Month: August 2008

Sunday in the Park with Riot Cops

An interesting day in Denver, mostly for all the wrong reasons. I should mention that I generally share Steven’s lack of use for the modern political conventions, particularly since what most of the nation sees is an...

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It’s Absentee Ballot time

The next 4 weeks are critical.  The Obama strategy is getting out the youth vote.  The youth vote is primarily, but not solely, composed of college students. College students are at college now, and will be there on...

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Fine. Bail Out GM, Ford etc. But . . .

Our horribly mismanaged US auto makers want a $50 BILLION Bailout from US taxpayers like me and you: Automakers plan to urge Congress to support funding up to $50 billion in low-interest loans over three years to help them...

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Open Thead

Well…Steven seems totally unenthusiastic about the conventions, but I’m just happy to finally reach the point in the campaign where everything matters. The Silly Season was a real challenge for me in terms of coming...

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