Tag Archives: 2008 U.S. Election

More On Making Democrats Red Again

Great comment from reader PatrickHenry. I want to reprint it: Comment from PatrickHenry Time September 8, 2008 at 5:44 pm Good observations. The following article might be of interest to readers: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1430/ Not only does it confirm the fact that Republicans have been designated the blue party on several occasions, but it highlights the history

Just some of the political ads from both sides…

How Obama Triumphed Over Hillary

Most journalism is the first draft of history to be sure, but Roger Simon‘s great series, “Relentless,” in Politico detailing how the Obama campaign bested Hillary’s will stand the test of time. A .pdf version is available here.

Well, That Didn’t Take Long

Biden’s first gaffe on the Obama team came at one of their first appearances–the same day Obama picked him as his VP selection. He introduces Obama as “Barack America,” whoever he is.

So It’s Obama and Biden–Plus ca change…

Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate. So what does this mean?

Obama, the Democrats and the War

Thank you Jonathan Rauch for this great post. This may be a peacetime election for Obama and the Democratic Party, but it is not for al Qaeda. Rauch has some important questions for Obama. Let’s hope McCain forces him to answer them, the Old Media won’t.

More on Obama and the Annenberg Challenge

An excellent post by Tom Maguire at Pajamas Media detailing and summarizing Obama’s close connection with the terrorist Bill Ayers.  They worked together for years at the Annenberg Challenge, and Ayers is much more than “a guy who lives in my neighborhood” as Obama described him in April 2008.  But the details of their interaction

Obama’s Margin of Victory: The Media

Barack Obama from Cox & Forkum Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center documents how the ABC, CBS, and NBC helped Obama win the Democratic nomination. They continue to serve their role as arms of Obama’s campaign. Their “coverage” of Obama’s campaign is better described as one long campaign commercial. Where is federal oversight of

Excellent Journalism by Stanley Kurtz

Over at NRO, Stanley Kurtz reports his surprising difficulty accessing public records at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s library. Not all public records, of course, just those dealing with the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Obama served on its Board and former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers founded it. How curious? Several questions come to mind: