Dem Debacle? Don’t Be So Sure
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 29th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Dem Debacle? Don’t Be So Sure
Errol Louis, New York Daily News
The very bad day Democrats are expecting next Tuesday might not be as terrible as feared, according to some analysts not known for wishful thinking.There's abundant evidence – often ignored or discounted by mainstream media outlets – that the organized base of the Democratic Party is stirring in ways that pollsters and pundits are likely to miss.
Four Myths About the Tea Parties
John Judis, The New Republic
On the eve of the November elections, we are suddenly awash in books, articles, and monographs about the Tea Parties. Some of these—I would single out Sean Wilentz’s historical piece in The New Yorker—deepen our understanding, but most of them don’t get it right. They are too quick either to dismiss or to stigmatize the Tea Parties. And the mistakes they make are not just academic; they contribute to a misunderstanding of what it will take for liberals and the left—not to mention the Obama administration—to turn around…
On Daily Show, The Joke is on Obama
Dana Milbank, Washington Post
On Comedy Central, the joke was on President Obama Wednesday night.The president had come, on the eve of what will almost certainly be the loss of his governing majority, to plead his case before Jon Stewart, gatekeeper of the disillusioned left. But instead of displaying the sizzle that won him an army of youthful supporters two years ago, Obama had a Brownie moment.
