Kevin Sullivan extends the point that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is just as much unfulfilled promises or “just words” as Obama’s. Consider:| MORE ›
I just finished reading an incredibly fascinating and informative – even enlightening – book: The Islamist by Ed Hussain (which is a pseudonym: the author’s real name is Mohammed Mahbub Hussain). Hussain is half-Bangladeshi and half-Indian, and born in London. Both his parents are Muslims. Obviously he was raised a Muslim. But as quite a moderate Muslim: his parents, and especially his grandfather, taught him a spiritual, almost mystical, kind of Islam, which was peaceful, open-minded and tolerant.| MORE ›
Has the media backlash against Barack Obama arrived? He was touted as the new savior of America for months by the media, but all of a sudden newspapers are publishing articles about inconvenient subjects for Obama and they are, again suddenly, publishing columns highly critical of the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. See here for instance (I’m in complete agreement with it). One gets the impression that the media are playing with the public, doesn’t one?
It seems that Senator John McCain – who will be the Republican nominee – believes that Barack Obama will win the Democratic nomination. How do I know that? He’s going after the Senator from Illinois. “I will work hard to make sure Americans aren’t deceived by an eloquent but empty call for change,” McCain said right after his win in Wisconsin yesterday. (more…)
As Ed Morrissey explains, “[t]his exchange will race through the conservative blogosphere, and probably on the pro-Hillary sites as well. Last night, Chris Matthews interviewed Texas state senator and Barack Obama supporter Kirk Watson as Obama sailed to a crushing victory in Wisconsin. Matthews asked Watson to name any significant legislative accomplishment by Obama, and the campaign surrogate got stumped.” (more…)
Well, one gets the impression that the parties that won the elections in Pakistan this week do indeed represent change. Not the kind of change foreign policy haws were looking forward to though: “The winners of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections said Tuesday that they would take a new approach to fighting Islamic militants by pursuing more dialogue than military confrontation” with them. (more…)
Fascinating. According to Babalu Blog CNN’s Allison Flexner sent an e-mail out to the network’s anchors instructing them to point out that “while [Castro is] despised by some, he is seen as a revolutionary hero [...] by leftist in Latin America” and that “did bring social reforms to Cuba – namely free education and universal health care, and racial integration.” (more…)
It looks more and more likely that Barack Obama, the junior Senator from Illinois, will win the Democratic nomination. Yesterday he won both the primaries of Wisconsin and Hawaii, and with great ease at that. He’s also, as Marc noticed several days ago, making inroads in Clinton bulwark Texas. In short, Obamania isn’t going to end any time soon. If I were a betting man I’d put my money on BO. (more…)
For some time, I have been wondering what produces such strong hatred of Obama among some segments of the Republican coalition, including some of the contributors to Poligazette. Alas, I think I may have found an answer. SurveyUSA shows results that indicate Obama might have double-digit advantage over Clinton in a matchup against McCain, potentially turning several key states. (more…)
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