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Christine Gregoire, A Tragedy in Two Acts


Posted by Bruno on October 3rd, 2008

Obama’s up 10 points in Washington State, but Gregoire’s running dead even with Rossi, 48-48. Eli Sanders asks:
What’s that about?
Now, I may be an unfrozen caveman lawyer, but what I do know is that the Guv stopped governing a couple of years ago, afraid that if she actually did anything, Rossi might use [...]

Krugman from 2005


Posted by Bruno on October 1st, 2008

Prescient column on the housing bubble.

Election Day Advent Calendar


Posted by Bruno on October 1st, 2008

I just got one of these as a gift and they’re pretty sweet (and non-partisan!):

Kissinger


Posted by Bruno on September 28th, 2008

MoDo read my mind:
And who cares what Henry Kissinger thinks? He was wrong 35 years ago, and it’s only gotten worse since then.
Kissinger’s a terribule human being. Why were both candidates so eager to embrace the good doctor last Friday?

Friday’s Debate


Posted by Bruno on September 24th, 2008

If John McCain doesn’t want to debate, Sen. Obama should just show up anyway. He can hold a town hall meeting in Mississippi instead. If the networks won’t carry it, just stream the whole thing live from his website.
Plenty of people are gathering to watch the debate this friday. He might as [...]

Reading My Mind


Posted by Bruno on September 24th, 2008

Alaska Airlines is shamelessly capitalizing on my Sarah Palin nightmares:

Narcissism


Posted by Bruno on September 22nd, 2008

Is John McCain the most narcissistic politician ever? I think he is. After getting caught up in the Keating Five scandal in the late 80s, where he took all sorts of gifts from Charles Keating in exchange for favorable banking legislation, McCain devoted his life to… campaign finance reform.
Think about that for a [...]

Political Ads


Posted by Bruno on September 21st, 2008

John Dickerson has a round-up of the best political ads of all time:

The first one, a Johnson ad, with a twitchy, chain-smoking Republican explaining why he can’t vote for Goldwater, is brilliant.


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