The High Import of the High Court

Last Sunday (the 14th) I attended a panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival, where a number authors, ranging from Johnathan Lethem, to Johnathan Franzen, to Joan Didion spoke about new works, celebrated works, and the unfortunate state of frenzied hysteria we find ourselves in every four years or so. I sat in on a panel [...]

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T-minus 44 Days and Counting…

The fate of the world will be decided in less than seven weeks – McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden – the fat is in the fire, it would seem. Past and Prologue is slowly coming back to life, so be on the lookout for increasingly frequent, random updates concerning all things Election 2008, end-of-year government procurement, [...]

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Super Tuesday Post-post Game

We know, it’s Thursday, super Tuesday is old news. We decided to take Wednesday to see how the hot air blew around the punditry. We’ve got a full run down after the jump- including Willard dropping out of the race.

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See? I Told You. Feminism Is Dead.

In what can only be understood as the height of knee-jerk causeless whining the National Organization of Women New York chapter has decided that the Kennedy endorsement of Obama is a blow to all women everywhere. Apparently there is no choice left, it’s just vote Hillary or die. Regardless of how sexist, [...]

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Breaking: John Edwards Drops Out

The AP is reporting that John Edwards is expected to drop out today at 1p EST in New Orleans where he began his campaign. His delegates and support are expected to go to Obama.
Update: The Washington Post is saying a source close to Edwards was the leak. He does have dozens of [...]

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Florida (Yes We Can!)

I just want to point out, that at the convention, whoever the democratic nominee is they can seat the delegates. Which means if you are a democrat, you can vote for whoever you want in Florida and it WILL count! Don’t believe the hype. If you don’t want Billary to swoop in and [...]

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Political Roundup: Endorsements, Jabs, & Speeches

Well it’s been one hell of a Monday, and it will only get better. Tonight, as you know is the State of the Union, which will be the closing act in a day of political theater, perhaps yet unmatched in this campaign season and indeed this year. We’re going to run down all [...]

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Why Don’t Americans Do This?

In China, middle class people, businessmen, office managers, have been organizing sudden, short mass protests via euphemisms in conversation and text messages, circumventing the Chinese police state to make their voices heard on issues. These people understand Chinese law, their own rights, and have a firm grasp on what is taking place in their [...]

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Clintonian Double Speak

The latest attack coming from Billary is that Obama will win South Carolina on Saturday because he’s black. Interesting, coming from a campaign, who was seemingly fine with people picking her for being the woman in need of sympathy. Sexism over racism we guess. So much for the great statesman, former president, and [...]

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Eugene Robinson Gets It Right

In his column today He cuts right to the crux of the issue with the Clinton camp and their low brow gratuitous attacks on Obama. He dared to try to overshadow their legacy. What they fail to mention is their real legacy – TANF, Hillarycare, NAFTA, don’t ask don’t tell, defense of marriage act, [...]

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What is up with Richard Cohen?

Richard Cohen as apparently decided to throw his lot in with those who aren’t going to vote for Obama because his middle name is Hussein and other equally idiotic myths. Today he decided to use his column to insinuate that Obama at least tangentially supports Louis Farrakhan. His whole line of thought is so [...]

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Karl Rove Has Nothing On The Clintons

Whether you thought the choke up heard around the world was calculated or not, Hillary’s performance on Meet The Press should leave no doubt in your mind that the sexism debate surrounding her recently was at least partially calculated. After making remarks that seemed to insinuate that LBJ had more to do with [...]

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Feminism Is Dead-Hillary Proves It.

I didn’t plan to use my debut post talking about the presidential campaign. Certainly not talking about Hillary Clinton. But as a young woman, I feel that someone has to comment. The headline isn’t misleading or designed to get reads- its real: Feminism is dead and Hillary Clinton proves that. I’ll explain [...]

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Obamazing In Iowa

So, the Iowa caucuses were last night. We skipped covering this for the most part, because well, we didn’t really see the point. But, we can’t say we’re disappointed with the result…

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Pointlessly Petty At Camp Hillary

Obama is a hit in Iowa, and now Hill has lost her lead in New Hampshire. Oprah is on Obama’s campaign trail and Hill has Barbara Streisand, Chelsea, and a husband that everyone likes better than her. So no wonder she’s decided to go negative. We’d be negative too if we were the [...]

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