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Palin Power

Well at least the next two months should be interesting. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sarah Palin proved herself a heckuva speaker. She's homey, feisty, fetching, irreverent, and an adroit peddler of that bracing brand of reverse snobbery that Americans ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

Victim Politics, GOP Style

STEVE SCHMIDT’S “NO FURTHER COMMENT” STATEMENT, IN FULL: “Governor Sarah Palin is an exceptional governor with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Senator Obama. Her selection came after a six-month long ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

Biden's Girl Trouble

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! Right. Biden can't rough her up - he has to play nice and be real careful not to condescend. But Hillary and other ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  29 Aug 2008

Hillary Devotees Should Slam McCain

We're all assuming that McCain picked Palin in an attempt to exacerbate friction between Obama and all those heart-broken Hillary dead-enders--maybe even picking off a few thousand of the reallllly bitter gals looking for any excuse to vote against O. ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  29 Aug 2008

Let Hillary Be Hillary

The TV commentators I saw last night loved the Hillary speech. Thus far, the print pundits I've read have been considerably harsher, obsessing about Hillary's lack of visible enthusiasm and passion for Obama personally. I tend to be more generous. I ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  27 Aug 2008

Feeding Gender Stereotypes

I've been distracted this week (our eldest child started Kindergarten today!) so apologies if this subject already has been thoroughly chewed over. But this bizarre McCain ad featuring that pro-choice, pro-Hillary idiot from Wisconsin is too depressing ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  26 Aug 2008

Valerie Jarrett Handled Outreach To The Black Community And To Hillary Clinton Supporters. What Constituency Will She Court Next?

The black Tahoe slows to a crawl as Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama's political wise woman and longtime friend, gestures toward a forlorn expanse of weeds running along State Street in the blighted Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. "It ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  20 Aug 2008

The Downside Of Barack Obama's Cool

In a way arguably unlike any previous presidential contender (yes, okay, fine: JFK, maybe), Barack Obama personifies cool. He's young. He's hip. (Check out that iPod playlist.) He's black. He's got that whole smooth-talking, fist-bumping, "What, me ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  18 Aug 2008

Be Not Cool

In a way arguably unlike any previous presidential contender (yes, okay, fine: JFK, maybe), Barack Obama personifies cool. He's young. He's hip. (Check out that i-pod play list.) He's black. He's got that whole smooth-talking, fist-bumping, "What, me ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  15 Aug 2008

Defining Scholarship Down

A sampling of some of Corsi's more piercing insights: Maybe while he's there [referring to Pope JPII] he can tell the UN what he's going to do about the sexual crimes committed by "priests" in his "Church" during his tenure. Or, maybe that's the ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  13 Aug 2008

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