I’ve been watching it over and over and over again. Words fail me in this case. What can one say when it’s so clear that Sarah Palin is not prepared for the office she is seeking.
I’m off to Europe today and will be mostly in Vienna and Salzburg. Quite pleasantly, I have been invited by the Department of State to talk about foreign policy, the elections, and the role of new media. I’ll be active on TWN but so will others on our team.
Glad Jim Lehrer started with Eisenhower and the missive that national security is a strong economy. . . Obama: And. . .and. . .and. He was halting, ineffective, and stumbling in his response on the economy. McCain: Shouts out to Kennedy.
I have a long roster of McCain statements that Obama spokesman Bill Burton just sent to me and which he says needed to be debunked. I’ve created an html document of the list here. And. . .
This is a guest post by Judd Legum, who previously served as Research Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and was a creator of “Think Progress” at the Center for American Progress. This post originally appeared at Huffington Post and is cross-posted with permission.
I have just flown back from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and am now in D.C. — about to watch the first debate showdown. On other fronts, Ted Kennedy has been taken to the hospital in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. No other news.
I’m not kidding. Paraguay President Fernando Lugo, while attending both the United Nations General Assembly meetings and the Clinton Global Initiative, shared with friends over dinner some of the other meetings he had been having in New York. He met this head of state. . .and that head of state. . .and so on. ….
Here is TWN Contributor Nir Rosen’s latest article on Iraq that ran in “The National” on 26 September 2008. We Run the Road Nir Rosen reports from Majd al Anjar, where the rage of young men mixes with the sectarian fervour spilling over Iraq’s borders.
I am at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this morning joining a panel titled “Cuba and the United States: Historical Perspectives, Political Prospects.
The absence of a deal — something that will pump liquidity into the financial system — is choking global credit markets this morning.
