David Schrag examines his navel and the world around it
A Facebook friend of mine recently pinged me with a question regarding Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President of the United States. This question stems from a lawsuit filed by Philip J. Berg, the fundamentals of which are summarized in this video (use hyperlink if video does not appear embedded below). (I’m sure there are [...]
Question 1: What must this feel like? Question 2: What, Bruce, you don’t have your own songs memorized? For the story behind the photo, see the Barack Obama blog.
It’s almost inevitable that someone will base his or her presidential campaign in 2012 on the fact that he or she was an early and vocal opponent of the $700 billion bailout / rescue / giveaway-to-Wall-Street plan. Any ideas who that might be? Get your picks in now and prove your political forecasting skills in [...]
This was McCain Chief Strategist Steve Schmidt, speaking today on Meet the Press, on the definition of victory in Iraq: Here is what victory means in Iraq: It means an Iraqi government that is able to protect its borders and it means an Iraqi government that is able to protect its people, that moves forward [...]
Take a look at John McCain’s proposal for health care reform: While still having the option of employer-based coverage, every family will receive a direct refundable tax credit – effectively cash – of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families to offset the cost of insurance. Families will be able to choose the insurance provider [...]
The last (for now, anyway) in my series of posts about what is motivating the anti-Obama vote: “A Timeline of Barack Obama’s Political Career” I’ve got mixed feelings about this one. Some of it is pure recitation of commonly accepted facts, and I can’t argue with that. But the blogger also throws in a bunch [...]
Continuing my series on the corruption of an otherwise intelligent mind by radical anti-Obama propaganda …. A couple more web sites that my friend referred me to as evidence of why Obama should not be President: “There are 57 Islamic States ….” This shows a 24-second clip of an address made by Obama at some [...]
I am more worried today about this November’s election than ever before. Because today I got a glimpse into the mind of the anti-Obama voter. There’s a woman I know from a very red state. She’s a small business IT consultant like me. I’ve met her at several conferences and exchanged a lot of e-mail [...]
I write this without knowing anything about what Obama’s focus group or internal polling research shows. I base this only on a few assumptions: The person who wins the election is the person voters like more. It has nothing to do with the issues unless the issue is a real hot button (e.g., something related [...]
Hey everybody, Join me in Manchester, NH, this Saturday, September 13th, for a “Change We Need” Rally with Barack Obama and Joe Biden. http://nh.barackobama.com/manchesterchange Here are the details: “Change We Need” Rally with Barack Obama and Joe Biden Veterans Memorial Park 889 Elm Street Manchester, NH Saturday, September 13th Doors Open: [...]