Farewell speech?

Hillary Clinton’s victory speech in Indiana sounds more like a farewell speech.  While she affirms that she is going on to West Virginia and Kentucky (two states she’ll win easily), this feels different from her other speeches.  Actually I like this Hillary a lot better than the one I’ve heard recently.
This isn’t a concession speech, [...]

McCain, Clinton, Obama and the gas tax

John McCain proposed a temporary repeal of the 18 cent per gallon federal gas tax over the summer, when gasoline demand peaks.  The idea is that it would give consumers some relief from high gas prices at a time when prices tend to peak.  Hillary Clinton jumped on board, but realising that taxes on gasoline [...]

Political must-reads

Josh Marshall talks about McCain’s repeated problems with the truth, and some of the issues he may have with getting out of public financing for the Republican primary campaign.  (Paul Kiel has a more detailed analysis).
Barbara O’Brien looks at several articles that analyse the challenges of being a woman/being black in a US presidential campaign, [...]

Clinton’s losses

Last night Lindsay said, “I almost feel like I should be supporting the underdog again”. While I strongly support Barack Obama, and while Hillary Clinton’s political decisions make me suspicious, I still like Hillary. I liked her better than Bill in 1992. In a sense, she’s an old friend. And even [...]

Hillary Clinton and religion

I have never warmed to Hillary Clinton.  I was a big fan back in the early days of Bill’s administration, when she appeared to be sharp and committed to liberal ideas.  After the failure of the health care initiative she faded from my consciousness, only to reappear as a political hawk in the Senate.  My [...]