Obama’s Delay on Afghan Policy Isn’t Dithering
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 3rd, 2009 5:30 am by HL
Obama’s Delay on Afghan Policy Isn’t Dithering
Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
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NY-23 Highlights Our Weak Political Parties
Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
With all the twists and turns in the race for New York's 23rd Congressional District, it seems like it should mean something, right? You don't have all this drama without some higher purpose, or so the thinking goes. Predictably, pundits have been working overtime to explain the point of this soap opera in Watertown. For what it's worth, I do not think that a special election – any special election – is a particularly good barometer of the political climate of any place outside the district in question. Factor in low turnout, and sometimes it is hard to argue that…
Wobbly Obama Power-Trips Himself Up
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Last Updated: 4:53 AM, November 1, 2009 Posted: 3:24 AM, November 1, 2009
Conservative Revolt a Good Thing for GOP
Chris Stirewalt, DC Examiner
A liberal Republican was driven out of the race for a vacant House seat in upstate New York by a surge in support for the Conservative Party candidate. As a result, a political neophyte CPA running as a third-party candidate stands a good chance of getting elected to Congress on Tuesday.Democrats say they’re thrilled. The talking points already in heavy rotation say that a win by Conservative Doug Hoffman over Democrat Bill Owens will only encourage tea party populists to take on the Republican establishment. More primaries. Weaker general election candidates. Fewer Democratic…
Exclusionary & Shortsighted in NY-23
Jill Lawrence, Politics Daily
It's one thing when Sarah Palin “goes rogue” as a candidate campaigning for herself and her running mate. It's another thing entirely when she does it as the charismatic, free-lance leader of a grassroots army.
