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Brooks: Running Mates 2008-05-27 08:05:41 Today Brooks
takes on running mates and why the current discussion in the talkosphere is headed the wrong way. Brooks talk about how the VP shouldn't be seen as a short term answer to winning a swing state, but a long term investment in good governance. It's nearly impossible to disagree, but I will argue with his take on what Obama needs.Brooks says he'll need someone seen as an unorthodox libera
Going on (and off) the Attack 2008-05-27 07:51:56 This month's Conde Nast Portfolio asks if we're seeing the end of attack politics. Howell Raines recalls his invitation to the annual press dinner in Washington where he was seated between top political operatives Karl Rove and the Doug Schoen.While these 30 year veterans battled it out over whether or not Hillary's 3am phone call ad amounted to negative campaigning, our author muses about whethe Read more:Going
V List Cross Over: Top Five Reasons People Dig This Election 2008-05-25 09:30:05 This election cycle has proven to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. The drama and headlines, some natural, some manufactured have kept the public unusually interested in the reality TV show we call the presidential election of 2008. However, there five reasons above all that keep this one interesting...folks if you enjoy this list there are more to be found on topics ranging from spor Read more:Cross
, Reasons
, Election
, Top Five
From the Land of Over Reaction 2008-05-25 08:55:43 Sometimes we say boneheaded things. We all do. Senator Clinton recently made remarks considering the timeline of other nomination contests one of which being the Robert Kennedy's win in California in June of 1968 only to be followed, tragically with his assassination. Her invocation of the event was stupid. But it was not the political football that some have chosen to make it...Keith Olbermann
Enjoying the Weather! 2008-05-24 13:49:14 Is it me, or is anybody else enjoying the media silence of the past few days? As James mentioned earlier, there will be a lull in media coverage over the course of the next few months, however I view this as a good thing. The media's coverage has been like a feeding frenzy lately, rather than objective, accurate journalism. I've grown tired of the manufactured headlines and drama. I'm sick of Reve
No title 2008-05-21 08:00:03 Hello All!This is a special post. This is the 400th post here on Policythought! We are still in the infancy of this blog and what we believe it can offer our readers. We strive to deliver potent policy debate, political insight, humor and varied points of view. That being the case I wanted to take a brief pause for our 400th post and ask our readers to suggest what we can do to improve the blog. t
Beware: Lull Ahead 2008-05-21 07:51:07 As the delegate math sews up for Senator Obama look for the lull to set in. Political coverage in MSM is going to slow down in the coming weeks as media organizations have fewer contests to cover. To be sure the blogs and cable news will go on dissecting every uttered syllable, but the public's attention span and therefore big network coverage will shrink on this topic until the conventions. This Read more:Beware
Perception and Politics 2008-05-20 16:45:31 Just one more quick hit before I must away. Oregon and Kentucky have been at the polls all day. Early returns are coming in, but the the press is already carrying Obama's water for him. His campaign initially had planned to announce victory of sorts today after winning the majority of pledged delegates. As the month rolled along they decided instead to back off as the media seemed to be minimizi Read more:Perception
Brooks Tuesday: Who's gonna bring the reform? 2008-05-20 16:40:42 Today Brooks
lays out his case the it is McCain the elder statesman that will actually be able to bring change to Washington from his seat at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Brooks takes the farm bill as an example of an opportunity missed for Senator Obama. Take a look and see what you think. Oh, and we'll dive into the farm bill soon...
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Demogogues and Demographics 2008-05-20 08:34:32 The electoral college was invented to respect the differences between states politically speaking. It was a way of localizing a national election for president and respecting that the interests of New York are different from those of Alabama.Yet today it is likely not the state you live in or even your income that are likely to determine your party allegiance. Rather it is your cultural demographi
The New Math 2008-05-19 19:05:28 What can you do when your opponent will probably cross the finish line on Tuesday, securing him the nomination? Move the finish line backwards of course, silly! For those of you who thought Hillary might come to her senses, think again. The new math according to the Clinton camp should include the disenfranchised voters in Michigan and Florida, despite Hillary's prior commitment to follow the DNC
Nature vs. Nurture: Fostering New Hate 2008-05-19 13:04:24 In a time where the wounds of war are constantly being inflicted upon generations of children in Afghanistan and Iraq, it seems the US would find it within the best interest of all, the children and ourselves, to foster a better relationship with the families and youngest hurt in the footsteps of the war on terror. Instead, an article today on AOL.com proclaiming "US Military Holds 500 Youths in I
A Minor Tale of Racism 2008-05-19 07:47:47 Barack Obama is poised to be the first mixed-race nominee for president of a major political party in the United States of America. His nomination is a quantum leap forward for the status of minority Americans across the country. It is also a reflection of the growing demographic changes of the United States. While Obama's story is highly unique, his racial make-up is not necessarily so. His mixed Read more:Minor
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The New Role of VP 2008-05-18 20:25:55 The Sunday morning talk shows didn’t have a lot to talk about this week. With the democratic party’s story line getting decidedly less exciting as it appears Senator Obama will be the nominee, it was time to fill some air. I only caught parts of This Week, on ABC and Meet the Press for NBC and both shows were covering the same topic for at least part of their round table discussions. The eve
Gay Marriage in California allowed again (for now) 2008-05-17 07:36:03 A better writer would give you all the background and previous information needed to full assess the California
gay marriage ban and subsequent ruling but the state supreme court deeming that ban unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the constitution.What I found amazing in listening to a debate about it yesterday on Newshour, wasn't that people are opposed to gay marriage, it's th Read more:Gay Marriage
Brooks: Obama Hearts George (H.W.) Bush 2008-05-16 12:27:33 Today my man David Brooks
at the NY Times delves a little deeper into Senator Obama
's plans for Middle East negotiations. Far from appeasing the Nazi's as W's thinly veiled comparison tried to portray-Brooks seems Obama as far more pragmatic.
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, George
Obama/McCain: Will this be the candid cycle? 2008-05-16 12:22:17 Every season the same thing happens. We all start off with so much hope for the election cycle. New faces emerge with the potential to radically change the electorate or the face of our politics. Then as the race wears on, the battle lines become more entrenched, the mud starts to fly and in the end the voters are so disgusted with both, no one is excited any more. I wonder if this cycle won't be Read more:Obama
, McCain
Are You Having a Bad Fuel Day? 2008-05-16 10:54:15 From 5 Blogs Before Lunch, Urban Dictionary has coined the term "bad fuel day." It's defined as: The mood or feeling one experiences after having just filled his or her vehicle with $4.00+ per gallon gasoline. (Usually consists of a sense of great economic despair, impending doom, anger, frustration, depression and/or a combination of all the above) EXAMPLE: "Leave me alone. I'm having a bad fue Read more:Having
Why I'm a Care (polar) Bear 2008-05-15 15:31:57 The question was asked to day in response to my post below, "Why do we care about the Polar Bear?" The answer I think across the board with the various endangered species can be boiled down to a simple point. Before man came to this planet there was a certain number of species and as man has evolved and from more powerful countless species have perished.Each species that goes extinct represents a
A call to (polar) bear arms 2008-05-15 08:18:27 Possibly missed in the fray among presidential endorsements, earthquakes and cyclones, the US government took an extraordinary step and placed the Polar Bear on the endangered species list. Determining that the bear's natural habitat is disappearing and rapid declines in it's population are imminent, the government moved to put the bear on the list. Once a species goes on the list, the government
Eating my words, and loving every minute of it! 2008-05-14 21:26:54 There are some times in my life where I love being wrong. On this blog nobody has been more critical of John Edwards that I. Long have I waited for Edwards (whom I supported for president) to stand up and make an endorsement of a Democratic candidate. My waiting turned into impatience and I incorrectly predicted that he would sit on the fence until the convention. Today my friends, I was proud to Read more:every
Things I could have done without 2008-05-14 11:08:44 In my copious spare time, I contribute to the "v" list, our own Marc Valentine's definitive list on well, everything. Check out my recent post on things I could have done without this primary....
Something Wicked this way.... 2008-05-14 09:03:43 Popular discussion of the West Virginia Primary dictates that despite Hillary Clinton's long expected trouncing of Obama in the contest it makes little difference to Democratic Primary. In the short that is certainly true. But when 2 in 10 voters admit in exit polling that race was a deciding factor in their decision, it triggers a worry in me. While there have been definite accounts of racism on Read more:Wicked
Dodging the (Gas Price) Bullet 2008-05-28 14:45:42 I find few sales pitches more abhorrent than the Dodge/Chrysler promotion to actually subsidize the cost of gas for new buys for the next THREE YEARS. In case the ads haven't penetrated your living room, Dodge is willing to guarantee you 2.99 gasoline for the next three years if you buy a new car during their promotion. Here's a quote I read in Thomas Friedman's NY Times column today, attributed t
The Mclellan Problem 2008-05-28 08:52:48 Politico broke the story yesterday and already the pundits are commenting. Scott Mclellan buried the administration in his book. The interesting timing and rapid media release has infuriated the White House. I'll be interested to see how Obama and McCain line up with the book. Can McCain create daylight between himself and the administration on the subject of competence and honesty? In the mean Read more:Problem
The newest front in the media war 2008-05-28 08:17:04 What if independent people created their own home-made attack ads? Not just for youtube, but for mass consumption on local television? Network affiliates for CNN, Comedy Central, and ESPN to name a few. Then what if like minded voters could buy the air time to get those ads seen.Thats the the idea behind SaysMeTV go check it out, it's a distrubing look into the future of political discourse.
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John McCain's Good Sense Problem 2008-05-27 23:54:19 Senator McCain
is a good man and a good American. He's been a loyal and faithful public servant. He's also well know and well respected for his "maverick" status. But John McCain
has a youtube problem. His problem stems from being too flexible in his thinking too often.Mind you this is not the ideological flip-flopping of a Mitt Romney. It's more the nature of being a good in the moment leader. Mc Read more:Problem
, Sense
Political Paparazzi 2008-05-27 20:59:01 To many, it would seem that this batch of candidates has an affinity for ill-worded statements. Hillary had her Bonsia story and her most recent RFK reference. McCain said that he would remain in Iraq for 100 years if that's what it took to get the job done. (Bet you wish you could take that one back sonny) And today Barack Obama said that his uncle liberated Auschwitz when he actually liberated
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