Barack Obama
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Daniel Larison: […] the idea that the message of Spread The Wealth would be a political loser at the present time is bizarre, which makes McCain’s insistence on identifying Obama as the “spread the wealth” candidate even more bizarre. I mean, does McCain want to get crushed in a landslide? Let’s think about this. There Read more
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Just heard on NPR that Colin Powell will appear on Meet the Press this Sunday, likely for the purpose of endorsing Obama. Will this provide a big boost to Obama? My impression is that the Powell brand has been tarnished considerably in the wake of the Iraq fiasco. But maybe he’s still a widely respected Read more
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This article at Harper’s argues that the rejection of the McCain/Palin ticket by mainstream Protestants that Steve Waldman described is a matter of theological as much as political differences (via Andrew Sullivan): For the mainstream Protestant, Palin is engaging in what Reinhold Niebuhr calls “the idolatry of America.” As Niebuhr would have it, an American Read more
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I think Obama mopped the floor with Sen. McCain. But I would say that, wouldn’t I? (I’m wearing my Obama/Biden t-shirt as I write this, as it happens.) Obama’s answer on the Ayers/ACORN (OMG! ACORN is destroying the fabric of democracy!!!) stuff seemed pretty effective to me. And, while I remain a squish on what Read more
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Interesting column by Beliefnet’s Steven Waldman. This may seem obvious, but it’s easy to forget–what with all the talk about the “liberal mainline”–that mainline Protestants in the pews are not necessarily all that liberal (Bush won the mainline vote in 2004). Indeed, according to Waldman, a little over four in 10 describe themselves as conservative, Read more
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Since I’m still getting a lot of hits for “conservatives for Obama” here’s one for you–Christopher Buckley (son of William F. and a well-regarded writer in his own right) endorses. Read more
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I largely agree with John’s take on the whole Obama-as-closet-radical idea being pushed by the (increasingly desperate) McCain campaign and its media fellow travelers. (Be sure to follow the links he provides too.) I have plenty of lefty friends, and they certainly don’t think Obama is a radical lefty. On everything from health care to Read more
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The Nation has re-posted a story it ran on the Obama-Bill Ayers connection when the Clinton campaign tried to make hay out of the same issue during the primaries. What’s completely baffling to me is what inference the McCain campaign thinks we should draw from Obama’s (tenuous) connection to Ayers. That Obama is a secret Read more
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Palin: Obama “palling around with terrorists.” This is what happens when you don’t have anything substantive to run on, I guess. Read more
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OK – I only watched the first hour; I turned it off when it became a competition about who could sound “tougher” on Iran. Things like this make me feel like a crazy Chomskyite left-winger. I have a hard time putting myself in the mindset of that mythical beast the undecided or “persuadable” voter, so Read more
A Thinking Reed 