In an inside baseball letter from Joe Biden to Dem bigwigs, telling them to give him just a bit more time, Joe Biden appeared to lay out his main strategy:
Ride Obama's coattails. That and the "optimism" angle appear to both be directly lifted from watching the first debate.
Serious debate analysis that wasn't there to fluff Hillary Clinton noted how all five candidates tied themselves to Obama to some degree. Clinton was surely No. 1, followed closely by Martin O'Malley, with Bernie Sanders a somewhat distant third.
The optimism?
Biden seems to have that as a natural temperament. Clinton may have it to some degree, but she's long ago locked it up, and I don't think Sanders really has it.
Biden would still have a huge uphill sled, and need to find some "his own man" ideas, but, some of those, he'll already have.
His "push" of Dear Leader on gay marriage and his "big fucking deal" on Obamacare will surely both get mention. And, Obama already gave Biden his blessing, and hinted about a possible endorsement. It won't be Clinton, if both are in the race. Not that I see. Have you heard Dear Leader utter one word about her email imbroglio?
Otherwise, yesterday, Obama continued to walk a tightrope between the two. But, that's with Biden not (yet) in the race. In additional video at that link, insiders say that Biden is not worried about his "legacy" if he runs and loses.
I still think that, after Tuesday's debate, he's more likely to sit out than jump in, but time — just another couple of weeks' worth at most — will tell. Other than that general thought, from my gut and intuition, no way I'm offering percentages.
It should be noted that, if Biden doesn't run, and a GOPer wins the 2016 general, Biden 2020 would be older than Sanders 2016, which is old indeed.
Showing posts with label Obama-Biden campaign. Show all posts
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October 17, 2015
August 25, 2015
Biden's running, folks
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| Doesn't this look like a Mafia "blessing"? |
First, Obama's press secretary said he might endorse somebody in the Democratic primary. I figured it probably wouldn't be Hillary Clinton and definitely wouldn't be Bernie Sanders.
And now, Obama, without an endorsement, has gone so far as to give Biden his "blessing." See the cutline for my thoughts on that bit of loveliness.
That said, I'd previously said Biden needed to shit or get off the pot by Labor Day. He may not be shitting yet, but he just swallowed a healthy dose of fiber. The public announcement by Dear Leader's team, first of the endorsement possibility, then the blessing, indicates that, despite remaining semi-neutral, Obama's backing a horse.
And that, gaffes and all, he apparently likes Biden.
That said, what Michael Tomasky calls ugly, I call entertaining. Hell, American politics is a dog-and-pony show of entertainment anyway.
February 16, 2009
Tell me again about Obama media openness?
That part of the “Change” mantra is another that’s fallen by the wayside.
It began with President Barack Obama apparently deciding to ditch his campaign promise to post bills for public comment on the White House website for five days before signing them. That was more directed at the general public than the media, but would have put smaller outfits on a more even footing than the bigshots.
Now, though , Obama campaign manager David Plouffe holds an event at the National Press Club and says all his comments are off the record!
WTF.
Dana Milbank rips Plouffe up but good, including noting how he’s seemingly as bad as any Bushie at selling his name for money.
It began with President Barack Obama apparently deciding to ditch his campaign promise to post bills for public comment on the White House website for five days before signing them. That was more directed at the general public than the media, but would have put smaller outfits on a more even footing than the bigshots.
Now, though , Obama campaign manager David Plouffe holds an event at the National Press Club and says all his comments are off the record!
WTF.
Dana Milbank rips Plouffe up but good, including noting how he’s seemingly as bad as any Bushie at selling his name for money.
January 14, 2009
Obama – perpetuum mobile?
The permanent campaign of Obama, internally dubbed Obama 2.0 and developed in part by David Plouffe, will be reality in a way that Bill Clinton or Howard Dean could only have wet dreams about.
And, no, if I’m a Democratic Congressman, I wouldn’t want too much of this focused on me.
And, no, if I’m a Democratic Congressman, I wouldn’t want too much of this focused on me.
September 23, 2008
I agree AND disagree with Biden on ‘old McCain’ ad
Joe Biden has said in public he disagrees with Barack Obama for running the “Old John McCain is computer illiterate” ad a couple of weeks back.
I agree in that I thought it was a dumb ad, and risked backfiring with older voters who do, after all, vote in higher percentages than 40-somethings. In other words, in terms of political tactics, it was stupid. It also wasn’t 100 percent accurate.
But, I disagree with Biden in another way. Veep candidates simply aren’t supposed to publicly step out of line with their bosses like that. I don’t know what else this portends, but Uncle Obama, in terms of campaign management, might want to give Sen. MBNA a brief walk to the woodshed.
I agree in that I thought it was a dumb ad, and risked backfiring with older voters who do, after all, vote in higher percentages than 40-somethings. In other words, in terms of political tactics, it was stupid. It also wasn’t 100 percent accurate.
But, I disagree with Biden in another way. Veep candidates simply aren’t supposed to publicly step out of line with their bosses like that. I don’t know what else this portends, but Uncle Obama, in terms of campaign management, might want to give Sen. MBNA a brief walk to the woodshed.
Pakistan warned us soldiers would shoot
For the last time, Obama-Biden, DROP the idea of more troops in Afghanistan
A week ago, a top Pakistan Army spokesman said his country’s soldiers had a shoot-on-site order if U.S. troops crossed the border without advance warning.
Apparently, that also applied to troops helicoptering in, as Pakistani soldiers reportedly have opened fire.
It’s not clear whether this was across-the-bow warming fire or targeted shots.
What does seem more clear, though, is that Army troops were not alone; Pakistani tribesmen from the North West Frontier were shoulder to shoulder with armed forces.
And, that’s why I, along with people such as Juan Cole, say Obama’s an IDIOT for wanting to send more troops to Afghanistan.
A week ago, a top Pakistan Army spokesman said his country’s soldiers had a shoot-on-site order if U.S. troops crossed the border without advance warning.
Apparently, that also applied to troops helicoptering in, as Pakistani soldiers reportedly have opened fire.
It’s not clear whether this was across-the-bow warming fire or targeted shots.
What does seem more clear, though, is that Army troops were not alone; Pakistani tribesmen from the North West Frontier were shoulder to shoulder with armed forces.
And, that’s why I, along with people such as Juan Cole, say Obama’s an IDIOT for wanting to send more troops to Afghanistan.
September 18, 2008
Obama walks a fine line on financial regulation
After all, he’s gotten 50 percent more in campaign contributions from the financial sector than McCain has, a whole $3 billion difference.
And Goldman Sachs, lucky enough to still be standing, is Obama’s single top source of campaign cash; three executives from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have raised at least half a million dollars for Obama.
I’m sure that, as we blog, McCain’s camp is combing through his past statements to find, if nothing else, silence from him on the issue of calls for tightened regulation of the sector.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (a Goldman Sachs alum, as was Robert Rubin, Clinton’s last Treasury Secretary) proposed giving the Federal Reserve more power over investment banks.
But the Fed has powers NOW that it hasn’t been using. And, given the Fed’s record over the past few years, wouldn’t that be the fox consorting at the henhouse door?
Beyond that, why should we expect real reform? Also don’t forget that Rubin was a prime driver behind passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which broke down the Glass-Steagall Act and eliminated the wall between commercial and investment banking.
Has Obama or McCain ever called for reinstituting Glass-Steagall protections?
The silence is deafening.
And Goldman Sachs, lucky enough to still be standing, is Obama’s single top source of campaign cash; three executives from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have raised at least half a million dollars for Obama.
I’m sure that, as we blog, McCain’s camp is combing through his past statements to find, if nothing else, silence from him on the issue of calls for tightened regulation of the sector.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (a Goldman Sachs alum, as was Robert Rubin, Clinton’s last Treasury Secretary) proposed giving the Federal Reserve more power over investment banks.
But the Fed has powers NOW that it hasn’t been using. And, given the Fed’s record over the past few years, wouldn’t that be the fox consorting at the henhouse door?
Beyond that, why should we expect real reform? Also don’t forget that Rubin was a prime driver behind passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which broke down the Glass-Steagall Act and eliminated the wall between commercial and investment banking.
Has Obama or McCain ever called for reinstituting Glass-Steagall protections?
The silence is deafening.
September 16, 2008
Schadenfreude and petard-hoisting around Obama campaign
Big-time Dem political wheelers and dealers are so worried about the organization level, or whatever, of the Obama-Biden campaign that they’re urging big-time Dem check-cutting wheelers and dealers to avoid Barack Obama’s firmly stated stance on the matter and start sending money to 527s and similar groups.
Schadenfreude? I love some of the posters to the TPM blog linked here, who insist Obama is running a “new type of campaign” and other people “don’t understand.”
Wrong on both counts.
First, Obama, as compared to John Kerry, by percentage of donors, let alone dinero amounts, is not getting a lot more money from small donors.
Second, as far as Obama scolding donors away from 527s, that’s not “a new type of campaign.” Per Scholars and Rogues, he’s been running the campaign of a control freak for some time now.
Schadenfreude? I love some of the posters to the TPM blog linked here, who insist Obama is running a “new type of campaign” and other people “don’t understand.”
Wrong on both counts.
First, Obama, as compared to John Kerry, by percentage of donors, let alone dinero amounts, is not getting a lot more money from small donors.
Second, as far as Obama scolding donors away from 527s, that’s not “a new type of campaign.” Per Scholars and Rogues, he’s been running the campaign of a control freak for some time now.
September 15, 2008
Obama lead in NY down to 5
According to the New York Daily News, that’s what Siena says in its latest poll. And, Obama’s down below 50 percent support, with a 46-41 margin.
September 14, 2008
‘I’m Karl Rove and I approve this message’
After Turd Blossom admitted earlier today that John McCain ads had gone “beyond the 100 percent truth test ,” if Obama doesn’t hit this HARD, and with more than a campaign statement, then he is weak.
Instead:
Run a whole damn series of ads about McCain’s lying, with the kicker at the end of each one.
Find a Rove look-alike, and have him say: “I’m Karl Rove, and I ran what had been the sleaziest campaigns ever, to get George W. Bush elected. And I approve this message.”
Time after time. About McCain’s lies about what he has done, that he hasn’t. About McCain’s lies about Palin. About McCain’s lies about Obama.
Run it.
Again and again.
But not necessarily nationally all the time. This is a HUGE ad campaign for swing-state target markets.
This can’t be run enough to be run into the ground.
Instead:
Run a whole damn series of ads about McCain’s lying, with the kicker at the end of each one.
Find a Rove look-alike, and have him say: “I’m Karl Rove, and I ran what had been the sleaziest campaigns ever, to get George W. Bush elected. And I approve this message.”
Time after time. About McCain’s lies about what he has done, that he hasn’t. About McCain’s lies about Palin. About McCain’s lies about Obama.
Run it.
Again and again.
But not necessarily nationally all the time. This is a HUGE ad campaign for swing-state target markets.
This can’t be run enough to be run into the ground.
September 12, 2008
Josh Marshall has free passes for Georgia
Well, actually, they’re for the Obama-Biden campaign on Georgia, as Josh claims it has a significant difference with McCain-Palin.
Here’s Josh:
And, here’s my response:
And, that’s another reason I’m voting Green, or planning on it.
As I’ve said before, this is almost a mirror image of Iraq, which Obama criticized.
Update: A Talking Points Memo reader points out that Obama-Biden (like Bush himself), only wants to put Georgia on the “ Membership Action Plan ,” otherwise known as the slow-boat-to-China way of joining NATO.
But, it’s still a plan for Georgia to join NATO. And, the ultimate reasons why the Bipartisan Foreign Policy Establishment want Georgia in NATO still stand. Namely, o-I-l.
Also, the distinction is one, vis-à-vis McCain-Palin, that Obama-Biden aren’t making.
So, I still think it’s a fair critique.
Here’s Josh:
It's true that Obama and Biden both favor Georgia's accession into NATO -- a very bad policy position, as I've argued before. However, I do not think that their positions and McCain's positions are equal. The best analogy I can point to is the nominal agreement on Iraq policy (embodied in the Iraq Liberation Act) between the Clinton administration and the most radical neocons in the late 1990s. Nominally, they shared a policy. In practice, however, it was one group that was completely nuts and gung-ho in favor of a reckless idea and another that was sort of dabbling in and passively favoring the same policy. Not that that is saying much in the latter's favor. But there's a big difference.
And, here’s my response:
Given the ultimate reason WHY both political campaigns of the “bipartisan foreign policy establishment” want Georgia in NATO — a three-letter word called “oil” — I think your “Clinton ain’t a neocon” analogy doesn’t carry the freight, Josh.
BOTH campaigns favor the same thing — NATO membership. Neither has proposed NATO observer status or some other “NATO lite.”
Both campaigns, in essence, we’re willing to back Georgia in a war against Russia.
(Either that, or they’re lying through their teeth.)
And, that’s another reason I’m voting Green, or planning on it.
As I’ve said before, this is almost a mirror image of Iraq, which Obama criticized.
Update: A Talking Points Memo reader points out that Obama-Biden (like Bush himself), only wants to put Georgia on the “ Membership Action Plan ,” otherwise known as the slow-boat-to-China way of joining NATO.
But, it’s still a plan for Georgia to join NATO. And, the ultimate reasons why the Bipartisan Foreign Policy Establishment want Georgia in NATO still stand. Namely, o-I-l.
Also, the distinction is one, vis-à-vis McCain-Palin, that Obama-Biden aren’t making.
So, I still think it’s a fair critique.
‘Can’t send an e-mail’ not exactly an attack ad
If challenging McCain on that regard as him being anything but an exemplar of change is a serious example of a harder-hitting Obama, well, we can just fold up the sidewalks, cancel the debates, declare the election over …
And immediately proceed to the 2009-2012 round of Democratic presidential failure naval-gazing.
Beyond it being weak tea in general, it reflects and exemplifies much of the criticism of Obama the presidential campaigner that’s been coming from left of center and not just the right.
1. Elitist/out of touch with ordinary Americans. You could attack him on plenty of non-change issues which would resonate more than this one.
2. The “cool” Obama. The ad does nothing to change that impression.
This is not so much Gore or Kerry redux as it is Mike Dukakis — Obama as emotionally detached, cerebral wonk.
Update: It’s an especially bad, not just weak, ad, if McCain CAN use a Blackberry.
And, per the link above, even the “can’t use an e-mail” claim appears to be, well, the “L-word” that the Obama staff bandies about McCain-Palin:
Is it time for an Obama staff shakeup?
And immediately proceed to the 2009-2012 round of Democratic presidential failure naval-gazing.
Beyond it being weak tea in general, it reflects and exemplifies much of the criticism of Obama the presidential campaigner that’s been coming from left of center and not just the right.
1. Elitist/out of touch with ordinary Americans. You could attack him on plenty of non-change issues which would resonate more than this one.
2. The “cool” Obama. The ad does nothing to change that impression.
This is not so much Gore or Kerry redux as it is Mike Dukakis — Obama as emotionally detached, cerebral wonk.
Update: It’s an especially bad, not just weak, ad, if McCain CAN use a Blackberry.
And, per the link above, even the “can’t use an e-mail” claim appears to be, well, the “L-word” that the Obama staff bandies about McCain-Palin:
Q: Do you use a blackberry or email?
Mr. McCain: No
Mark Salter: He uses a BlackBerry, just ours.
Mr. McCain: I use the Blackberry, but I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail. I read e-mails all the time, but the communications that I have with my friends and staff are oral and done with my cell phone.
Is it time for an Obama staff shakeup?
September 11, 2008
Is Biden having regrets about being on the Obama ticket?
That’s the buzz around the Internets after Sen. MBNA said Hillary Clinton would have been as good as him or better as a vice presidential nominee.
I think people are reading a boatload of stuff into this that just isn’t there.
That said, Biden’s not exactly been a bit pull so far as Veep nominee.
I think people are reading a boatload of stuff into this that just isn’t there.
That said, Biden’s not exactly been a bit pull so far as Veep nominee.
September 10, 2008
Obama campaign floundering or directionless?
Kid gloves with Palin; possible reverse on 527s?
1. The issue of campaign strategy/chess is getting a lot of punditry play, beginning with a good piece at Salon. Salon notes that Obama-Biden is pushing on the “Palin as liar” theme, which is good because the MSM, and especially a chunk of MSM punditry like Howie Kurtz and the L.A. Times political blog are still giving her at least half a pass.
Democratic consultant Tad Devine, who managed Lloyd Bentsen's Veep campaign in 1988, says it could be counterproductive to spend too much time on Palin. But, Palin gets to McCain’s judgment, or snap judgment, while still offering the possibility of killing two character birds with one stone. See Eagleton, Tom.
2. Kid gloves for Palin? So far, Obama-Biden won’t say Word 1 about the allegations of her affair or about Trig Palin’s parentage, blogged further here, both of which I say could still have political legs.
That said, you don’t have your presidential or vice-presidential candidate broach these things directly. That’s what 527 groups and such are for.
But, Sen. Kumbaya asked MoveOn to shut down its 527 activity, and it stupidly agreed. I can already see more and more of the story line elements of the “how” shaping up if the Dems blow yet another presidential election. (However, look below for more on this.)
Once again, to riff Clauswitz: “Politics is war by other means.”
3. The Quiet Veep — And, speaking of Biden and campaign strategery, hasn’t Sen. MBNA gone kind of quiet again? Is he checking to see if the Fannie-Freddie bailout, despite Obama’s condemnation of a possible CEO golden parachute, is helping his Delaware credit card buddies?
4. I mean, ultimately, the $390 million that Obama’s already got in his pockets from opting out of public financing does no good if he doesn’t start using more now, and using it aggressively.
As Example No. 1, I point out Phil Gramm’s massively funded, and massively failed, campaign. (Of course, his campaign failed because he’s Phil Gramm.)
5. Scholars and Rogues worries that B.O. is going to be too late in getting his ass out of Kumbaya mode. It also points out that part of the reason he has such a massive war chest is he deliberately stiffed MoveOn and other 527s and kept raking in money directly to his campaign.
And Kos and the others have come back for more. Hah!
Meanwhile, S&R points out that B.O. may finally be admitting he effed up this whole line of thinking.
No shit! Is the phrase “campaign surrogate” not even in his vocabulary? Where are women governors Sebelius and Napolitano as part of a takedown on Palin? MIA? Ignored? Overlooked?
Anyway, read the whole S&R post. Obama deservedly gets a good butt-kicking behind the woodshed.
1. The issue of campaign strategy/chess is getting a lot of punditry play, beginning with a good piece at Salon. Salon notes that Obama-Biden is pushing on the “Palin as liar” theme, which is good because the MSM, and especially a chunk of MSM punditry like Howie Kurtz and the L.A. Times political blog are still giving her at least half a pass.
Democratic consultant Tad Devine, who managed Lloyd Bentsen's Veep campaign in 1988, says it could be counterproductive to spend too much time on Palin. But, Palin gets to McCain’s judgment, or snap judgment, while still offering the possibility of killing two character birds with one stone. See Eagleton, Tom.
2. Kid gloves for Palin? So far, Obama-Biden won’t say Word 1 about the allegations of her affair or about Trig Palin’s parentage, blogged further here, both of which I say could still have political legs.
That said, you don’t have your presidential or vice-presidential candidate broach these things directly. That’s what 527 groups and such are for.
But, Sen. Kumbaya asked MoveOn to shut down its 527 activity, and it stupidly agreed. I can already see more and more of the story line elements of the “how” shaping up if the Dems blow yet another presidential election. (However, look below for more on this.)
Once again, to riff Clauswitz: “Politics is war by other means.”
3. The Quiet Veep — And, speaking of Biden and campaign strategery, hasn’t Sen. MBNA gone kind of quiet again? Is he checking to see if the Fannie-Freddie bailout, despite Obama’s condemnation of a possible CEO golden parachute, is helping his Delaware credit card buddies?
4. I mean, ultimately, the $390 million that Obama’s already got in his pockets from opting out of public financing does no good if he doesn’t start using more now, and using it aggressively.
As Example No. 1, I point out Phil Gramm’s massively funded, and massively failed, campaign. (Of course, his campaign failed because he’s Phil Gramm.)
5. Scholars and Rogues worries that B.O. is going to be too late in getting his ass out of Kumbaya mode. It also points out that part of the reason he has such a massive war chest is he deliberately stiffed MoveOn and other 527s and kept raking in money directly to his campaign.
Obama has made no attempt to hide that he’s a control freak. He’s ordered donors to stay away from 527s and called all the money to his campaign directly. He’s cold-shouldered the grassroots and Netroots. And he’s ignored the blogs like a high school quarterback ignores his 14 year-old sister when his friends are watching.
And Kos and the others have come back for more. Hah!
Meanwhile, S&R points out that B.O. may finally be admitting he effed up this whole line of thinking.
No shit! Is the phrase “campaign surrogate” not even in his vocabulary? Where are women governors Sebelius and Napolitano as part of a takedown on Palin? MIA? Ignored? Overlooked?
Anyway, read the whole S&R post. Obama deservedly gets a good butt-kicking behind the woodshed.
September 08, 2008
Georgia too much on Obama-Biden mind
Is Obama-Biden willing to risk “oil war” over Georgia in NATO?
Tom Friedman’s snarky riff on our $1 bil aid package for Georgia, and not Georgia, means that this issue isn’t going away.
To riff on B.O. himself, since it’s my space to riff:
And, admitting Georgia to NATO would be stupid.
Hugely stupid.
Because it would be offensive, an in-your-face move to Russia.
As offensive to Russia as Bush opting out of the ABM to start our supposed space-based missile defense program, from where I sit.
And, ifSen. Veep nominee MBNA Joe Biden, with his Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship experience certificate from the Council of Foreign Relations on his office wall, doesn’t get that, he’s pretty clueless after all.
If he’s deliberately ignoring that for the sake of political talking points, and B.O. is voluntarily in agreement, well, then, they’re as willing to play politics for a Georgia oil connection as Bush was with Iraq — and to politicize it as part of their campaign.
As I blogged earlier this week, does Obama-Biden still agree with Uncle Fester on Georgia?
Is Obama-Biden going to continue to be Cold Warrior on Georgia?
Is Obama-Biden willing to go to war over Georgia, a war that, given the pipeline issue, would essentially be a “war for oil” that Obama condemned in talking about Iraq?
I WILL keep hammering away at this, you Democrats who are “liberal” in name only and wonder what I’m doing on liberal blog rolls.
Tom Friedman’s snarky riff on our $1 bil aid package for Georgia, and not Georgia, means that this issue isn’t going away.
To riff on B.O. himself, since it’s my space to riff:
I’m not against all decisions of the Bipartisan Foreign Policy Establishment™, just stupid ones.
And, admitting Georgia to NATO would be stupid.
Hugely stupid.
Because it would be offensive, an in-your-face move to Russia.
As offensive to Russia as Bush opting out of the ABM to start our supposed space-based missile defense program, from where I sit.
And, if
If he’s deliberately ignoring that for the sake of political talking points, and B.O. is voluntarily in agreement, well, then, they’re as willing to play politics for a Georgia oil connection as Bush was with Iraq — and to politicize it as part of their campaign.
As I blogged earlier this week, does Obama-Biden still agree with Uncle Fester on Georgia?
Is Obama-Biden going to continue to be Cold Warrior on Georgia?
Is Obama-Biden willing to go to war over Georgia, a war that, given the pipeline issue, would essentially be a “war for oil” that Obama condemned in talking about Iraq?
I WILL keep hammering away at this, you Democrats who are “liberal” in name only and wonder what I’m doing on liberal blog rolls.
September 05, 2008
Does Obama-Biden still agree with Uncle Fester?
Do you want to go to war over Georgia?
That is, are they still in Cold Warrior mode over Georgia in NATO?
Uncle Fester says we’re still “fully committed” to this clusterfucked idea.
I doubt we’ll hear anything but the Two-Party Duopoly, i.e., Bipartisan Foreign Policy Establishment, party line out of the Obama-Biden campaign on this baby.
My pull quote at the top is the bottom line. Because we want to route an oil pipeline from the Trans-Caspian “Stans” around Russia’s border to the Black Sea, do you want to risk going to war?
Wouldn’t that be, ahem, War for Oil?
Isn’t that what Obama, especially, has criticized Bush about for years?
Answers, of course, are Yes and Yes.
That is, are they still in Cold Warrior mode over Georgia in NATO?
Uncle Fester says we’re still “fully committed” to this clusterfucked idea.
I doubt we’ll hear anything but the Two-Party Duopoly, i.e., Bipartisan Foreign Policy Establishment, party line out of the Obama-Biden campaign on this baby.
My pull quote at the top is the bottom line. Because we want to route an oil pipeline from the Trans-Caspian “Stans” around Russia’s border to the Black Sea, do you want to risk going to war?
Wouldn’t that be, ahem, War for Oil?
Isn’t that what Obama, especially, has criticized Bush about for years?
Answers, of course, are Yes and Yes.
It’s the economy, stupid
If Obama can pin6 percent unemployment, along with opposition to additional “stimulus” economic help, on the shoulders of McCain, as touting four more years of economic McSame, the election is his in a cakewalk.
Meanwhile, expect no more help from the Fed, even as it is likely economic conditions will worsen before improving, with trouble lasting into 2009.
Meanwhile, expect no more help from the Fed, even as it is likely economic conditions will worsen before improving, with trouble lasting into 2009.
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