1. Obviously the most interesting debate so far, and John McCain’s best. For long stretches McCain seemed relaxed and comfortable. He shaped the conversation, putting Barack Obama on the defensive. Most importantly, McCain got under Obama’s skin at several points. Those broad Obama smiles are charming, but they break his super-level-headed mystique. If Obama’s job [...]
Dear Verizon and/or AT&T: I am a customer of both of your companies, and I can’t get a decent cell signal in my house either.
Yep, Jim Poniewozik, Michael Grunwald and I will be at it again. I’ll be in the media filing center at Hofstra, JP will be in front of his television and Grunwald is threatening to blog from a redneck bar somewhere in Mississippi, if he can find one with wi-fi. (To me, a redneck bar with [...]
John Cleese is not a conservative. Now the hard question: Does European disdain help or hurt McCain at this point? UPDATE: Meanwhile in Kansas, the Democratic Senate candidate, Jim Slattery, has broken new ground by cutting an ad that depicts Sen. Pat Roberts pissing on voters. I can’t wait for the next ad, featuring “Number [...]
On a day when the latest NYT poll tells us that John McCain’s “angry tone and sharply personal attacks” on Barack Obama are hurting McCain more than Obama (and even as the RNC–inexplicably–is doubling down on this losing strategy), former Joe Lieberman aide Dan Gerstein offers a sharp analysis of what has gone wrong for [...]
