Dana Goldstein

Sorry, Matt, but I’ve never seen Rocky. I did, however, play the film’s theme song on my clarinet in seventh grade band. –Dana Goldstein

Dodd‘s rhetoric last night on driver’s licenses being a “privilege” really ticked me off. Undocumented immigrants aren’t unruly teenagers, they’re adults trying to make a living and care for families. And thanks to America’s man-made geography, for many people cars aren’t a luxury, but a necessity for simply going to the supermarket, picking kids up […]

I was rooting for Barack Obama last night, I really was. I want this primary race to be a fight to the finish. But although Hillary Clinton and her foreign policy views were the hotly contested subjects of almost an hour of last night’s debate, Obama seemed to sideline himself during the conversation as Edwards, […]

Kucinich suggests more Americans have, like himself and Jimmy Carter, seen a UFO than currently support George W. Bush‘s presidency. –Dana Goldstein

We aren’t the only ones live-blogging this debate. I sauntered on over to The Corner to see this lovely bit of stereotyping from K-Lo: John Edwards: “The Langugage of the Neocons” [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Would that be Yiddish? If she were a liberal, National Review would call her an anti-Semite for saying that. Me, I’m […]

Obama claims Clinton won’t admit that on Social Security, there’s “an actuarial gap that has to be dealt with.” She’s too afraid of adopting “Republican talking points” he says. She tries to rise above this, responding that there’s isn’t a great difference between her and Obama on Social Security, except that she articulates, again and […]

It’s a very quiet audience tonight at Drexel University, but Joe Biden cracks them up: “Rudy Giuliani, he only uses three words in a sentence: A noun, a verb, and 9/11.” He also calls Giuliani the least qualified person to seek the White House since George W. Bush. —Dana Goldstein

Edwards says, “I believe in Santa Claus, i believe in the Tooth Fairy, but i don’t believe that’s going to happen.” Hillary Clinton represents the “status quo,” he continues, detailing the corporate sectors that have contributed to her campaign. —Dana Goldstein

Is media critique? He can be rambling and tentative, but he’s quite cutting when he feels the question is stupid. In response to Tim Russert seeking “pledges” from the candidates to not “allow” Iran to produce a nuclear weapon, Obama snips, “All of us are committed to Iran not having nuclear weapons, so we could […]

Clinton explains her vote in favor of the Kyl–Lieberman bill naming the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization as simply a vote in favor of economic sanctions against Iran. She says, “I prefer vigorous diplomacy and I happen to think that economic sanctions are a part of diplomacy.” Chris Dodd takes the bait and criticizes […]