Using Princeton political scientist Tali Mendelberg as a source, John Judis wrote: …her ideas and those of other academics help to shed light on what has happened so far in the primaries and what might unfold once Obama wraps up the nomination. Their findings suggest that racism remains deeply embedded within the psyche of the…
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Bailing Out the Greedy
If the Powers That Be follow through with their plan to spend $700B dollars to buy up some of the bad debt that is dragging financial companies down, the net effect will be to bail the greedy and the stupid out of the consequences of their greed and stupidity. This sort of dramatic rescue may…
Leftist Relativism Inconsistent, Childish
At TalkLeft, TChris provides a textbook case of all that’s wrong with the far left’s moral relativism in this post about Saudi Arabia’s new death penalty crime – showing Turkish soap operas during Ramadan. [Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Saleh al-] Lohaidan advised the station owners that “those who promote corruption in belief and…
Of Hurricanes and Sarah Palin
Republican VP candidate Sarah “Her-icane” Palin did to Barack Obama and Joe Biden what Hurricane Ike is fixin’ to do to Galveston, Houston, and yours truly here in Texas – she blew them away. This will probably be my last post for a couple of days because big, bad Ike is coming our way like…
Remembering 9/11
Seven years ago terrorists started a fight that they thought Americans would be too soft, too self-indulgent, and too fearful to return. They were wrong, of course, but they were right as well, as demonstrated by the lack for support here at home for the battles in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s notable that no further…
Independents Leaning to McCain
Gallup says that John McCain has a sizable lead over Barack Obama when it comes to independent voters and that it’s happened since the Republican convention. John McCain’s 6 percentage-point bounce in voter support spanning the Republican National Convention is largely explained by political independents shifting to him in fairly big numbers, from 40% pre-convention…
Palin vs. Obama
I was recently asked if I thought Sarah Palin was ready to be Vice-President. The answer is, “No, not yet”, not if I’m being asked in a strictly utilitarian manner. But that’s not what political elections are about, are they? Job 1 is getting elected and she’s certainly ready to do that. Just by being…
Obama on the Iraq Troop Surge
Barack Obama told Bill O’Reilly as much of the truth about Iraq last night as any Democrat not named Leiberman is likely to: “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated…I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” Yuval Levin: Nobody anticipated the surge would succeed in these ways? Why…
Vice-President Sarah Palin
Wow, in a word. Sarah Palin gave an effective, well-delivered speech tonight accepting her party’s nomination for vice-present, a first for the Republicans. If tonight’s speech is any indication, she’s more than capable of doing the job. Looking young and energetic, Palin put both the Democrats and the liberal media notice that she’s no shrinking…
How McCain and Palin Hooked Up – Hilarious!
Now that’s what I call true humor! Or is it reality? h/t Ann Althouse