Posted in Politics, tagged Al From, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Frum, Democratic Primary, DLC, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, Mark Penn, Michael Gerson, NAFTA, Ned Lamont on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the curious things about this election cycle as a progressive, reformist Democrat that has long been frustrated with a capitulating, cautious leadership is that somehow, without even really noticing, we won the fight. Feels weird to say that after really only losing every battle: progressives lost the battle to stop the war [...]
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I always kinda like the little blurbs at the end of some movies that tell you what happened to the characters after the credits roll. And I thought that now, in the “waning days of the campaign” (according to Obama) might be a good time to take some guesses on the futures of the [...]
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One thing I promised myself when I started this is that I wouldn’t turn it into some news of the day blog — but everyone breaks a promise now and then.
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Posted in History, Politics, tagged Barry Goldwater, Bob La Follette, Democratic Party, Eugene V. Debs, Franklin Roosevelt, Populist, Progressive, William Jennings Bryan on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m about a third of the way through “A Godly Hero,” the William Jennings Bryan biography by Michael Kazin. I know, I know, I should’ve read this book through two years ago when it came out. Better late than never. In any event, the more I read of it, the more I [...]
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Posted in History, Media, Politics, tagged gold standard, John McCain, New York Times, Nick Gillespie, Pat Buchanan, Silver standard, Tucker Carlson, William Jennings Bryan on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
A quote from Tucker Carlson’s show last week:
NICK GILLESPIE, “REASON” EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: I got to say that it‘s a pretty good day for John McCain and Pat Buchanan is going on and on. To me, Senator McCain is afraid that the “New York Times”—you know, it‘s going from a gold standard to, what, a silver standard? [...]
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Ralph Nader announced on Meet the Press today that he was running for President. I think Democrats like me are supposed to quiver… I’m not. It’s sort of like Groundhog Day to me actually. Every four years, Ralph will wake up, realize there is nobody running that is near as pure and [...]
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Posted in Media, Uncategorized, tagged Christopher Walken, David Niven, Hairspray, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, John Travolta, Michael Moore, Nikki Blonsky, Oscars, Vanessa Redgrave on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Oscars just ended, with very little fanfare, excitement, or (based on predictions) ratings. No Country for Old Men won Best Picture. Didn’t see it, probably won’t. I do want to see Juno, Atonement, and There Will be Blood.
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Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged Amy Poehler, Barack Obama, Dana Carvey, Don Pardo, Fred Armisen, Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Mike Myers, Phil Hartman, Saturday Night Live, Steve Martin, writers' strike on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Apparently last night’s Saturday Night Live, the first since the writer’s strike on November 1, was the most watched SNL in two years. I guess I played a role. I mean, I watched. Now, I’m a big fan of the really classic SNL — even though I think I’m technically too young [...]
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Momentum is the buzzword of the moment (or of every moment), and right now, all the pundits agree that Obama has all of it. I agree with the first part — momentum has everything to do with politics — but I’m not quite as confident that part two is being read correctly.
The more I consider [...]
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Guess MSNBC won’t wait until after next week’s Democratic debate to put David Shuster back on the air… he was just on Hardball doing a piece on the McCain story. He had been suspended since charging the Clinton campaign with “pimping out” Chelsea for having her call superdelegates earlier this month. Hillary Clinton [...]
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