Shortly before the last presidential election, the economy took a real dive. (I doubt anyone gasped at that last line.) Jame’s Carville’s old maxim was relevant as ever: “It’s the economy stupid.” I was at the Bucks County Community College town-hall-turned-stump-speech where McCain finally revealed his economic plan. The issues really seemed to outpace him and the consensus seemed to [...]
So begins another season of SNL and so too does the hazing of a group of variably sane individuals running for president. Basically, the underlying shtick is that they’re all stupid and/or crazy, except for Romney. There have been repeated questions about Rick Perry’s intelligence. The conclusion seems to be that he ain’t book-smart but he’s willing and able to do [...]
Fox News, Google and the Florida Republican Party are hosting tonight’s Republican presidential debate, the sixth one so far, at the Orange County Convention Center. What do you think of tonight’s back-and-forth? Let us know in the comments below. 10:55 p.m. A YouTube Question: Who on stage would you choose as your running mate? Several candidates dodge the question. Cain [...]
On Friday in the city of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke before reporters. “We need to have full membership at the U.N.,” he began, the reporters taking it in. “We need a state, a seat at the United Nations.” While it was not necessarily misguided for President Abbas to try to apply for U.N. membership, his way of going [...]
I’ll grant that I generally don’t devote too much attention to Israel. I’ve always resisted being pigeonholed in that way. I spent my past summer working at a highly activist, pro-Israel organization, but focusing on U.S. immigration reform. And during my entire time there, the organization was devoted to preparing for and defeating the Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence. I [...]
With NBC’s Brian Williams and Politico’s John Harris moderating, the fifth GOP presidential debate kicks off tonight at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA. This is the first Republican debate this season with new frontrunner Rick Perry, governor of Texas. 9:48 p.m. It was a good debate, although three things would have made for more substantive debate: More [...]
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