Good Point: Noam Scheiber suggests grading Obama’s performance on a curve to allow for the fact that the audience was primarily evangelical. In that respect, I think Obama’s persistent Christianity, and preternatural moderation, may have convinced younger and more moderate evangelicals that he is not the AntiChrist. Bad Point Commentary’s Jennifer Rubin, who never, ever, [...]
• “Absent any other explanation, one has to assume that McCain is in close contact with the Grim Reaper himself. It makes me wonder what McCain knows of the plans that Pestilence and Famine have for America between now and the year 2013. Naturally, you can pretty much assume that McCain is following War on [...]
Jim Fallows has an excellent piece in this month’s Atlantic, evaluating the 26 debates that took place during the Democratic Party’s primary process and, less successfully, predicting how Obama will fare against McCain–and, should Obama win, fare as President. The villains of the piece are the TV anchors who “moderated” the debates in such unhelpful [...]
Lots of discussion today about whether or not John McCain cheated on Saturday night. Did he have access to the questions he’d be asked by Pastor Rick? It turns out that McCain wasn’t quite in the “cone of silence” but riding in a car, while Barack Obama was being grilled. So it’s entirely possible that [...]
