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Did Independents Hate Palin's Speech?

We won't know until the polls start trickling out—and maybe not even then—but check out the Detroit Free Press' focus group of voters who watched Sarah Palin's speech last night. Republicans swooned, Democrats grudgingly applauded, but independents and ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

Sarah Palin's Speech Was Fine. But What's The Goal Here?

Just about every liberal I know thinks that Sarah Palin unleashed a terrifyingly effective speech tonight. I'm not totally persuaded. It was a great speech on its own, sure, and she was smart to assume the attack-dog role: It will create a fresh ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

Is The "Maverick" Theme Unworkable?

Joe Lieberman has never been an electrifying speaker, but his speech tonight sounded particularly flat—which makes sense, since he was kind of backed into a corner. What he wanted to emphasize was the maverick angle: John McCain puts principle over ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

Palin's Impressive Earmarking Skills

Dean Baker dusts off the calculator in response to reports that Sarah Palin hired a lobbying firm to secure millions in congressional earmarks for Wasilla during her final four years as mayor: As the Washington Post reports this morning, Governor ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  2 Sep 2008

Did Palin Really Fight The “Bridge To Nowhere”?

Republicans have been touting Sarah Palin's reformist credentials pretty heavily, with her supposed opposition to Alaska's "Bridge to Nowhere" Exhibit A. But how hard did she really fight the project? Not very, it seems. Here's what she told the ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  29 Aug 2008

Freudian Slips

Not ideal that Biden's been stumbling here and there with the teleprompter, but this, at least, was on-message (after reciting the litany of problems with the economy over the last eight years): "That's the America we'll continue to get if George… ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  28 Aug 2008

Yet Another CSI Effect

This is a bit afield of the primaries, but forensics expert Roger Koppl has a fascinating (if alarming) piece in Forbes this week arguing that forensic evidence isn't as foolproof as shows like CSI might suggest: If only forensics were that reliable. ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  16 May 2008

What Should Come First for a New President?

A few days ago, Obama again told reporters that he'd consider giving Al Gore a "major role" in his administration—something climate-related. Yes, this mostly means that Obama's angling for an endorsement, etc. etc. but I wonder… Every so often (like at ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  7 Apr 2008

What's Happening in Basra?

On the off-chance that you're as confused as I am, the Baltimore Sun has a fairly illuminating interview with Anthony Cordesman about the violence that's unfolding in southern Iraq: Much of the current coverage of the fighting in the south assumes that ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  27 Mar 2008

One Reason Not to Mind a Long Primary

Dan Balz points out one side effect of the long Democratic primary—lots of people signing up to be Democrats (and presumably most of them aren't just Limbaugh listeners). In Pennsylvania, the party has already added 161,000 new voters to its ranks, ...

From BRAD PLUMER, The New Republic,  26 Mar 2008

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