A chat today with Obama’s David Axelrod.
Here we have the McCain campaign’s execrable Michael Goldfarb slinging around accusations of anti-semitism–a favorite pastime, as we’ve seen this year, among Jewish neoconservatives. I’ve never met Rashid Khalidi, but he is (a) Palestinian and therefore (b) a semite, so the charge of anti-semitism is fatuous. Khalidi is also a respected academic, the sort of [...]
Yes, it is perhaps the oldest cliche in politics to say that everything is riding on turnout. But take a look at the data for Georgia and Missouri in the latest TIME/CNN poll. In both states, McCain holds a narrow lead among “likely” voters (those who traditionally vote), but Obama leads among registered (the kind [...]
There is so much desperate, crapulous spew from the McCain campaign right now that it’s hard to keep track of it all–but this ad, via Andrew Sullivan, marks some sort of low. Yet again–in a last, desperate attempt to scare the elderly Jews of Florida–McCain posits Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the “leader” of Iran, even though [...]
Ana, In your below post you wrote: Any VP candidate who isn’t thinking about running for president one day is probably less trustworthy than one who is — in part because they are probably thinking even darker thoughts. Two words, people: DICK CHENEY. Am curious — would you therefore call Joe Biden “less trustworthy”? Every [...]
Politico reports this morning that Al and Tipper Gore will campaign for Obama tomorrow in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach – the first time the former vice president has stumped for a presidential candidate in the Sunshine State since his narrow loss there cost him the presidency in 2000. The Goracle’s trip comes after [...]
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama just wrapped up their Kissimmee love fest where the two spent much of the event praising one another. Though, 42 did have one really awkward moment. Noting the diverse crowd – both in terms of age and race – Clinton said: You’ve even got a few grey-headed, white guys [...]
