September 12, 2008 – 2:53 pm
By Eugene Robinson
There was a time when Republicans campaigned on their ideas, programs and values. This year—lacking ideas, programs or values—John McCain and Sarah Palin are running for the White House on an elaborate fictional narrative of victimhood. Their supposed persecutors are Democrats and the news media, and the aim [...]
August 25, 2008 – 9:59 am
As the real campaign at last begins in Denver this week, this much is certain: It’s time for Barack Obama to dispatch “Change We Can Believe In” to a dignified death.
This isn’t because — OMG! — Obama’s narrow three- to four-percentage-point lead of recent weeks dropped to a statistically indistinguishable one- to [...]
August 22, 2008 – 7:14 am
Confession: I have not yet read all six (short, illustrated, large type) chapters of Mike’s Election Guide 2008, Michael Moore’s, latest work of jaunty political opinion. Am I supposed to discuss it with him on “Meet the Bloggers” tomorrow? Yes. But I’m not worried. It’s a breezy read, has already made me [...]
August 13, 2008 – 10:43 am
For years now, nearly every poll has shown that the American people are right in sync with the platform of the Democratic Party. They are pro-environment, pro-women’s rights and pro-choice. They don’t like war. They want the minimum wage raised, and they want a single-payer universal health-care system. The American public [...]
