Month: November 2007
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Obama at NC Central in Durham
Ah, the promise — and the frustration — of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. I saw him speak at North Carolina Central University this afternoon to a multi-ethnic crowd of several thousand people who paid $15-$25 just to hear him speak. And he delivered — as expected, Obama is funny, dynamic, and moving on the stump.
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FactCheck.org event in Washington
For those who are interested, FactCheck.org is holding an event at the National Press Club a week from Friday where they will release data on an apparent increase in media fact-checking: FactCheck.org and the Annenberg Public Policy Center Present: Pants on Fire Political Mendacity and the Rise of the Media Fact-Checkers Why do candidates lie
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Obama’s process critique of Hillary
Once a goo-goo, always a goo-goo? As I wrote back in March, Barack Obama’s campaign is based on the false hope that we can all get along. As a result, he’s been frustratingly reluctant to go negative on Hillary Clinton. Even when he did start to criticize her directly a few days ago, he focused