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The GOP Wages a Two Front War

There was a back-to-the-future quality to this year's Republican convention, at no time more so than on the last night. Almost all of the convention (other than its mostly-suspended first night) echoed the harsh, resentful, and even vindictive ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  5 Sep 2008

Can McCain Separate Himself From Bush?

While Republicans may have consolidated their base and staunched the bleeding over Sarah Palin's pick, their most important task still remains: John McCain needs to go into a room of ten thousand screaming Republicans and distance himself from George W. ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

Does McCain Need Independent and Moderate Voters?

I guess the Democrats can't count on Sarah Palin to torpedo McCain's candidacy. If there is a danger, it is that her speech will overshadow his. After the really dreary and depressing session of yesterday, tonight was very successful, with two good ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

A Teamster for McCain

Randy Orr is a truck driver and a member of the Teamsters Union. He is also a Republican delegate from Houston. This is his first convention, and he is delighted with it. "I never finished my degree in college. I remember the one class I took that I ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

What Is McCain's Strategy?

After tonight's festivities--which, Thompson's speech excepted, were pretty dreary--the real puzzle of this convention to me is what McCain's strategy is at this critical juncture of his campaign. During the primaries, he pandered to the far right at ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

McCain vs. Gustav

The War Room operators in the McCain campaign are used to fighting Democrats, not hurricanes. But unless Gustav changes course or stalls, it looks like this the McCain campaign will have to fight on two fronts--on the one side with Mother Nature, on ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  1 Sep 2008

Palin Denies That Global Warming Is Man-Made

Astoundingly, Sarah Palin has denied that climate change is man-made--not in 1996, not in 1998, not in 2000, not in 2002, but in an interview posted on August 29, 2008. In response to this question: "What is your take on global warming and how is it ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  30 Aug 2008

Dispatch From Alaska: Palin? Really?

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! I lived in AK from '04-'07. I second everything he says about Wasilla and Palin, though I know less than he does. ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  29 Aug 2008

A Tick-Tock of The Big Palin Scandal

In Alaska, it's known as Troopergate and, sometimes, Wootengate. Newly selected GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, Alaska's first female governor, has been dogged by controversy since July 11, when she fired Public Safety Commissoner Walter ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  29 Aug 2008

An Astonishingly Arrogant V.P. Selection

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Yea, and so was selecting  Danforth Quayle  (however you spell that potato head’s name) yet Bush Sr. won ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  29 Aug 2008

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