I certainly hope not. On the BP crisis: Now is the time to call in the big brains, lock them in a room, and deliver every possible resource to shut the oil flow down; think Manhattan Project meets Independence Day, with fewer aliens and more eggheads. The country that put a man on the moon [...]
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With apologies to Teddy, one dream has died
Posted in 2008 General Election, 2008 Primary, Politics, tagged John McCain, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Sarah Palin on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
R.I.P. the Mac and Biff dream… you were fun to imagine running against. And, just for old times sake…
Norma Rae, Rocky, and WJB for good measure
Posted in 2008 Primary, Elitism, Politics, Populism, tagged Appalachia, Hillary Clinton, Mark Penn, Norma Rae, Rocky, William Jennings Bryan, working class on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Over at Huffington Post, Bill Curry writes about the success of Act Two for Hillary in the Democratic Primary: In Ohio and then Pennsylvania she channeled a surprisingly convincing blend of Rocky Balboa and Norma Rae in courting America’s least visible, least fashionable, constituency: hard scrabble, small town whites… …As was said of Julia Roberts [...]
The Place for Politics
Posted in 2008 Primary, Media, Politics, tagged Democratic Primary, DNC rules committee, Hillary Clinton, MSNBC on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MSNBC is running day-long complete coverage of the DNC Rules Committee to solve the Florida/Michigan problem. First, how surreal is it that this Primary season has generated so much attention, that even the DNC rules committee meeting is being televised nationally, with the “A” list of MSNBC commentators working it? Some are suggesting that if [...]
