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Thursday, December 13, 2007 - Posts

  • Mountains out of Molehills


    After wondering aloud to the Washington Post about Barack Obama’s past drug use, Bill Shaheen, Hillary Clinton’s national co-chair, stepped down today. Shaheen, who is the husband of former New Hampshire Gov. and Senate candidate Jean Shaheen, said Obama’s Read More...
  • When Libertarians Meet Presidential Politics


    We've written a lot about Ron Paul publicity stunts. First the money bomb , then the blimp . The Ron Paul pinup calendar was only inevitable . (h/t Hit & Run ) Read More...
  • The Forgotten Ones


    Each Democratic candidate is already declaring victory in today’s debate. Except, of course, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel, who didn’t participate. Their campaigns are, to say the least, displeased. Team Kucinich sent out a furious e-mail after the Read More...
  • Krauthammer on Washburn


    Here was Charles Krauthammer weighing in yesterday on moderator Carolyn Washburn's performance: "That was not just the worst debate of 2007, that was the worst debate in western history, and that includes the ancient Greeks. There was no record in any Read More...
  • Flatland


    There's a weird egalitarianism to this debate. Dodd and Biden and Richardson are getting as much time to talk as the front-runners. Washburn is also challenging them on long-lost gaffes—stuff that doesn't normally come up for anyone who's not ahead in Read More...
  • I Want Alan Keyes Back


    This debate makes yesterday's look like a royal rumble. I'm not sure they've said a single sentence that hasn't been uttered before. The moderator isn't following up, the candidates aren't challenging each other's points, and their blood pressure seems Read More...
  • On Free Statements


    Each candidate gets 30 seconds for a "free statement." It's like six sound-bite-filled stump speeches mixed throughout the debate. You might as well be flushing time down the toilet. Richardson even manages to stick his foot in his mouth: "I’m going to Read More...
  • Someone Fire Obama's Makeup Artst


    He looks like a ghost. Could be PBS's fault ... or an overzealous beautician. Read More...
  • And Then There Were Six …


    Carolyn " al-Qaida " Washburn is back, promising to keep people to time limits but saying, "I’ll try not to be a scrooge about it." Yesterday, the candidates seemed to bristle at the format, which didn't produce many fireworks. So far, today doesn't look Read More...
  • Yo Mama


    It’s nothing new for candidates to exploit their families. Mitt Romney makes regular appearances with his entourage of chiseled, heterosexual, all-American sons and their wives. But with the caucuses approaching, candidates are pulling out the nuclear Read More...
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