But I found it a glaring omission in last night’s debate that trade was not addressed at all. The moderators managed to dwell on why Obama doesn’t wear a lapel pin but there was nary a mention of the collapse of Columbian Colombian Free Trade deal in Congress (or the fact that Mark Penn had to resign after he met with the Colombian …
The Debate That Didn’t Happen
ABC has just put out this news, like it’s, you know, a good thing:
Ratings Report: ABC News Programming
ABC News-National Constitution Center-WPVI-TV’s Democratic Presidential Debate
ABC News’ Debate Is Most-Watched of 2008 Presidential Cycle10.7 Million Total Viewers Tune In to Democratic Debate
Program Outperforms Previous
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Debate Mysteries
I missed the first part of the ABC trivia bowl; I assume that’s when they made the disclaimer that George Stephanopoulos used to work for Hillary, right?
UPDATE: Not endorsing the contents, just passing along this artifact from the Obamaverse.
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A Lousy Debate…plus Latest Column
I have slightly–well, a microscopic smidgeon–more sympathy for the gotcha-moderators from ABC than Tom Shales does. As Karen points out below, Michael Grunwald does a good job limning the banalities elsewhere on this site. But I think Stephanopoulos and Gibson were doing what journalists do: they picked the most obvious scabs. They …
Last Night’s Debate
Don’t miss our colleague Michael Grunwald’s excellent critique.
Obamas Earned $4.2mil in 2007
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.
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Sounds Familiar
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 know these boys. I grew up with
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Tonight’s Debate
A walk-up for tonight’s debate.
Notes From All Over
• “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 rhapsody as your last
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Re: Clinton Strategery
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 against …
Putting the Nut in Wingnut
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
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Leaks and Such
In a story I wrote early this week I called the dissemination in the media of the audio of Obama’s San Francisco fundraiser a “leak.” NYU’s Jay Rosen, who co-created the website that Mayhill Fowler works for, contends that it wasn’t a leak. Rosen pointed out to me that in today’s print edition of the New York Times (I can’t …
Hillary’s Trustworthiness — And the Pundits’
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: …