As a journalist who has covered Obama for 19 months now, I have heard him deliver more speeches than I can count. I know when he’s tired he goes long – like 90 minutes long – rambling through oft-repeated points and stories. I’ve seen him address crowds of 80,000 and rooms of less than 100. And after a while you become immune to …
I Wonder…
Would Sally Quinn write this if the candidate in question were the father, not the mother?:
Not only do we have a woman with five children, including an infant with special needs, but a woman whose 17-year-old child will need her even more in the coming months. Not to mention the grandchild. This would inevitably be an enormous
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Another Reason Alaska Is Better Than Washington D.C.
TIME’s Nathan Thornburgh spends some time in Alaska, and finds out what everyone already knew was none of their business:
It was, more or less, an open secret. And everyone was saying the same thing: the governor’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, the father is her boyfriend, and it’s really nobody’s business beyond that. . . . People
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Palin and the Pledge
As other bloggers have noted, Sarah Palin seems not to be a keen student of American history, as evidenced by this answer in a questionaire during her 2006 race for governor in Alaska:
11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
Palin: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the
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Convention Security and Contraband Peanut Butter
Every place has its own rules, but this was a first for me.
On the way in to the convention hall today, I talked Jay Carney and Michael Duffy into making a detour to my favorite breakfast spot anywhere, Hell’s Kitchen in downtown Minneapolis. (As usual, there was a long wait, but it was worth it.)
I had planned to surprise my other …
Obama on Palin Pregnancy (MOVED)
Reposted as a comment on Jay N-S’s original post. Apologies to her, and to the readers, for the sloppiness.
Re: Re: Palin and Pregnancy
Monroe, Michigan
After making brief remarks on Hurricane Gustav at a Labor Day event in Monroe, Michigan, Obama was asked about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy.
“I have said before and I will say it again: I think people’s families are off limits and I think people’s children are especially off limits,” he said.
He encouraged reporters …
Outside the Hall
The convention itself has been abbreviated, but the protests haven’t. And it’s getting ugly. Our colleague Jennifer Outler just called to say that she got within a few blocks of the hall and had to turn around, because dozens of people–dressed in black, and with their faces covered–were throwing what appeared to be bricks. Police …
Obama and Biden’s Chemistry
My story out today on Obama and Biden’s chemistry.
Obama’s Hurricane Solicitation
After the jump, the hurricane donation solicitation that Obama sent to his enormous email and text list — though I am subscribed to both and haven’t yet received it myself. (Though I did give. You should, too! Go here for lots of info, to “register safe” and see who’s already done so, etc.)
Working on finding out how much they’ve raked …
Re: Palin and Pregnancy
Carney has come up with the obvious tabloid headline: “The Juno of Juneau”
UPDATE: Commenter Jarais points out Gawker beat us to it.
Palin and Pregnancy (UPDATED)
Best case scenario is that this statement from Todd and Sarah Palin:
“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s
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Palin’s “Good Looking”
Joe Biden called his vice presidential opponent Sarah Palin “good looking” at an event in Toledo yesterday. It was classic Biden, full of self-deprecating humor.
Biden: There’s a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack Obama and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent and that is that – it’s obviously,
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