Thomas Schaller

Say what you want about Team Obama’s rough couple of months since the Ohio and Texas primaries, but with the nomination now secure they are signaling very clearly that they intend to fight harder and smarter than Say what you want about Team Obama’s rough couple of months since the Ohio and Texas primaries, but […]

Now that Now that Barack Obama has won the Democratic nomination, there will be much talk today and the rest of the campaign season about the historical significance of his victory. And it is historic, no doubt. What I’m about to say is not meant in any way to diminish the significance of his nomination. […]

I like a good horror movie as much as the next person, and I plan to catch The Strangers–an apparent re-make of the 2006 French film Ils (“Them”), itself supposedly if loosely based on a true story — which opens today. The theatrical trailer is pretty darn good , and quite scary. And that’s what […]

Because both Because both John McCain and Barack Obama have been touring the Interior West, I’m getting a lot of calls this week about regional strategies for the Electoral College and reaching the magical 270 threshold. I’m relieved analysts are finally discovering that, among other things, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico combined have almost the […]

If I may add a point to Robert‘s post below, this story in The Hill about the obstinate-yet-conflicted House “Blue Dog” coalition is exactly the sort of problem that ought to frustrate liberals. Here you have (some) conservative Democrats who have repeatedly voted to fund a war without worrying about how to pay for it, […]

A smart, liberal, female Democratic friend of mine repeatedly points out to me ways in which A smart, liberal, female Democratic friend of mine repeatedly points out to me ways in which Barack Obama often comes across to some women as arrogant. She says a lot of women who are backing Hillary Clinton will find […]

Before the early (often inaccurate) exit polls start trickling in from Indiana and North Carolina, let’s just state in advance that if Before the early (often inaccurate) exit polls start trickling in from Indiana and North Carolina, let’s just state in advance that if Barack Obama wins both states, that’s it for Hillary Clinton; conversely, […]

I meant to get to this yesterday, but since the arguments are still plenty fresh, check out I meant to get to this yesterday, but since the arguments are still plenty fresh, check out Frank Rich’s column in the Sunday New York Times ; it may be the best thing written during the post-Jeremiah Wright […]

I was as surprised as most everyone else this past Sunday afternoon at a Washington party to celebrate I was as surprised as most everyone else this past Sunday afternoon at a Washington party to celebrate Arianna Huffington’s new book, Right is Wrong, when in her remarks to the assembled Huffington said John and Cindy […]