Living in the World As It Should Be

I don’t consider Michelle Obama’s convention speech to be some momentous statement of the campaign’s principles. It was pretty, it was quick, and it tried (although I don’t think it succeeded) to humanize the man who is being framed by McCain as too big for his britches. Nevertheless, it did strike some notes [...]

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Geography Strikes Back!

They just keep on giving…. Rather incredibly, less than 48 hours after Tim Kaine’s significant geographical error reminded us all of Democrats’ struggles this election cycle with our nation’s fifty nifty states, Obama flubbed again tonight on national television, speaking with his family:
Barack: I’m here with the Gerardo family, here in St. Louis. [...]

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