The Internet Gods chose last night, smack in the middle of the State of the Union, to crash the Prospect site, so please excuse our lack of live commentary on the speech. I had been excited about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius‘ official Democratic rejoinder, but her speech left me cold. It relied on feel-good platitudes […]
Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.
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MEDIA MELEE AS 100 JOURNALISTS TURNED AWAY FROM D.C. OBAMA RALLY.
— I just watched Ted Kennedy‘s endorsement speech of Barack Obama from TAP’s warm conference room after Ezra and I — along with about 100 other journalists — were turned away from the Obama rally’s press entrance after waiting an hour outside in the cold. It was an utter mad scene. Eminences such as David […]
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PERSON IN THE NEWS: CHARLIE CRIST EDITION.
Later today I’ll be watching Later today I’ll be watching Barack Obama speak at American University alongside Ted and Caroline Kennedy, who, by this point, you already know have endorsed Obama. But the less glamorous endorsement of this past weekend — though perhaps the more telling one — was Florida Gov. Charlie Crist‘s show of […]
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Whither Edwards Supporters?
John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race. The new question is where his supporters — and the candidate himself — will go next.
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WHO STEPPED DOWN AND NAMED ANDREW SULLIVAN KING OF FEMINISM?
You know, sometimes You know, sometimes The Onion is just so true to life. Andrew Sullivan continues to insist that he is the best arbiter of what is and isn’t feminist. Today he slams Hillary for “betraying feminism.” Sullivan is outraged over South Carolina radio advertisements in which Bill Clinton lauds his wife’s ability to […]
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BREAKING: CLINTON SUPPORTS SEATING OF FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN DELEGATES AT CONVENTION.
Wow. This just, well, shows a complete disregard for the agreed-upon rules of the primary process. The campaign’s statement: I hear all the time from people in Florida and Michigan that they want their voices heard in selecting the Democratic nominee. I believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support of Democrats in these states […]
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NEW YORK TIMES ENDORSES CLINTON, MCCAIN.
It’s no big shock, since Clinton is the Times‘ home state senator. The editorial focuses on her command of policy details and the experience she amassed as First Lady and Senator. It doesn’t grapple with claims of Obama‘s greater appeal to Independents and Republicans in a general election, except to mention that Clinton did very […]
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CLINTON PRO-CHOICE SUPPORTER FLIPS TO OBAMA.
For many of us who closely watch the politics of reproductive health, it’s been upsetting to see the issue become a wedge in this primary. Both For many of us who closely watch the politics of reproductive health, it’s been upsetting to see the issue become a wedge in this primary. Both Barack Obama and […]
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SOUTH CAROLINA’S ODD MAN OUT.
Only one Democratic congressperson representing an early primary state has yet to step into the fray of presidential politics: South Carolina’s Only one Democratic congressperson representing an early primary state has yet to step into the fray of presidential politics: South Carolina’s John M. Spratt Jr, the subject of a short Politico piece today. Reporter […]
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SULLIVAN STOOPS TO A NEW LOW …
In his Hillary Clinton hatred, calling Richard Nixon Clinton’s “mentor.” Why, wasn’t it less than two weeks ago that Sullivan promised “a new tone” when it came to his treatment of the Clintons? “I’m going to try a little harder to be a little more temperate,” he swore. A temperate blogger might note that in […]
