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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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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I think Obama’s decision to choose Biden as his running mate was a wise - if even not the best - choice. I like the fact that there is, finally, someone to focus on besides Obama - who is becoming quite uninteresting - due to his move to the center. I do think Biden [...]

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