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Immunizing Sarah Palin

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Tom LeGro) Christopher Hitchens notices a pattern with anti-Palin rumors: their troubling tendency to turn out highly exaggerated or entirely fabricated, in a very short turn. [A]s often as I have forwarded some alarming e-mail about her from a … Continue reading →

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A Republican Atavism

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Lee

John Podhoretz thinks the Palin speech might be among the most dazzling debuts in American political history. I don’t know about that, but I do know it was the most powerful, important, and effective speech by a vice presidential candidate … Continue reading →

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End of Presidency Job Approvals

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Lee

Approval ratings for recent presidents at the end of their final terms. Bush will presumably end somewhere in Carter’s 1980 territory. (About.com) Lest that depress McCain supporters, such measures can of course be highly misleading in predicting general election outcomes … Continue reading →

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The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

(Photo: Alice E. Backer | blog) Andrew Galasetti at Lyved is an extremely devoted admirer of Obama. While fanatical devotion can blind — Galasetti thinks for instance that the McCain celebrity charge backfired, when the polls suggest a different picture … Continue reading →

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