I am absolutely thrilled with Sen. Obama’s speech last night. Finally, he defines the terms, is clear, memorable, and tough (all those things, I think, work politically). If Sen. Obama wins this thing, I think it is safe to say the road to his victory truly began last night. In the news today, however, is [...]

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I think, in many ways, Governor Palin is an interesting choice. A lot of people on the blogosphere are missing a critical point though: the issue here is not whether she has sufficient experience–the issue is that McCain can no longer credibly use experience against Obama. Democrats can’t really say that Palin doesn’t have the [...]

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For the first time on Messages, I am endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for President of the United States of America. On the next podcast, Matt and I will be discussing Roger Simon’s Relentless; we will review the highlights of both conventions, and I will ask Matt to make the case for Sen. Obama. Do [...]

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This is a very insightful, well documented, and, in some respects, a sad 18,000 word review of the Hillary primary campaign - written by Politico’s Roger Simon. In fact, reading it, I came to like Obama a bit more. Why? Obama turned out to be the kind of campaigner/politician I, frankly, thought Hillary represented. Obama [...]

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