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Guess Who's Coming to Church?

I’ve been stewing over this Sarah Palin thing in a number of ways, with friends male, female, and Alaskan, far-flung family (my sister, in Nigeria presently, is taking heat for the bumbling electioneering in the US) and with many, many politicos who ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

Dayo Olopade: Sarah Palin could help John McCain win religious voters

The announcement of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential nominee for the Republican party has been spun in several different ways: as a "bold", "game-changing" pick, as a blatant pander to "disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters" and ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, Comment Is Free - Guardian Unlimited,  3 Sep 2008

"How to Win Friends and Influence Nations"

DENVER -- I’ve just left an interesting discussion convened by the New America Foundation dedicated to national security—the theme, of course, of today’s Democratic convention messaging. The question at hand: “Can the next President make the Middle ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  27 Aug 2008

Brian Schweitzer is Your Barack Obama

DENVER --Though Hillary Clinton gave an extraordinary address yesterday night--relaxed and emotive and far more impassioned than at the fine auto-eulogy I saw her deliver in June--I'd like to declare Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer the MVP of Tuesday ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  27 Aug 2008

"PMS is a War in Iraq With No End in Sight"

Ironically, it seems—not women. The number-crunchers at the discussion pointed out as much: Women voters are moderately invested in the presidential race, with over 60 percent thinking that this election will affect or change the issues that “matter” ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  26 Aug 2008

The Surprising Inside Story Of How Obama Scored The DNC Keynote Speech That Made His Career

More than any politician in recent history, Barack Obama's national career began with a speech--his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. On the eve of the convention that caps the journey begun that night, it's remarkable how ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  26 Aug 2008

"Gimme a Full Detroit"

Confession: When it comes to highly exposed women columnists (if it must come to that), I prefer the woman of the Journal to those of the Times. While Gail Collins has been heroic ballast for the ship Maureen Dowd has waterlogged of late, Peggy ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  15 Aug 2008

McCain: "The Eddie Haskell of Politics"

Reporter and longtime John McCain coverer Amy Silverman of Arizona's New Times has an astounding long feature detailing the senator's history in Arizona politics. Silverman has compiled a treasure trove of data on McCain's political biography--all of ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  14 Aug 2008

McCain, Anthrax and Iraq

Video here. I don't believe that anthrax got us into Iraq, but taken to the appropriate terminus, McCain's statement should be politically devastating. It ties McCain back to the march for war (even before the bentonite claim began to ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  2 Aug 2008

Dictatorships and AfPakistandards

coupled with efforts to better integrate Pakistan’s tribal areas into the political and economic life of Pakistan. The Atlantic Council’s report does well to recommend that NATO countries that aren’t able to contribute more troops should ...

From DAYO OLOPADE, The New Republic,  1 Aug 2008

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