Joseph J. Ellis explains how Barack Obama’s message of hope and unity has roots in our deepest political traditions, going back to Lincoln and the Founding Fathers.
Some have criticized Obama’s message as just a bunch of clever speeches. Well, as Obama likes to say, words matter. The message of hope and unity is a powerful one. Let’s hope it’s more powerful than that of the petty politics we have endured over the past several decades.
This is politics for idiots. Take something your opponent says, and distort it to create a straw man argument.
Barack Obama made a simple statement – that the GOP in recent history was the party of ideas because they were challenging conventional wisdom. Bill and Hillary immediately started saying that Obama claimed all the “good ideas” cam from the GOP. Kos rips their ridiculous arguments to shreds here and here.
Bill and Hillary Clinton think the voters are morons. They’re hoping the voters ar morons. It’s their only hope.
Joe Conason explains the realities of the situation.
As America marks the first anniversary of the troop escalation in Iraq, at least one thing has become clear. Although the “surge” is failing as policy, it seems to be succeeding as propaganda. Even as George W. Bush continues to bump and scrape along the bottom of public approval, significantly more people now believe we are “winning” the war.
We have helped the Sunnis go after Al Qaida, and that’s a good thing, but what happens to the armed Sunni militias? The Iraqi government wants them to eventually disarm, but we know that will not happen.
The religious and tribal conflicts in Iraq will take years, if not decades, to resolve. It’s a fantasy to think we can keep thousands and thousands of soldiers in Iraq until they work this out. Even if they manage to negotiate an agreement, it’s a fantasy to think it could hold without the presence of our Army.
He has a point:
The one that is the most problematic is (John) Edwards, who voted for the Patriot Act, campaigns against it. Voted for No Child Left Behind, campaigns against it. Voted for the China trade deal, campaigns against it. Voted for the Iraq war … He uses my voting record exactly as his platform, even though he had the opposite voting record.
When you had the opportunity to vote a certain way in the Senate and you didn’t, and obviously there are times when you make a mistake, the notion that you sort of vote one way when you’re playing the game in Washington and another way when you’re running for president, there’s some of that going on.
She can’t tell the truth. He’s finally starting to hit her on that.
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