Democratic Party
Obama: The predictability of right wing predictions?
By Kim on November 10, 2008
We’ve heard all this before. Remember when Kevin Rudd won, and we were told his election was a victory for John Howard? Right wing commentators couldn’t have been quicker out of the starting blocks to proclaim “America is still a [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Media, Sociology, USA | Tagged barack obama, conservatives, Democratic Party, demographics, electoral analysis, GOP, John McCain, liberals, realignment, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 104 Responses
US election: Obama wins – The audacity of hope…
By Kim on November 5, 2008
It’s all over, red rover, and Barack Obama, with 200 electoral votes in the bag and enough in the bag to come from the West Coast and Midwest to come, has won the presidential election. Lots of interesting stuff still [...]
Posted in Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, USA | Tagged barack obama, Democratic Party, Democrats, economic policy, election results, electoral college, FDR, George W. Bush, global financial crisis, henry paulson, presidential transition, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 127 Responses
Bring back Bill Clinton (the last dog isn't dead yet)
By Kim on September 25, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bill_clinton.jpeg" align=left I’m going to go out on a limb here. Bill Clinton is the only genuine political talent that creaking heap of donkeys, the beloved Democratic Party, has produced in an age. Damn that Twenty-Second Amendment. Obama plays [...]
Posted in Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, USA | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Democratic Party, Democrats, financial crisis, financial markets, GOP, Henry Farrell, henry paulson, John McCain, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Wall Street | 24 Responses
Three things to remember about polls and the US election
By Kim on September 9, 2008
With the news that John McCain has now hit 50% in the Gallup poll, opening up a 4 point lead over Barack Obama, I thought it might be worth mentioning a few cautions about interpreting both American polls and the [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Polls, USA | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Democratic Party, economic policy, GOP, John McCain, polling, Polls, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 65 Responses
The Life of Palin or health care and justice and climate change and stuff
By Kim on September 3, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to the discussion on this post of the familial scandals confected or exploited about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, here’s two excellent and thought provoking pieces. First, Feminist Philosophers asks [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Climate change, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Feminism, Foreign Elections, Health, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, Bristol Palin, celebrity politics, civic republicanism, Daily Kos, deliberation, deliberative democracy, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Feminism, feminist blogging, GOP, John McCain, Naomi Wolf, netroots, online public sphere, political blogging, political scandals, public sphere, Rebecca Traister, Republican party, sarah palin, social justice, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate | 248 Responses
Poor fella my country!
By Kim on August 27, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/michelle-obama.jpg" I’m afraid I can’t agree with Michael Tomasky: Michelle Obama should have laid the schmaltz on even thicker than she did last night. It’s all very well to talk about her and Barack Obama’s working class origins, but [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Democrats, John McCain, Michelle Obama, US election 2008 | 32 Responses
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