ARI MELBER, The Nation
Posted Today at 7:33 AM | Election 2008 | 9
ALESSANDRA STANLEY, New York Times
Posted Today at 6:28 AM | Election 2008 | 28
TOM D'ANTONI , Huffington Post
Posted Today at 7:06 AM | Election 2008 | 11
Editorial, New York Times
Posted Today at 6:30 AM | Election 2008 | 15
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Posted Today at 7:14 AM | Election 2008 | 4
Steve Luxenberg , Huffington Post
Posted Today at 7:04 AM | Iraq | 5
Jay Rosen, AlterNet
Posted Today at 6:58 AM | Election 2008 | 5
Laura Flanders, AlterNet
Posted Today at 6:57 AM | Election 2008 | 4
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Election 2008 | 215
Lee Camp, Scholars and Rogues
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:27 AM | Election 2008 | 197
Think Progress
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 3:07 PM | Labor | 106
Vincent Rossmeier, Salon
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:06 AM | Politics | 132
ROBERT PARRY, In These Times
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:46 AM | Election 2008 | 91
ROGER COHEN, New York Times
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:33 AM | America | 83
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:04 AM | Election 2008 | 64
John McCain's nomination speech was so flat, so disjointed, so utterly devoid of any vision or affirmative plan for the U.S. -- it's hard to say much about it, other than it sucked. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:33 AM | Election 2008 | 9
ALESSANDRA STANLEY, New York Times
It was billed as the ultimate smackdown, and it certainly promised to be a wonk vs. wacko match: the cerebral, conciliatory Senator Barack Obama versus Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Channel’s most irascible, combative anchor: a commentator who calls liberals “loons” and “pinheads” and on Thursday’s show described reporters scrutinizing Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as “sniveling, left-wing, wine-drinking, brie-eating.” more. . .
Posted Today at 6:28 AM | Election 2008 | 28
TOM D'ANTONI , Huffington Post
Alaskan author Charles Wohlforth who wrote a piece in The New Republic about how he and his wife broke into laughter when he heard that Sarah Palin was McCain's choice said today, "I was writing a travel book and I told my readers, 'avoid Wasilla. It's the most unattractive town in Alaska and it will remind you of the worst sprawl development you've seen anywhere in the country.'" more. . .
Posted Today at 7:06 AM | Election 2008 | 11
Editorial, New York Times
By the time John McCain took the stage on Thursday night, we wondered if there would be any sign of the senator we long respected — the conservative who fought fair and sometimes bucked party orthodoxy.
Certainly, the convention that nominated him bore no resemblance to that John McCain. Rather than remaking George W. Bush’s Republican Party in his own image, Mr. McCain allowed the practitioners of the politics of fear and division to run the show. more. . .
Certainly, the convention that nominated him bore no resemblance to that John McCain. Rather than remaking George W. Bush’s Republican Party in his own image, Mr. McCain allowed the practitioners of the politics of fear and division to run the show. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:30 AM | Election 2008 | 15
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
The Republican Party convention in Minneapolis gave us two American film narratives in an attempt to shift the national political debate away from issues and accountability to personalities and fluffy ideals. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:14 AM | Election 2008 | 4
Steve Luxenberg , Huffington Post
The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:04 AM | Iraq | 5
Jay Rosen, AlterNet
John McCain's convention gambit is now a culture war strategy. It depends for its execution on conflict with journalists, and with bloggers (the "angry left," Bush called them last night) along with confusion between and among the press, the blogosphere, and the Democratic party. It revives cultural memory: the resentment narrative after Chicago '68 but with the angry left more distributed. It dispenses with issues and seeks a trial of personalities. It bets big time on backlash. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:58 AM | Election 2008 | 5
Laura Flanders, AlterNet
In selecting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain is dusting off an old GOP tool: the estrogen guard. Slap a friendly, female face on a hard core-conservative political platform, and pray that the pundits will only take pot-shots and talk about gender. It worked for George W. Bush and it just may work for Palin. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:57 AM | Election 2008 | 4
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation
"Here's the deal: Palin is the latest G.O.P. distraction," Bob Herbert wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday. "She's meant to shift attention away from the real issue of this campaign--the awful state of the nation after eight years of Republican rule. The Republicans are brilliant at distractions."
Herbert's right on target. Barack Obama honed in on that point in Denver too, "If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things." more. . .
Herbert's right on target. Barack Obama honed in on that point in Denver too, "If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things." more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Election 2008 | 215
Lee Camp, Scholars and Rogues
Editor’s Note: Lee Camp has obtained an advance copy of the speech Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin will deliver to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis tonight. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:27 AM | Election 2008 | 197
Think Progress
When Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, he trumpeted her husband’s union membership: “The person I’m about to introduce to you was a union member and is married to a union member, and understands the problems, the hopes and the values of working people,” he said. That day, and again last night, Palin also emphasized that her husband is “a proud member of the United Steelworkers Union.” more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 3:07 PM | Labor | 106
Vincent Rossmeier, Salon
"Two years ago, Palin was part-time mayor of a village of 6,000. Today, she's supposedly ready to step in to run this country in the eventuality that Sen. McCentury can no longer perform those duties? Right. This was a sop to the Right, which was unwilling to accept a pro-choice Republican on the ticket, and a pathetic and hilariously desperate effort to grab the 17 holdout PUMAs (who are fake Democrats already willing to vote for McCain anyway)." more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:06 AM | Politics | 132
ROBERT PARRY, In These Times
You have to admire the Republican chutzpah. Still confronting a national scandal about packing the Justice Department with “loyal Bushies,” they pick a vice presidential candidate who – in her two executive jobs in Alaska – ousted top law-enforcement officials because they were insufficiently loyal or not malleable enough more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:46 AM | Election 2008 | 91
ROGER COHEN, New York Times
Oh, it’s good to be home.
The threat level has been raised (or was that lowered?) to orange. I wonder idly what this means — an image of medium-intensity jihadist chatter menacing Armonk, N.Y., comes to mind — but I have no time to get that vision in focus before another cheery message rolls out across the airport.
“Do not make jokes about security. You could be arrested.” more. . .
The threat level has been raised (or was that lowered?) to orange. I wonder idly what this means — an image of medium-intensity jihadist chatter menacing Armonk, N.Y., comes to mind — but I have no time to get that vision in focus before another cheery message rolls out across the airport.
“Do not make jokes about security. You could be arrested.” more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:33 AM | America | 83
San Francisco Chronicle
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin left many unanswered questions last night in accepting the Republican nomination for vice president. No speech, no matter how impressive - and hers was, delivered with both verve and vigor - can put to rest the serious questions that are being raised about the extent of her experience and the extremism of her views on myriad issues. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:04 AM | Election 2008 | 64
Rolling Stone
Posted Today at 7:15 AM | Election 2008 | 14
Michael Tomasky, Guardian
Posted Today at 7:14 AM | Election 2008 | 11
Mark Morford, San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Today at 6:56 AM | Election 2008 | 13
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, Huffington Post
Posted Today at 7:05 AM | Election 2008 | 8
Jeff Yang, Salon
Posted Today at 6:36 AM | Election 2008 | 9
CENK UYGUR, Huffington Post
Posted Today at 6:54 AM | Election 2008 | 6
Justin Raimondo, Anti-War
Posted Today at 7:00 AM | Election 2008 | 4
NEIL A. LEWIS, New York Times
Posted Today at 6:29 AM | Corruption | 6
Lee Camp, 23/6
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 5:09 PM | Humor | 170
John Chuckman, One Thousand Reasons
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 5:03 PM | Election 2008 | 111
JOHN NICHOLS, The Nation
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:02 AM | Election 2008 | 147
Angie Drobnic Holan, Politifact
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:29 AM | Election 2008 | 130
ROBERT PARRY, In These Times
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 2:57 PM | Election 2008 | 56
James V. Grimaldi and Karl Vick, MSNBC
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:31 AM | Election 2008 | 76
RON JACOBS, CounterPunch
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Protest | 39
Posted Today at 7:15 AM | Election 2008 | 14
Michael Tomasky, Guardian
On my way from the convention hall in St Paul to the press filing room, I walked past an information booth. I was definitely in need of some information. I was tempted to ask the two forlorn women staffing it: "What was John McCain intending to accomplish with that speech?" more. . .
Posted Today at 7:14 AM | Election 2008 | 11
Mark Morford, San Francisco Chronicle
"Fellow citizens, if the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain's resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry left never will." -- George W. Bush, RNC '08
Aww, just look at you. You seem a little upset. A mite peeved, even.
Heck on a hot pancake, I'd even go so far as to say you were downright angry, given how I can see the ripples of general upsettedness and waves of appalledosity coursing through your hot liberal body like fresh biodiesel through a converted VW van. Really now, that can't be good for your chakras, can it? more. . .
Aww, just look at you. You seem a little upset. A mite peeved, even.
Heck on a hot pancake, I'd even go so far as to say you were downright angry, given how I can see the ripples of general upsettedness and waves of appalledosity coursing through your hot liberal body like fresh biodiesel through a converted VW van. Really now, that can't be good for your chakras, can it? more. . .
Posted Today at 6:56 AM | Election 2008 | 13
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, Huffington Post
During his acceptance speech, John McCain had some very strong criticism of his opponent. I'm not talking about Barack Obama; I'm talking about George Bush. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:05 AM | Election 2008 | 8
Jeff Yang, Salon
On rocking the boat
1. I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America ... It's reform and renewal. Part of the renewal is a set of high standards and to remind people that the greatness of America really does depend on neighbors helping neighbors and children finding mentors. Palin or Bush? more. . .
1. I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America ... It's reform and renewal. Part of the renewal is a set of high standards and to remind people that the greatness of America really does depend on neighbors helping neighbors and children finding mentors. Palin or Bush? more. . .
Posted Today at 6:36 AM | Election 2008 | 9
CENK UYGUR, Huffington Post
We go through this strange dance every four years, where we all agree to a fiction. That fiction is politics. We, the people who cover politics, know that this is all a show and yet we all implicitly agree to not let the American people in on it.
Sarah Palin is given credit for a great speech Wednesday night. But why? We all know she didn't write it. It wasn't her thoughts, her ideas or even her decision. She read the speech they gave her like a good little student. She is not the decision maker. She is an actress, that's all. And we all agree to pretend she is the person who meant the words she spoke in that speech. more. . .
Sarah Palin is given credit for a great speech Wednesday night. But why? We all know she didn't write it. It wasn't her thoughts, her ideas or even her decision. She read the speech they gave her like a good little student. She is not the decision maker. She is an actress, that's all. And we all agree to pretend she is the person who meant the words she spoke in that speech. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:54 AM | Election 2008 | 6
Justin Raimondo, Anti-War
The Palin-mania that is sweeping the GOP reminds me of the publicity surrounding "American Idol," the popular American television program that catapults complete unknowns on to the national stage and gives them a chance at stardom: the anticipation, the gossip, the frenzy (and partisanship) of the fans. In the last days of the old Republic, this is what American politics has degenerated into: "reality" TV. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:00 AM | Election 2008 | 4
NEIL A. LEWIS, New York Times
WASHINGTON — Jack Abramoff, the onetime flamboyant lobbyist who amassed a fortune by showering gifts on Congressional and executive branch officials while bilking Indian tribes of millions of dollars, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:29 AM | Corruption | 6
Lee Camp, 23/6
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Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 5:09 PM | Humor | 170
John Chuckman, One Thousand Reasons
I’ve reassessed my view of Sarah Palin.
My first thought about her usefulness to John McCain was that she would be a draw for disaffected Hillary supporters in a close race, but then all I knew about Sarah was that she characterized herself as a soccer, or hockey, mom.
But already I’ve learned more about her than I ever would have wanted to know, and her simple, original description of herself proves disingenuous at best, and there is the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell of her appealing to Hillary supporters. more. . .
My first thought about her usefulness to John McCain was that she would be a draw for disaffected Hillary supporters in a close race, but then all I knew about Sarah was that she characterized herself as a soccer, or hockey, mom.
But already I’ve learned more about her than I ever would have wanted to know, and her simple, original description of herself proves disingenuous at best, and there is the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell of her appealing to Hillary supporters. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 5:03 PM | Election 2008 | 111
JOHN NICHOLS, The Nation
ST. PAUL – Forty years ago, mounting a comeback campaign after losing a presidential race eight years earlier, Richard Nixon secured the Republican nomination and then selected as his running-mate a former local official who had served a scant twenty months as the governor of a small state. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:02 AM | Election 2008 | 147
Angie Drobnic Holan, Politifact
SUMMARY: We compare the backgrounds of the Democratic and Republican tickets.
Experience has been a popular issue this campaign season. Now that we know who all the players are on the Democratic and Republican tickets, we can tally up their backgrounds. more. . .
Experience has been a popular issue this campaign season. Now that we know who all the players are on the Democratic and Republican tickets, we can tally up their backgrounds. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:29 AM | Election 2008 | 130
ROBERT PARRY, In These Times
The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again this week, bashing Barack Obama and the news media in an ugly display that rivaled the old days of Nixon-Agnew – or George W. Bush’s last convention where GOP operatives passed out “Purple Heart Band-Aids” to mock John Kerry’s war wounds. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 2:57 PM | Election 2008 | 56
James V. Grimaldi and Karl Vick, MSNBC
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska, Sept. 3 - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the running mate for GOP presidential candidate John McCain, wrote e-mails that harshly criticized Alaska state troopers for failing to fire her former brother-in-law and ridiculed an internal affairs investigation into his conduct. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:31 AM | Election 2008 | 76
RON JACOBS, CounterPunch
Let me begin this piece by stating that I don't give a rat's ass about the Jerry Springer-like drama playing out around the GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin. Let me also state that I seriously wonder how long it will be before the folks that vote for the Republicans year in and year out realize that the men and women they are voting to rule them are part of the Washington elite just as much as the democrats they despise? As for the rest of the lies and bombast coming out of the XCel Center in Minneapolis this week--it is as if the producers of the convention combined a megachurch service, a high school pep rally, and the spirit of Leni Riefenstahl. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Protest | 39
Judith Warner, New York Times
Posted Today at 7:07 AM | Election 2008 | 16
PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times
Posted Today at 6:31 AM | Election 2008 | 19
JAY NEWTON-SMALL, Time
Posted Today at 6:45 AM | Election 2008 | 13
Mike Madden, Salon
Posted Today at 6:37 AM | Election 2008 | 9
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Miami Herald
Posted Today at 6:57 AM | Election 2008 | 6
PETER BAKER, New York Times
Posted Today at 6:26 AM | Election 2008 | 9
Doug Bandow, Anti-War
Posted Today at 7:00 AM | Election 2008 | 4
Jeff Yang, Salon
Posted Today at 6:35 AM | Election 2008 | 5
Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 8:17 AM | Election 2008 | 206
Ian Williams, Guardian
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 2:55 PM | Election 2008 | 123
Gloria Steinem , Los Angeles Times
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:08 AM | Election 2008 | 139
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:03 AM | Election 2008 | 98
Eli Saslow and Robert Barnes, Washington Post
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:39 AM | Race | 83
EDITORIAL, New York Times
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:36 AM | Election 2008 | 71
It turns out there was something more nauseating than the nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate this past week. It was the tone of the acclaim that followed her acceptance speech.
“Drill, baby, drill,” clapped John Dickerson, marveling at Palin’s ability to speak and smile at the same time as an indication of her unexpected depths and unsuspected strengths. “It was clear Palin was having fun, and it’s hard to have fun if you’re scared or a lightweight,” he wrote in Slate. more. . .
“Drill, baby, drill,” clapped John Dickerson, marveling at Palin’s ability to speak and smile at the same time as an indication of her unexpected depths and unsuspected strengths. “It was clear Palin was having fun, and it’s hard to have fun if you’re scared or a lightweight,” he wrote in Slate. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:07 AM | Election 2008 | 16
PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times
Can the super-rich former governor of Massachusetts — the son of a Fortune 500 C.E.O. who made a vast fortune in the leveraged-buyout business — really keep a straight face while denouncing “Eastern elites”? more. . .
Posted Today at 6:31 AM | Election 2008 | 19
JAY NEWTON-SMALL, Time
Nobody was more surprised by John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate than the people who run the Barack Obama's campaign. "I can honestly say that we weren't prepared for that," says David Axelrod, Obama's top strategist. "I mean her name wasn't on anybody's list. It was a surprise to a lot of Republicans as well." more. . .
Posted Today at 6:45 AM | Election 2008 | 13
Mike Madden, Salon
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Over the past few months, you might have heard from John McCain and his campaign that Barack Obama has some serious character flaws. Namely, he's wildly popular. He delivers speeches well. He's running a campaign based on his own personal appeal. He didn't begin that campaign with a long political résumé.
Apparently none of that stuff bothers McCain if it's not Obama doing it. more. . .
Apparently none of that stuff bothers McCain if it's not Obama doing it. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:37 AM | Election 2008 | 9
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Miami Herald
YORK, Pa. -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republicans at their national convention are attacking him to avoid talking about the sagging economy and housing problems that voters care about.
''You're hearing an awfully lot about me -- most of which is not true -- but you're not hearing a lot about you,'' Obama said. more. . .
''You're hearing an awfully lot about me -- most of which is not true -- but you're not hearing a lot about you,'' Obama said. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:57 AM | Election 2008 | 6
PETER BAKER, New York Times
ST. PAUL — The nominee’s friend described him as a “restless reformer who will clean up Washington.” His defeated rival described him going to the capital to “drain that swamp.” His running mate described their mission as “change, the goal we share.” And that was at the incumbent party’s convention.
After watching two political conclaves the last two weeks, it would be easy to be confused about which was really the gathering of the opposition. more. . .
After watching two political conclaves the last two weeks, it would be easy to be confused about which was really the gathering of the opposition. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:26 AM | Election 2008 | 9
Doug Bandow, Anti-War
John McCain believes that he should be president because only he is prepared to meet the inevitable foreign policy challenges. Only he will put the nation's interest first. Whatever you think of the economy, civil liberties, or social issues, they don't matter. Only John McCain is ready to be the military's commander in chief.
It's a powerful argument. But it is completely wrong. more. . .
It's a powerful argument. But it is completely wrong. more. . .
Posted Today at 7:00 AM | Election 2008 | 4
Jeff Yang, Salon
As the storm-shrunk Republican National Convention winds to a close, pundits have commented on the eerie absence of the man who, until Thursday evening, remains the party's nominal head: Other than his brief first-day message by satellite, our sitting president, George W. Bush, has been MIA from the St. Paul festivities, mentioned by few and eulogized by even fewer.
But Bush's ghost-at-the-feast status is hardly a sign that the Republicans have abandoned the recipe that won them consecutive terms in the Oval Office. Indeed, last night's official unveiling of Sarah Palin as their presumptive veep proved that the only change they're offering is savvier packaging. In Gov. Palin, the GOP has its new Bush, same as the old Bush, but more polished, more presentable, more user-friendly than the original ever was -- and, they hope, still fresh and unencumbered enough to run as a "maverick" against the legacy of Dubya 1.0's failures. more. . .
But Bush's ghost-at-the-feast status is hardly a sign that the Republicans have abandoned the recipe that won them consecutive terms in the Oval Office. Indeed, last night's official unveiling of Sarah Palin as their presumptive veep proved that the only change they're offering is savvier packaging. In Gov. Palin, the GOP has its new Bush, same as the old Bush, but more polished, more presentable, more user-friendly than the original ever was -- and, they hope, still fresh and unencumbered enough to run as a "maverick" against the legacy of Dubya 1.0's failures. more. . .
Posted Today at 6:35 AM | Election 2008 | 5
Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress
I understand that Sarah Palin’s fans find her critics loathesome and our motives dubious, but I wonder how they feel about the fact that her two national appearances have been so packed full of lies. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 8:17 AM | Election 2008 | 206
Ian Williams, Guardian
If Obama's convention speech, with the white columns in the huge stadium was grand opera, Sarah Palin's was soap opera. The message was not that we should overlook her inexperience, but rejoice in it. We should vote for her because she was a hockey mom. The content of her speech was dumbed down in a way that was exquisitely handcrafted. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 2:55 PM | Election 2008 | 123
Gloria Steinem , Los Angeles Times
Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:08 AM | Election 2008 | 139
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nomination Wednesday night in a confident and insistent address that attacked members of the media and Washington "elites" who questioned her experience to be vice president and mocked Barack Obama for his qualifications, stances on issues and even his inspiring words. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 7:03 AM | Election 2008 | 98
Eli Saslow and Robert Barnes, Washington Post
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 -- Organizers conceived of this convention as a means to inspire, but some African American Republicans have found the Xcel Energy Center depressing this week. Everywhere they look, they see evidence of what they consider one of their party's biggest shortcomings. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:39 AM | Race | 83
EDITORIAL, New York Times
Three days into the Republican National Convention, it is clear that the G.O.P. has settled on a message: “Washington is not working.” The phrase is included in virtually every speech and every statement in St Paul.
We agree completely that Washington is in desperate need of renewal and reform. We’re not even going to quibble about the fact that Barack Obama said it first. The problem is that American voters have yet to hear — from John McCain or his warm-up acts — any serious ideas on what, exactly, is wrong with Washington, apart from the fact that a Democrat might win the White House, never mind how to truly fix it. more. . .
We agree completely that Washington is in desperate need of renewal and reform. We’re not even going to quibble about the fact that Barack Obama said it first. The problem is that American voters have yet to hear — from John McCain or his warm-up acts — any serious ideas on what, exactly, is wrong with Washington, apart from the fact that a Democrat might win the White House, never mind how to truly fix it. more. . .
Posted Thursday September 4, 2008 6:36 AM | Election 2008 | 71