What else would account for “An unspoken demographic problem for Obama?”: WASHINGTON (CNN) — As both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton race to make history, some political observers believe Obama might have a unique problem because he’s African-American. They claim voters often say they’ll go one way, then act quite differently at the polls when it comes to a candidate’s race. The punchline? “There is no indication in the

Political scientist Alan I. Abramowitz writes at TNR: According to the new conventional wisdom, Barack Obama has been badly damaged by Hillary Clinton’s continuing attacks and by his own personal baggage and mistakes, ranging from his relationship with his controversial former minister, Jeremiah Wright, to his highly publicized comments about bitter small town voters who cling to their guns and religion. And while Obama has been trying to respond to

This election season has brought with it the most blatant example of identity politics I can remember seeing. This is mostly due to the fact that the Democratic candidates, Hilary and Barack, are very busy playing the victim and race cards, respectively, whenever they get in a jam of some kind. The difficult situations they manage to get into are usually the result of their own political ineptitude, which I

When it comes to key issues like Iraq, healthcare and taxes, Democratic hopeyness and changitude is bustin’ out all ovah!  House Democratic leaders plan to send the the emergency war funding bill without withdrawal timetables and other controversial provisions.  The bill is expected to bypass the Appropriations Committee and go straight to the House floor, to help avoid the difficulties raised by anti-war Democrats.  Meanwhile, at TNR, Michael Crowley writes that “when it

Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago I’m nearly interested by stories like this.  But most of all, this will be a reminder to the radical greenies of how close we came to a world without humans.  I blame Bush. (h/t Reynolds)

Robert and Angela are looking for ways to get it more attention.  Glenn Reynolds links their site here.   If you have a blog or can think of another way to generate buzz, please contact them (or you can contact me, and I’ll pass it on: croolwurld@earthlink.net). I know that there are several readers who are deeply interested in the issue of fathers’ access to children in custody arrangements, and the legal

Pie is a fundamental human right.  Discuss.