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Where we live
(Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times) r. Sen. Barack Obama went door to door in Elkhart, Ind., with his wife, Michelle, center, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha. Primaries in Indiana and North Carolina take place tomorrow. Malia and Sasha also joined their father in Fort Wayne, Ind. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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A shot in the foot
Ben Smith, the irrepressible Politico.com blogger, has been paying attention. The details of Hillary Rodham Clinton latest mailings don’t quite add up. In a piece titled Clinton mailing’s gun gaffe, points out Clinton’s mailing attacking Sen. Barack Obama’s record on guns appears to include a striking visual gaffe: The image of the gun pictured on…
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'Obliterat'*ing Iran
That’s what Darth Vader, er, Dick Cheney and Hillary Rodham Clinton would like to do. But a couple of people says Iran’s alleged nuclear capability and intentions are not so clear cut. Why the hurry? Because, in Cheney’s case, he wants to start something while the getting is good. How many months, weeks and days…
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Inauguration
Pre-primary humor Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
(1803-1882) Love’s Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean; The winds of heaven mix forever, With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another’s being mingle;– Why not I with thine? See! the mountains kiss high heaven, And the…
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For the record *
I’m pretty mad at the Rev. Jeremiah Wright right now but, unlike a certain evil vice president that we know, Wright served his country Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Father & Son
My 10-year-old wants to see this and, although it’s rated PG-13, I’m not only gonna let him, I’ll go with him if he’ll have me (I think he prefers to go with his friends). The Washington Post wrote it up today: Nerve Of Steel: To Pull Off the Making of ‘Iron Man’ Took Some Transformative…
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Meanwhile, . . .
Dan Froomkin’s “White House Watch” in the Washington Post has always been a must read for me. Today’s piece show one of the reasons why: Five Years After ‘Mission Accomplished’ Much has happened in the five years since President Bush flew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in “Top Gun” style, stood under a…
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Doing the work in Indiana
(Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) Sen. Barack Obama campaigning in Indiana on Thursday. Is this enough to make a difference: Joe Andrew, a superdelegate who was the Democratic National Committee chairman under President Bill Clinton, announced Thursday that he had switched his allegiance from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to Senator Barack Obama in the race for…