Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So
John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...
John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...
Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home
One blogger wrote: "Obama was unbelievably calm, collected and straight to the point. In fact he went out of his way to be nice while McCain was constantly attacking and putting on that fake, scary smile. Damn, that smile is scary."
Liz Umlas and Rachel Eliana Berman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home
Liz Umlas has joined forces with her daughter Rachel to entertain OffTheBus readers with their political cartoons. Rachel supplies the artistic skills, and Liz brings the political ideas.
John K. Wilson | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home
Even if Obama were inexperienced, that would be no reason to vote against him. History shows us that an experienced politician usually makes for a lousy president. In fact, the most consistent variable to predict a failed presidency is experience.
Michael Jee | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home
DENVER - The bar area of the Rialto Café resembled a meeting of amateur political analysts Thursday night. Normally, people gather at this trendy do...
George Copeland | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home
The Honorable Governor Palin has already delivered her natural constituents--the Republican base--to John McCain. Anything else she brings is just pure gravy.
Scott Foval | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home
Obama played the right cards by not coming off as an angry black man and out-presidentialed the guy who claimed that he was better suited to deal with a dangerous world than Obama was.
Stephen Fox | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home
Senator Biden has met and discussed policies with three UN Secretaries General, one queen, several kings, plus a few tough guys like Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Serbian president Sloban Milosevic.
Ari Bendersky | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics
Every so often an email chain letter comes my way that is actually interesting. This isn't about saving Sesame Street from NEA funding cuts, but this email I just received was too good to not share.
Peter Samuelson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Don't we go to an auto-mechanic because we think they'll be trained in fixing the car? So why is the job of President Of The United States somehow exempt from our being demanding of expertise?
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.
Steven Denlinger | Posted 09.14.2008 | Business
I think it's very possible the Bush administration might be willing to make bad financial decisions in the short run just to keep the Republican Party in power.
Howard Schweber | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
The constant discussion of experience and qualifications -- does Governor Palin have "foreign policy experience"? Does Obama have "executive" or "lea...
Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media
Peter Clothier | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics
These thoughts arise from my observation of McCain and his vaunted willingness to take a risk and, when all else fails, to throw the hail-Mary pass.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics
The fate of the free world cannot lie in the hands of a person who's most important qualification is that she reads well from a prompter.
Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics
Obama understands that we live in a complicated, nuanced world, one in which cowboy-style "straight talk" does little but earn us dismissive laughs from friends and enemies overseas.
Off The Bus | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home
The choice of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate has got everyone talking. Check out what OffTheBus readers and commentators have to say.
Andy Rosenberg | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
American voters -- wary of the Cheney experience -- will think long and hard about the next person they trust to uphold the role of the vice president.
Omid Memarian | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
One might think that McCain's extensive experience gives him the security to choose a younger, relatively inexperienced running mate. But this is not the issue.
Barry Yourgrau | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics
Republican ops on TV are all blond and a-grin to pronounce that Gov. Palin has in fact "more executive experience" than both legislators Obama and Bid...
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics
I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...
Jennifer Donahue | Posted 08.29.2008 | Home
McCain did the only thing he could have done to reset the race. Palin gives teeth to being pro-life, having a Down Syndrome child. Her eldest of five enlisted in the Army last year. And Gov. Palin is a hunter.
Linda Hansen | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home
But, at the end of the evening, I was left wanting something. The impossible something. I want that bell unrung and, if I could have written part of Hillary's speech, here's what she'd have said to us...
Phil Vogels | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home
This research does not necessarily demonstrate that Obama will be a better president than McCain. But it does demonstrate without a doubt that the "experience" argument against Obama is a complete crock.
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Chris Weigant | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics