Month: January 2008

Iowa Prognostication

The Iowa caucuses are polling too close to call between Clinton, Edwards, and Obama. However, there are some hints. The Southern Political Report tells us that ‘InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research has been...

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David Brooks No Likey the Mittster

In taking down Mitt Romney this morning, David Brooks had a good line that I hope is true. As Walter Mondale was the last gasp of the fading New Deal coalition, Romney has turned himself into the last gasp of the Reagan...

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The Missing Experience Factor

     With the Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching the candidates are pressing their main messages with renewed intensity. The key to campaigning appears to be to “stay on message” regardless of the chaos...

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Happy New Year from Dobson

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeIt is amazing to me that TCD started publication in 2004, it seems just like yesterday but when you realize Bush was reelected in 2004, it...

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Client States In Disarray

. 2008 – Democrats despair (The Guardian) Jan. 1, 2008 – This is a lonely time for democrats in two countries, Pakistan and Kenya. Lonely, because in each case their western backers equivocate about the need to...

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