- JB on PK vs BHO
- Bank Transfers? Really?
- Farrakhan's Support For Obama? Hugely Controversial. Hagee's Backing Of McCain? No Problem.
- ABC: All Bad for Citizens
- Bill Kristol Corrects False Assertion About Obama
- The Myth Of The Black Racist Voter
- That NYT/CBS poll
- What Can We Possibly Add?
- Clinton Camp Sacks Mark Penn
- George Will Moves to the Left of the Democrats
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The Truth About Jonathan Taplin
Actually, this is not the truth about Jonathan Taplin. Everything I'm going to write is factual, but it's not really the truth. I'm just going to subject Taplin to the kind of innuendo that Taplin subjects his political opponents to...more »
Posted on May 9, 2008 5:06 PM
Anne Marie Slaughter and John McCain
The debate about Fareed Zarakia's book, "The Post-American World," has resurrected one of the very worst ideas hatched by Anne Marie Slaughter -- a "concert of democracies" that will be empowered to act when the United Nations can't or won't.Anne...more »
Posted on May 7, 2008 5:41 PM
McCain's Platform: Previously Rejected!
Let’s imagine the worst and that McCain reaches the White House. Because of his advanced age (847) he has only one term in which to implement the policies he’s promised. But take four major issues (healthcare, social security, taxes and...more »
Posted on April 30, 2008 12:16 PM
Reasonable People Opposed Invading Afghanistan
Critics of Moveon very often point out that the group opposed invading Afghanistan after 9/11. Then we all argue about what Moveon did or didn't say at the time and the argument is rarely productive because it rests on a...more »
Posted on April 19, 2008 1:27 PM
I'm Pro Obama, not Anti-Clinton (2nd posting try)
[Apologies if this posts twice. I posted 15 minutes ago and it didn't show up.]readytoblowagasket says that what's happened to me is that I've gone negative on Hillary but that I don't have a positive argument to make on Obama's...more »
Posted on April 7, 2008 9:53 PM
I'm not anti-Hillary, I'm Pro-Obama
readytoblowagasket says that what's happened to me is that I've gone negative on Hillary but that I don't have a positive argument to make on Obama's behalf except that he isn't John McCain.Now, not being John McCain and not being...more »
Posted on April 7, 2008 9:36 PM
Okay, I Was Wrong and I'm an Obamanoid Now.
I've posted my doubts about Hillary already and was asked by Genghis to go ahead and endorse Obama. I just ignored that. Wasn't ready yet.Okay, I endorse Obama. But I will continue to question him through the general and to...more »
Posted on April 6, 2008 11:40 PM
Race? Or Civil Rights?
Let me just try this idea out: we should talk about race, but we should always include a conversation about broader civil rights issues.Yes, as the polite phrasing goes, African Americans have a “unique” history in this country. That must...more »
Posted on March 31, 2008 7:49 PM
"A Defining Moment In The History of A Free Iraq"
President Bush (remember him?) says that the fighting in Basra is "A defining moment in the history of a free Iraq."It is a history that will be remembered for 100 years if John McCain, age 847, is elected president in...more »
Posted on March 28, 2008 6:07 PM
Clinton's Toughness
This isn't a post I wanted to write. It's frankly a little embarassing given some of the things I've written on this site.After Obama's race speech I decided that I'd stop calling Obama a wimp. I decided to only make...more »
Posted on March 27, 2008 10:23 AM
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Hey when you attack McCain instead of Hillary you become entirely likable! We're going to have fun in the general.
Posted at May 16, 2008 1:09 PM in response to McCain's Magical Mystery Tour
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The last time I heard Republicans saying things like that was when Bill Clinton won the presidency. And, yes, Bill did co-opt some of their issues, but then as now, it was just sour grapes and a way for Republicans to claim that: "They're only winning by being like us."
Heck, at the time, I kind of believed the Republicans. I spent much of the 90s mad at Bill for being too Republican. But living through 2 terms of Bill's economy and 2 terms of Dubya's is enough to prove to me that even if Bill did triangulate, he maintained crucial differences.
Anyway, when Republicans claim their issues have been stolen that's music to my ears. It means they're losing.
Posted at May 16, 2008 12:21 AM in response to This is a most interesting quote
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Fantastic and long overdue.
If only the federal government would live up to its equal protection obligations.
Posted at May 15, 2008 4:46 PM in response to Marriage in California
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Yes, it's disturbing. But really, given that the rules are the rules, you have to be angrier at the Democratic Party over this than you are at Hillary. One thing we all need to insist on after wed win the general election is that the Democratic party reforms its procedures to entirely eliminate the super-delegates and to explicitly require that pledged delegates remain faithful to the voters who assign them to the convention.
Posted at May 15, 2008 9:58 AM in response to Clinton admits she's ok with overturning the will of the voters
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Well, the point here isn't to protect banks who made bad loans. That's just a side-effect of the real intention -- to protect home owners who were in many cases sold bad loans. If the only way to punish the banks is to let them foreclose on innocent people, then I'd rather not punish the banks.
In your posts on this topic you've way too blithely assumed that renting is just as good an option as owning for these people. It isn't.
Keep people in their homes first, worry about whether or not the banks get their just desserts later.
Posted at May 15, 2008 8:58 AM in response to Progressives and the Housing Bailout
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If you have a locked in price deal for a commodity, as China does with oil from western and Sub-Saharan Africa, then you only effect the open markets by draining the demand side and driving up the costs for everyone else. There's nothing about the supply/demand rule that precludes side deals and that's what China has-- the rest of us are paying for China's clever side deals the same way that the common shareholder pays for the discounted shares that corporate execs pay when they're given restricted stock.
Posted at May 14, 2008 9:49 PM in response to Speculation & Oil Prices
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Desidero has schooled you all on this one, folks.
As far as I'm concerned, only prudes bash either Monica or Bill.
The heart wants what the heart wants. And we allo have other parts as well.
Posted at May 14, 2008 8:59 PM in response to Top Ten Reasons Obama Lost West Virginia
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No, because Buchanan predates Wright on the national scene.
It'd be more accurate to ask if Wright is a later incarnation of Buchanan. But the answer would be no because Wright has had to deal with true racism in ways that Buchanan has not.
Posted at May 14, 2008 8:55 PM in response to Your Thoughts Wanted: Is Buchanan Wright?
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Great post, Jonathan.
The unreported part of this is that China isn't paying the market price for oil. China made a very clever move through its state controlled companies -- it went into western and sub-Saharan Africa and agrteed to build or fund infrastructure in ezxchange for discounted oil. So all talk of China driving demand is nonsense. They are not paying $120 a barrel. They cut deals that were discounted to market price back when the market price was well below $80.
Posted at May 14, 2008 8:52 PM in response to Speculation & Oil Prices
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But if he raises interest rates to 6% right now, with the economy so weak, the rest of us will be out of business as well. Liquidity is the engine.
Posted at May 14, 2008 8:50 PM in response to Speculation & Oil Prices
