It is a morbid sort of hypothetical brain teaser: If there is another terrorist attack before November, who benefits? Republicans or Democrats? McCain or Obama?
Charlie Black, a senior adviser to McCain, actually answered the question, according to the latest issue of Fortune magazine. Here is the quote from the article, which is rather …
This must-read AP story boldly captures what has been going on in the last few weeks of this campaign, as two self-described “reformer” candidates struggle in a “change” election by acting more and more every bit like old-school, pragmatic politicians. Here is the thesis:
Overall, the race between Obama and McCain amounts to an
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A couple days back I ran an online story about McCain’s town hall campaign strategy. The idea was that Obama is great in front of big auditoriums, reading speeches off a teleprompter. McCain is not. But McCain is as energetic and engaging as any candidate I have seen this cycle if you take away the script and let him interact with the …
Like millions of Americans living in New York City at the time, I depended on Rudy Giuliani in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001. With the city still smoldering, President Bush in an apparent state of shock, and Vice President Cheney absconded to an undisclosed location, Giuliani was the only leader who seemed able to take …
The New York Times’ Elisabeth Bumiller does the voting public a great service today by taking a shot at evaluating the similarities and differences between President Bush and John McCain on the major issues of the day. Her conclusions:
They Mostly Agree On: Abortion and Judges, Education, Diplomacy with Iran and Syria, Immigration, Iraq …
As published today at TIME dot COM.
Howard Dean and the DNC are all excited about Fox News Channel Shepard Smith’s admission after last night’s New York “town hall” that tickets to the event had been distributed by the McCain campaign, the New York Mayor’s office and some independent groups. For the DNC outrage factory this was, um, outrageous. [Note to media bias hunters: …
PEMBERTON, N.J.–I am still sitting in a John McCain town hall, so have not had time to transcribe the full quotes, but wanted to post this quick. After a day of consideration, the McCain Campaign has decided to come out hard against yesterday’s 5 to 4 decision to grant more rights to court review for enemy combatants held at Guantanamo …
TIME’s own James Poniewozik, a self-described “dude,” lays out the “archipelago” of charges of media sexism in the coverage of Hillary Clinton. Worth the read. An excerpt:
The critique is a kind of rhetorical island-hopping, trying to connect the demonstrable to the arguable to the unprovable to the far-fetched. To wit:
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The endless and insufferable presidential candidate guilt-by-association game may have finally led to a big story. Appropriately enough, the story has little to do with either of the campaigns. The business magazine Portfolio is reporting today that Jim Johnson, the former VP vetter for Barack Obama, was not the only person of note who …
The reputable and non-partisan Tax Policy Center has done a preliminary evaluation of the Obama and McCain tax plans. Some highlights:
1. Both cut revenue significantly. “Although both candidates have at times stressed fiscal responsibility, their specific non-health tax proposals would reduce tax revenues by $3.7 trillion (McCain) and …
Question: What is Meghan McCain’s sixth favorite country western song? By Johnny Cash, of course.
Ahh, the glories of a general election. For months, McCain has been arguing on a weekly, if not daily basis, that the most important X Factor in Iraq is not time (as in, how long do we stay) but casualties (as in, how many Americans are getting hurt).
So McCain went on the Today Show this morning and said what he has said probably …
