Tag: Barack Obama

25 Aug

All Glamour, No Game

All Glamour, No Game

I’ve been writing regularly over at The New Ledger — you can find my archive of posts here. Additionally, the fine folks over at CBS …

 
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12 Dec

Op-ed: Youth Vote and Short Honeymoon

Op-ed: Youth Vote and Short Honeymoon

I have an oped in today’s Washington Times on conservatives contending for the youth vote. I also have a post over at RedState on Rod Blagojevich …

 
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15 Nov

Op-ed: Lurching Center-Left

Op-ed: Lurching Center-Left

My latest op-ed at the Washington Times concerns America’s new status as a center-left nation. It is not all Mr. McCain’s fault – supporters of small …

 
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05 Nov

Now this will be quite interesting

Now this will be quite interesting

An apt bit of doggerel, I think, for the coming years. AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations …

 
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04 Nov

Closing Time for the 2008 Election: Let Me Be Absolutely Clear

Closing Time for the 2008 Election: Let Me Be Absolutely Clear

In an election cycle that saw the explosion of “Fact Check” articles written from thinly-disguised partisan bias, there is one fact that the overwhelming majority …

 
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21 Oct

Barack Obama’s Fight for Virginia

Barack Obama’s Fight for Virginia

Since I live in the newly swing state of Virginia and specifically in very swinging Loudoun County, and have voted here in every election since …

 
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19 Oct

Latest WashTimes Oped: Joe the Plumber Does What McCain Can’t

Latest WashTimes Oped: Joe the Plumber Does What McCain Can’t

Here’s my latest Washington Times oped, on Joe Wurzelbacher’s questioning of Obama, and how it shows McCain’s limits. The closer: “The ultimate authority, they say, is …

 
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12 Oct

Latest WashTimes Oped: The Kitchen Table Letdown

Latest WashTimes Oped: The Kitchen Table Letdown

My latest op-ed over at the Washington Times concerns the dueling perspectives of John McCain and Barack Obama on our economic woes – and how …

 
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26 Sep

Ezra Klein and Thoughts on the First Debate

Ezra Klein and Thoughts on the First Debate

I watched very little of it, but I think Ezra Klein’s assessment sums up the opinions of the blogosphere rather tidily: This is a pretty traditional …

 
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03 Sep

Convention 2008: Barack Obama vs. Sarah Palin: Superman comes to the Acropolis, and Smalltown Sarah comes to the Heartland

Convention 2008: Barack Obama vs. Sarah Palin: Superman comes to the Acropolis, and Smalltown Sarah comes to the Heartland

“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe …

 
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