The half-hour segment aired by the Obama-Biden Campaign during prime time On Wednesday, October 29, 2008 was a rating success, but its impact on the vote will be extremely difficult to measure. With the days counting down, the spot was a calculated risk for the campaign. Initial indication seems to be that the risk will [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 21, 2008
Poverty-Free Election
The word “poverty” has been conspicuously missing from the lips of both candidates for President of the United States this election season. Where have the champions of this battle gone? There are an alarming number of newly homeless families, the jobs picture looks bleak, the disparity of income is high, and far too many people live [...]
October 21, 2008
Why is talking to someone without “precondition” so bad?
There is a significant foreign policy difference between Senator McCain and Senator Obama that doesn’t seem to make much sense in my mind. The issue is a battle over whether to have diplomatic talks, with countries we disagree with, without preconditions. Senator McCain contends that before the United States will meet with any unfriendly nations, [...]
October 21, 2008
I Wish the Election was Yesterday
I love Politics. I love Presidential elections. I love Presidential debates. I love intellectual discussions on government. I love the anticipation, the unknown. I love feeling this passion every four years.
I want this election to be over so bad I can taste it. I never thought I would write such a phrase but it [...]
October 20, 2008
General Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
The formal announcement was made on Sunday, October 19, 2008. It didn’t come as any real surprise, but Colin Powell officially announced that, on November 4, 2008, he will cast his ballot for the Democratic Senator from Illinois. Though recent indications had been that he would support Barack Obama, this decision was surely not an [...]
October 17, 2008
Trumped Up Outrage
The McCain Campaign is mad again. This time the “Liberal Media” went too far because they decided to delve a little deeper into the story of Joe the Plumber than John McCain did. How dare they!?
Although I agree that Joe’s background and personal life is really none of my business, it was McCain who [...]
October 16, 2008
Airs of McCain’s “Cares” About Ayers
If someone cares about something, they tend to speak about it. If someone does not care about something, they tend not to speak about it. Seems pretty simple, but it is a concept with which Senator McCain seems substantively unfamiliar. The GOP candidate has a favorite way of broaching the subject of the connection between [...]
