obama’s two bestselling books: $4 million came from royalties alone. As Lynn [...]
HRC’s “screw them” (where “them” = working class Democrats) comment is getting all the attention, but I was struck by this contemporaneous statement by Bill: I know how you feel. … It makes me mad too. Sure, we lost our base in the South; our boys voted for Gingrich. But let me tell you something. [...]
• “I can think of about four thousand people that will have no opportunity to attend that lecture.” [HuffPo] • “Over here on E Street, we’re proud to support Obama for President.” [Ambinder] • “It is a little bit disappointing to expect a detailed report on your work and to receive instead such a vague [...]
Joe, I agree with you about the likely (in)effectiveness of this kind of attack in a Democratic primary. What’s more, it may be more dangerous to the attacker than the attackee. I was talking yesterday to a high-ranking official from an organization that has endorsed Obama, who told me that their pollster had strenuously advised [...]
The Village Voice weighs in on the stars of the conservative blogosphere. Sample: Powerline features… dissertations on moral and political topics (“the Clinton-Gore lack of seriousness about issues”), personal essays (“Being a child of the ’50s, I don’t recall a time when Sammy Davis was not a celebrity . . .”), and the occasional attempt [...]
The poll fronted by the Washington Post today contains some really interesting results. But you wouldn’t know that by reading the article written about it, which focused almost exclusively on the less-that-breaking news that Democrats have what you might call a “trust issue” with Hillary. Here’s how it’s framed: “Most See Dishonesty: Poll Shows Erosion [...]
Greg Sargent over at TPM says that Clinton has gone to a 100% negative television strategy in Pennsylvania. Can’t say I’m surprised. But with a spate of recent polls showing Obama holding close to Clinton in Pa, it may be that this Republican-style “values” attack just doesn’t work with Democrats…We’ll see how hard she hammers [...]
First I read Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook, in which Laura Bush’s chief of staff revealed that the elaborate reception at the White House for Pope Benedict XVI was “a sign of the President and Mrs. Bush’s respect and love and friendship with the Holy Father.” I cringed. Then I heard Ed Henry on CNN inform [...]
