There’s been a lot of talk about the transformative potential of the Barack Obama campaign, but this weekend I got my first taste of what this campaign could mean for America while working as a volunteer down in South Carolina. My partner, Lauren Torbitt and I were assigned to go door to door to try and get out the vote in the town of Salters, ( Read more... )

Pretty good description of the Clinton machine:

The recent roughing-up of Barack Obama was in the trademark style of the Clinton years in the White House. High-minded and self-important on the surface, smarmily duplicitous underneath, meanwhile jabbing hard to the groin area. They are a slippery pair and come as a package. The nation is at fair ( Read more... )

I'll bet you any amount of money this is true. One night, maybe shortly before the Democratic Primary in New Hampshire, maybe shortly after, the Clintons had a strategy meeting. This meeting was devoted to a single topic: how can we best exploit the potential of Obama's race to alienate white voters. Of course, running against the man who would ( Read more... )

For the philosophy geeks on facebook. I didn't write this, but it is still ( brilliant )

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For those of you who like the funny smarmy dissents, this one from the second circuit is pretty quality. It begins:

I concede that this short opinion of mine does not consider or take into account the majority opinion. So I should disclose at the outset that I have not read it. I suppose this is unusual, so I explain why... this is not a case ( Read more... )

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Baltimore announcer Gary Thorne last night on Curt Schilling: "The great story we were talking about the other night was that famous red stocking that he wore when they finally won, the blood on his stocking. Nah, it was painted. Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR. Two-ball, two-strike count ( Read more... )

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