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Who Were the Ad Wizards Behind McCain's Speech?

Yesterday’s Washington Post reported that McCain wordsmith Mark Salter had been circulating drafts of last night's speech for eight weeks, meaning he’d been working on it for much longer. After hearing the final product, I can’t help thinking it ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  5 Sep 2008

Shorter Cindy McCain

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! This might be the most mawkishly delivered speech I've ever heard. It stands as a great argument for ending ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

NYT Poll: Obama Sliding Everywhere But Clintonland

There's something strange about this afternoon's CBS/New York Times poll, which has the race tied. On the one hand, it shows Obama backsliding among men, women, Democrats, and Republicans--not only compared with last week's poll, but with the same poll ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

Palin and the Out of Touch Elites Who Love Her

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! It's the redneck revolution of 2008. Lookout folks they're coming out of the backwoods and setting their sights on ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

How Palin Put the McCain Camp in a Bind

The McCain campaign faced an interesting choice last night: They could go for gravitas, weaving in wonky specifics to offset Palin's resume, or double-down on her small-town charm. They went with the latter, which played well on television, but I'm not ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

What on Earth To Make Of Palin?

I honestly have no idea. I thought she was halting at times, particularly when talking foreign policy. But part of that was her arhythmic accent, so it's tough to hold it against her. (And many voters will find it authentic.) I also thought she came ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

The Glass Houses Convention

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! My god!  She's talking about Fiscal responsiblity.  For Alaska!  And her budget stuff.  Alaska's budget is 85% Oil ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

Is All This Media-Bashing Going to Work?

No question that the attacks on the media are firing up the GOP faithful. Also no question that a lot of people outside the GOP are skeptical of the media. Still, I don't see how making media-bashing the centerpiece of your convention expands your ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

Here's Why the GOP Convention Isn't Working

(Aside from all the conservative red meat and media-bashing.) As in 2004, there's clearly no shortage of snideness at this convention. The difference with 2004, which I thought was very effective, is that the snideness is all over the place. If you ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

Mitt's Most Shameless Line

...in a geyser of shamelessness: "It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!" 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! Yeah, I was ...

From NOAM SCHEIBER, The New Republic,  3 Sep 2008

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