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Tag: Obama

  • A McCain Voter Finds Silver Linings

    Differences on policy issues should not, on this day, obscure the marvel that has occurred. A man who in his early childhood could not use certain public restrooms has just been elected to the most powerful office in the world. The 109-year-old daughter of a slave lived long enough to help elect a black president. […]

  • My President… America’s President

    Godspeed, Mr. Obama. From The Book of Common Prayer, p. 390: For the peace of the world, that a spirit of respect and forbearance may grow among nations and peoples, we pray to you, O Lord. For those in positions of public trust, especially George our President and Barack our next President, that they may […]

  • No, It’s NOT Racial Code

    I listen to political podcasts on my iPod when I’m on the treadmill. One of the ones I like is the Slate Political Gabfest, even though all three regular panelists are strong Obama supporters. (So is almost everyone at Slate — when they polled their staffers, the vote went 55-1 for Obama over McCain, with […]

  • A McCain Voter Contemplates an Obama Presidency

    I was going to write a poignant, insightful post about why this McCain voter is undismayed by the prospect of an Obama victory, but Peggy Noonan beat me to it. Saves me a few pixels, I suppose. An excerpt: A great moment: When the press was hitting hard on the pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old […]

  • The Corner vs. the Messiahmercial

    The Web Goddess and I watched the Obamavision special via DVR while snuggling together on the couch. We’re a red-and-blue couple, but in the spirit of bipartisanship, I wore a purple shirt. I started checking out of the campaign emotionally after the final debate (see “Stick a Fork in Mac, He’s Toast“). So tonight (ok, […]

  • Woman Bites Candidate on CNN

    I just set the DVR to record Obama’s half-hour, blanket-the-airwaves infomercial, since I’ll be out when it airs. It’s a good reminder that I wanted to blog about a woman-bites-candidate story I saw on CNN. I first became aware of the existence of Campbell Brown when she questioned the significance of Sarah Palin’s role as […]

  • My BFF "Pete Robinson" (Unwittingly) Helps Me Shill For My Consulting Business

    As I write these opening words, it’s a little after 2 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, October 17. I mention this by way of setting up a whiny rant about how hard it is for a new blogger to get noticed. There’s an editorial [free link] titled “A Liberal Supermajority” in today’s WSJ [today’s!! I’m […]

  • Joe the Plumber Becomes Collateral Damage

    Obama talks with Joe Wurzelbacher, who should not have had any reason to fear that his life was about to change.(Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP) The snap judgment about Wednesday night’s Presidential debate, according to headlines all over the Internets, was that “the big winner of the debate was Joe the Plumber.” The line […]

  • Stick a Fork in Mac, He’s Toast

    Something not quite right metaphorically in that headline, but I’m too tired to figure it out. To win, Obama needed to refrain from burning an American flag onstage, and he more than met that challenge. He looked more Presidential than McCain. I’m trying as hard as I can to find reasons to stay on the […]

  • A Surprise: Hitchens Endorses Obama

    Christopher Hitchens, by far the biggest Iraq War hawk on the nominal Left, has endorsed Obama for President. I have to say I was stunned to see it. Three weeks ago, Hitch’s Slate column was headlined: “Is Obama Another Dukakis? Why is Obama So Vapid, Hesitant and Gutless?” Does Hitchens now plan to wear a […]