Obama may not have knocked Hillary Clinton out of the race yet, but his success is giving us a taste of what Republicans have in store for the general election.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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Will the Next President Lift the Ban on Gays in the Military?
What will our military look like in the years to come? Depends on if the next president addresses the increasingly unpopular “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
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PAGING PAT PAULSEN
In his continuing campaign to become a walking punchline, In his continuing campaign to become a walking punchline, Ralph Nader is running for president. Again. Four years ago, Harold, Matt, Garance and I ruminated on the prospect of what then the second Nader run. We all agreed it was a really bad idea. The question […]
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ARMING UP FOR THE GENERAL.
The particulars of what The particulars of what Barack Obama actually “pledged” to do on public financing notwithstanding, it’s pretty clear that what coverage there has been of this issue assumes it’s an ironclad pledge. Obviously, it would be of great benefit to Obama to opt out of the system, because as of now it […]
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The Triumph of Narrative
Of all the things Barack Obama has done right this campaign, none may be more important than the fact that he has told a story perfectly keyed to the current moment in history.
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STICKS AND STONES…
Here’s the ad Dana mentioned below, and we should note that it is, at long last, the first negative ad of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. Drumroll, please… If nothing else, this just proves how civil this race has been. While lots of people complain about how dirty and nasty today’s campaigns are, candidates today […]
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The Maverick Myth
You can’t read a story about John McCain without seeing the word “maverick.” But is it true?
From the archives: Robert Kuttner on how McCain failed to stand up to the Bush administration and Steve Benen on McCain’s relationship with the media.
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A Question of Ideology
Where each of the Democratic candidates might leave the country ideologically could ultimately be the most lasting determinant of the success of the next presidency.
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The Colossus
Our economic dominance may be threatened by China, India, and the European Union, but when it comes to the instruments of war, nobody else is even close. And it will stay that way no matter who, Democrat or Republican, gets elected.
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The Republican Democrat
Pick your tired metaphor — take-no-prisoners, brass knuckles, no-holds-barred, playing for keeps — however you describe it, the Clinton campaign is not only going after Obama, they’re doing so in awfully familiar ways.