Month: June 2007

Attacking Weakness

Karl Rove like to attacks an opponents strengths. That makes sense. But I like to attack an opponent’s weakness, too. Here are some examples. Sen. Pete Domenici is in the hot seat for messing around with the Department of...

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Amazon 3: The Missionaries

It was June 21, and the Incas in Peru were celebrating winter solstice much as their ancestors did–and as the Celts did in England, two thousand years and half a year ago… Meanwhile, most of the Christians in Peru...

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We Need New Blood in Congress

Open Secrets.Org tracks the financing of politicans. They explain the basic trend. Most members of Congress — Democrats and Republicans alike — get the vast majority of their PAC contributions from business interests. Democrats...

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Open Thread

A good question: “How about standing up and saying: ‘I, Norm Coleman, smoked pot in 1969.’ That ‘I am not a gang member, a drug addict or a criminal,'” Kent asks. [Norm Kent was Coleman’s...

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Running Against Latinos

On at least one issue the Wall Street Journal gets it: Like most voters, Hispanics care about more issues than immigration. But also like most voters, they take pride in their cultural identity and will reject candidates who...

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