Month: October 2008
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Michael Dukakis was “too black”?
This is my favorite Michael Dukakis quote in a long time — here’s Ezra Klein apparently joking about the Willie Horton ad making Michael Dukakis “seem too black”: Similarly, attacks that should have shuttered Obama’s campaign did not. In 1988, the Willie Horton ads managed to make Michael Dukakis seem too black. Uh, Michael Dukakis
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My word cloud
Via a friend, a Wordle.net word cloud for this blog:
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McCain: Obama made me go negative!
John McCain’s efforts to blame his campaign tactics on Obama are becoming increasingly laughable. First, he suggested back in August that Obama forced him to go negative by refusing his offer of a series of townhall debates: Both men pronounced themselves thoroughly frustrated by the personal bitterness and negativism they have seen in the two
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McCain’s last-ditch character offensive
On Friday, I noted John McCain’s rather dire situation in the polls and suggested that we would soon be hearing a lot more about Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, and William Ayres as the GOP becomes increasingly desperate. As if on cue, the McCain campaign leaked word of a character-based assault on Obama focusing on Ayres
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Josh Marshall pushes McCain anger narrative
Last week, I
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Campaign events vs. the fundamentals
We’re at a historic moment — Barack Obama’s estimated lead in the national polls is over seven percentage points: There are two ways to interpret what’s happened. Most journalists will soon converge on some narrative where John McCain has lost ground due to some combination of the financial crisis, the incoherence of Sarah Palin’s TV
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Post-debate liberal spin convergence
One of the most frustrating aspect of politics circa 2006-2008 is the way liberal pundits have picked up the bad habits they once criticized in conservatives — from content-free accusations of media bias to slipshod factual standards. Bob Somerby points out the most recent example: liberal bloggers revising their interpretations of the first presidential debate
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The implications of Obama’s current lead
With Barack Obama’s estimated lead at 5.6%, the Democrats who panicked during John McCain’s bounce are looking pretty silly. It’s hard to believe that this was the state of the race a few weeks ago: Mr. McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate and the resulting jolt of energy among