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Watching Michelle Obama on “The View” (watch it yourself while it lasts), you see all her very admirable strengths — and you see a predictable campaign strategy emerging. As Jodi Kantor and Michael Powell over at The Caucus put it: The virtue of a show like this is clear — not only is there [...]

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Via Daily Kos, a must-watch. And just in case you have any doubts, there really is a Sen. John Cornyn from Texas and he used this video to introduce himself at the Republican state convention: Yes, it’s just plain silly. But it’s also a hyperbolic presentation of a very real masculinity narrative that the [...]

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Of all the images from Tuesday’s historic night, this simple, intimate fist pump is the most striking: BagnewsNotes, of course, is all over it, appreciating “Michelle’s proud, private, knowing, understated, intimate and unselfconscious expression, as well as the lack of tension in each partner’s body.” Not only does it show the Obamas and their relationships in a...

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Before moving on to other subjects, I thought I’d add a final word (for now) on the Great Keith Olbermann Debate. Is he a progressive savior amidst the morass of mainstream media or is he a progressive demagogue doing more harm than good? Well, it’s nice to hear someone coming to his defense. Aaron [...]

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In a post from a couple weeks back, I wrote about enjoying Keith Olbermann’s castigation of President Bush over his “giving up golf” comments. I even appreciated the freshness of finally having an unabashed liberal beating the O’Reillys and Limbaughs at their own sensationalistic game. But I did express a bit of a [...]

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On eve of what might be the end of the Hillary Clinton candidacy (Obama should, at least, have ensured himself a majority of the pledged delegates after the primaries in Kentucky and Oregon on Tuesday), my joy is mixed with both bitterness and regret. While I am happy as an Obama supporter, I feel I have [...]

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More than a year ago, in response to Joe Biden’s racial miscue at the start of the Democratic primary campaign, I discussed how most white Americans have no idea how to talk about race. Little did I know, though, that ignorance and naivete about race wouldn’t prevent a lot of white people in the media from [...]

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The dominant narratives of this election year have nothing to do with Ralph Nader — and most Democrats are pretty darn happy about that .  We’re more concerned about race/gender, Barack/Hillary and Bush/McCain stories.  The only time we’ll hear about radical leftist politicians will be when the Democrats are reminding us that Barack Obama isn’t one of [...]

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Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times wonders at — rather than analyzes — the sea change that has made “Pop TV” the new favorite venue for politicians. With all the recent appearances by the President, candidates and their spouses on everything from “Deal or No Deal” to the “Colbert Report,” Stanley notes, “It’s hard [...]

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What Tom Shales said. More from AJR, CJR, Greg Mitchell and Will Bunch, who concludes: Quickly, a word to any and all of my fellow journalists who happen to read this open letter: This. Must. Stop. Tonight, if possible. I thought that we had hit rock bottom in March 2003, when we failed to ask the tough [...]

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