I’m still the kind of American policy wonk who is too jaded to get swept in the obvious emotional vibe in this video of superstar entertainers supporting Barack Obama — but nonetheless I think that the concept is interesting and powerful. Joe Klein sent the clip my way. Just FYI.
Want to know how it feels to be a young journalist passionate about covering one of the exotic countries of the era — like Pakistan — and then be deported? Deportation is scary, as is brushing up against the very real thuggishness of military and intelligence services in Pakistan.
I really like Rachel Maddow and could listen to her all of time if I could give up my addiction to trying to figure out what Dick Cheney and his chief-of-staff David Addington were doing in the shadows every day.
I hesitate to write about health care issues at this moment as a colleague of mine is embroiled in a controversy regarding his comments about health insurance policy ads being released by the Obama campaign.
I’ll be chatting with Liz Lane of Denver’s KGNU along with Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute at 11 am EST about the pending economic stimulus package and the economic priorities of the leading Presidential candidates.
I just got an invite from Barack and Michelle Obama to spend Super Tuesday primary night with them in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
The Cold War continues to rage in one last place in the world — and that is between the United States and Cuba.
My friend Dave Meyer — one of DC’s best political researchers and a co-conspirator on a number of projects with me — browsed through the scorecard that the National Journal used to produce the result that Senator Barack Obama was the most liberal member of the Senate in 2007.
At least thus far, the coalition partner’s in Ehud Olmert’s current government seemed poised to remain where it is, even after the release of the Winograd Report — which criticizes the government for its actions and decision-making in the Lebanon War.
Members of the global steel cartel used to set steel prices at the Duquesne Club where I enjoyed an interesting evening tonight with board members and donors of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. My task was to outline some of the fault lines in foreign policy and how this fits into the various campaigns….
