so i'm back in nairobi after a couple of days in the towns of meru and nanyuki, mostly in rural areas with no internet access, little property of any kind, living conditions that generally approach squalor, and extreme natural beauty. mount kenya, in particular, is an amazing sight - not only is it the largest mountain i have ever seen, clocking ( Read more... )

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You know, I'm starting to change my mind about the "Obama needs to get tough and attack Hillary" meme. For one thing, this view is in response to the "Hillary got a last minute surge of support because of negative ads in Ohio and Texas" meme, and I'm not sure that's actually accurate. When you look at focus group data on the red phone ad (sorry I ( Read more... )

I didn't think she could possibly get this ugly:

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This is a must read article for people voting in today's Democratic primary ( Read more... )

Wouldn't it be amazing to have a general election in which the dominant theme was 'which one of these two candidates can better create a national reconciliation between our political parties'? If that's the theme of your campaign, then it means there are big disincentives for engaging in dirty politics. I think a McCain-Obama race would actually be ( Read more... )

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The likelihood of the Republican Party nominating John McCain should raise even more doubts about the ability of Hillary Clinton to get elected in November. Of all the plausible matchups between prominent Democrats (Obama, Clinton or Edwards) and prominent Republicans (McCain, Romney, Giuliani or Huckabee), I think Clinton-McCain is the absolute ( Read more... )