DENVER — Despite optimistic forecasts with Ken Pollack and Michael O’Hanlon in their latest Foreign Affairs piece, Stephen Biddle seems to be parting ways and concluding that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government has no intention of folding in the Sunni Awakening Councils into the Iraqi military.
August 24 – 29 (Sunday-Friday) Denver — Democratic National Convention Steve Clemons, Sameer Lalwani, Brian Till, Daniel Levy, Rebecca Abou-Chedid, Steve Coll (only August 26-27) August 29 – September 1 (Friday – Monday) Boston — American Political Science Association Annual Meeting Steve Clemons September 1 – September 4 (Monday – Thursday) Minneapolis/St.
I have already commented about AP Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier’s edgy attack on the Obama-Biden ticket. I’m not going to add more at this point from my end. But from others a lot is stirring.
Part of the social contract with both the Obama and McCain media teams is that we respect the embargo times on speeches and material they send our way. But damn, this is hurting me today.
I’ve not been all that excited about the McCain “I don’t know how many houses I’ve got” gaffe. I know others who aren’t tuned into such details and they’d make fine national leaders.
I have the privilege of moderating a book salon forum today over at FireDogLake with New Yorker Washington correspondent Jane Mayer on her best selling book, The Dark Side: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. This is an online forum.
A regular TWN reader, POA, just shared this gem of an egg-on-face moment at the Los Angeles Times. The LA Times apparently was not reading The Washington Note. Too bad for them. — Steve Clemons Update: OK…this is my egg on face moment.
Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier has a tough critique out on Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden as his running mate. A lot of folks are upset with Fournier. Some went as far to suggest that “FireFournier.com” is available for purchase.
Just when you thought we had eclipsed Scalito and Billary, you get your choice of Joebama or Obiden. Whichever it is, the two seem like good complements in more than name.