Obama's Blue Collar Problem and How to Solve It
Few people have anything but praise for Obama's speech on race, but most believe that it can't reach the blue collar workers alligned against him. I offer an alternative for reaching them. My diary is...
View ArticleObama Father's Race Relations Vignette
In Newsweek (3/31/2008), reporters discovered the following vignette that could help Obama show that his speech in Philadelphia was a genuine expression of who he is.The Newsweek article, "When Barry...
View ArticleThe Opinions of Obama’s Co-Workers Left and Right: Evidence He is Genuine
In the spirit of Obama’s speech on race, it’s important to take seriously and try to reach even his detractors who seem entrenched. We need to take seriously the Far Lefties who are convinced that,...
View ArticleFormer Hot-Head In Chief: Bill’s Blow Up In California
At a California state democratic convention last weekend, Bill Clinton revealed what insiders know well—that, like his wife, he is capable of frying people, even people who are on his side. Matier and...
View ArticleReassurance Based Withdrawal: Countering the Fear of a Post-Withdrawal...
The candidates' bowling, hunting, and other distracting pursuits dominate many posts. I understand. Everyone's looking for an edge, and it can be difficult at first to know how influential each new bit...
View ArticleFocus On the Illogic, Not Facts: Improving Obama's Response to Gotchas
Obama's most recent putative dip in some polls happened because of the gathering gotcha issues and his mediocre performance at the last debate. But that dip only is an occasion for a new brilliant...
View ArticleObama Had Sex With My Dog--I Have the Video
That's right. Obama had sex with my dog, and I have the video. You might ask, Why didn't this candidacy ending information come forward sooner? Well, it was a repressed memory, and all of the articles...
View ArticleDeflate the Negativity With a Statesman-like Speech, Obama
To deal with the attacks against him, I'd prefer that Obama elevate to the level of statesman, as he did in his speech on race, and again demonstrate rather than talk about his ability to unite us. He...
View ArticleA Fair-Witness View of Hillary: Part I, Her Health Care Efforts in the '90s.
Okay, so I’m not the fairest witness of them all. I'm sold on Obama, because, after extensively researching his professional and personal life, I've concluded that he is honest and respectful toward...
View ArticleHow Hillary Undermined Health Care Reform--Compelling Evidence
Okay, so I wasn't there when the deal went down, so I can't 100 percent vouch for the quote I'm presenting. My ambition is not to settle the debate about whether she ruined health care reform back in...
View ArticleTo Build the Largest Possible Majority, Obama Can Deal Much Better With the...
Obama supporters say that the Wright stuff didn't significantly damage Obama. And they're arguing that Obama should just put the matter behind him. I disagree and propose a method for bringing back...
View ArticleThe Intelligence From the Iran Project: How Obama Can Counter McCain's...
In America, it's easy to understand threats, sanctions, and other punishments. That how our judicial system handles problems, and that's partly how we handle conflicts in our personal relationships....
View ArticleObama Should Submit to Additional Interrogations: How to Change Misinformed...
Some swing voters worry that Obama is a radical. Other folks think he is too naive to be Commander In Chief. Other people still suspect that he can't represent blue collar workers. These views threaten...
View ArticleIt's the Process, Stupid: How the Left Can Revive Its Enthusiasm For Obama
The Left isn't really stupid. I just couldn't think of a catchy title that incorporated "ignorant" into it. The Left is just ignorant of the core of his progressivism. It's not in his policies. The...
View ArticleA Backlash Against Obama's Critics: The Tsunami Is Coming
A backlash against the bandwaggon aiming vitriol at Obama will come like a tsunami, overwhelming Obama's lefty critics' kind of superficial take on him. I see it coming in the few tentative rejoinders....
View ArticleLet Them Eat Cake: The "Progressive Independent" as Marie Antoinette
The so-called "progressive independents," the purity folks who wanted John Edwards or Nader or Noam Chomsky or Howard Zinn are heartless zealots who show no regard for the ordinary people who suffer...
View ArticleThe "She's Just Like Me" Complex: Countering This Heart of Identity Politics
As suburban independent woman recently began to succumb to the "She's just like me" complex, I developed a deeper appreciation of Rovian tactics. He knows how to pull the levers of identity...
View ArticleChris Matthews Couldn't Corner Michele Bachmann--What He Could Have Said
On October 4, the New York Times did a good job of examining the Ayers flap, and commentators like Chris Matthews would do a much better job of exposing the absurdity of the smear if they read that...
View ArticleColin Powell's Endorsement: Obama's New 2,000 Ton Lever
You say, Sara P., that Obama is a terrorist sympathizer. Then how do you account for Colin Powell's ringing endorsement? Is he anti-American, socialist, soft on terrorism, pro-Bin Laden, or whatever?...
View ArticleExpanding the Boundaries of Obama's Empathy: Toward a Reconciling View of the...
A widespread view of campaigners who make false, grossly degrading comments about the opposition is that they're just plain sleazy. They're liars, and they're shameless. They don't care about democracy...
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