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If I was a member of the left I would be pissed the other guys are called right…

WOW! WOW! WOW!

05-Nov-08

Enough said!

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Colin Powell devastates McCain…

20-Oct-08

The presidential race is certainly heating up. This youtube clip is a devastating indictment of McCain by one of my favorite statesmen, Colin Powell. It is heartening to see that Colin Powell actually gives voice to the “disenfranchised” Republican. The Republican party had an opportunity to remake itself in this election cycle, it chose not [...]

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Obama’s first move…

05-Jun-08

Having just clinched the DNC nomination one of Obama’s first moves:
DNC will no longer take lobbyist, PAC money
This is going to be one hell of a race. I wonder how and if the Republicans will respond.

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Don Boudreaux

28-Mar-08

Don Boudreaux, Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University, occasionally comes up with some great lines, his latest:
“Almost all that any politician says on any topic other than political strategy should be treated with even less respect than would be accorded a professional circus-clown’s speculations about string theory.”
You have to love [...]

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Its Over – Dick Morris….

09-Mar-08

Insightful assessment of the current situation with the Democrats by Dick Morris in an article at TheHill.com. Morris lays out a unique perspective that I have not heard before. One which is very different than what many of the other pundits are saying.
Morris hammers home the [...]

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Barack Obama & Marc Andreessen

03-Mar-08

Marc Andreesen is turning out to be one of my favorite bloggers. He is always publishing witty insights both in and out of the tech & business world. He has a great post today on his meeting with Barack Obama in 2007. If you weren’t an Obama supporter beforehand this post may very well make [...]

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Draft Lessig….

17-Feb-08

UPDATE: Lessig decided not to run….

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Obama wins South Carolina!

27-Jan-08

A brilliant win in South Carolina by Barack Obama followed by another brilliant speech. As is readily apparent Obama’s oratory gifts are truly impressive. The first time I heard him speak I recall being stunned by Obama’s Audacity of Hope speech before the 2004 Democratic National Convention. I knew then that he would be destined [...]

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Stiglitz savages Bush…

12-Nov-07

Joe Stiglitz, Noble prize winning economist, savages Bush in a must read article over at Vanity Fair. In the article he predicts a generation long struggle for America to recoup its position in the world, not a pretty picture.
Will the doomsayers win this time around? Or will the US pull off another remarkable recovery? Only [...]

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Scathing indictment….

29-Jul-07

Walter Mondale, former Vice President to ex-President Jimmy Carter, has a must-read editorial in today’s Washington Post. Mondale details how he partnered with then President Carter to re-define the role of the Vice-Presidency, from backwater political office to the President’s closest and most trusted advisor.
Carter & Mondale’s re-definition continued through both Republican and Democratic Presidencies. [...]

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