Month: October 2008

Update on the Free Gaza Movement

Previous voyage sailed in August An email from the Council for the National Interest Foundation was received this afternoon announcing the next boat voyage to Gaza by international peace activists interested in doing what our...

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The Old South? It’s Moved North.

Bet on it. Poll: Obama Grabs Lead In Deep-Red Georgia For the first time ever, a new poll has Barack Obama ahead of John McCain in Georgia, on the heels of a recent trend that showed the race tightening here. The new numbers...

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The Old-Time Analysts are No Good

I am no fan of James Carvile and Stan Greenberg, but their pre-election surveys and polling are excellent and I think they’re right: Two Democratic pollsters and strategists predicted Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will win...

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They Didn’t Adapt to the Times

The Politico has an early autopsy of the McCain campaign. At a high level, the campaign has already conceded defeat and key aides have started sending their résumés around to the private sector. The finger-pointing has started...

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Obama’s Grandmother is Gravely Ill

I am terribly sorry to hear this: Obama flew to Hawaii to visit Madelyn Dunham, 85, who helped raise Obama. The Illinois senator said he left the campaign trail with less than two weeks remaining before the election because his...

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