MSNBC is reporting that Sarah Palin will be John McCain’s running mate.
Here’s what we know:
44 Years old
Governor of Alaska
Former Miss Alaska runner-up
First female Governor of Alaska
Staunch Conservative
My sense of this selection is that McCain is trying to appeal to women, while appeasing his conservative base and making a few headlines.
This is the greatest risk a [...]
From listening to his speech and following his campaign, I gather that Barack Obama might have been a very different leader than, say, Ronald Reagan. He might have led the country in a different direction and might have inspired legions of Americans to a higher calling, if he had been president in the 1980’s. [...]
In Mark Warner’s keynote address at the Democratic Convention last night, I did a double take at something the speaker said. It was a simple statement, yet struck me for both its simplicity and (paradoxically enough) for its profundity. I paraphrase: In four months time, we will have an administration that believes in science.
In case [...]
Recent polls are showing a dead heat in the race for the presidency, and let’s face it 2008 is starting to look and smell an awful lot like 1988. The difference, fortunately, is a weak Republican nominee and an even weaker economy. Yet, the slippage of the Democratic party candidate, Barack Obama, can now almost [...]
According to today’s New York Times’ editorial staff:
Americans need to hear how [Obama] plans to halt the economy’s frightening downward spiral and help millions who have lost their jobs, homes and hopes while also preparing our children to compete in a globalized world.
In a nutshell, the candidate who can best answer will likely win the [...]
