Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

Facing polling trends that look like this in Texas, Hillary Clinton pulled out the kitchen sink, wrapped it up with fear, and tossed it at Barack Obama. Today the Clinton campaign released the following ad in Texas aimed at scaring Texans into voting for her next Tuesday:

Within hours Barack Obama responded with the following ad:

With [...]

Last week I received an email from a dear friend. The email came from Sweden, on Valentine’s Day. I have spent the better part of this week trying to craft a response. I have failed. This post is my attempt at a response.
This blog is anti-torture. There is a logo on the sidebar of this blog that [...]

A remarkable woman has written a book on a remarkable man who lived an extraordinary life. Tonight I went to hear Samantha Power speak at Politics and Prose on her new book Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. Samantha Power, who is a senior advisor for Barack Obama, [...]

Barack Obama’s victory speech delivered at Madison, Wisconsin after winning Virginia, Maryland and DC:

Virginia County-by-County results (as of 2/13/2008 1:00 AM):
The map below shows how total Barack Obama’s victory over Hillary Clinton is shaping up to be. Obama (counties in dark blue) has taken most of the heavily populated regions of Virginia. Hillary Clinton has taken the [...]

The first time I heard the name Barack Obama was in 2004 when he delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. It was a rousing speech. The speech rivaled Mario Cuomo’s nominating speech at the 1992 Convention. The buzz at the time was that we were looking at a future President of the United [...]

After this weekend’s impressive wins in every state (and the Virgin Islands) that held a primary or caucus, Barack Obama is riding a wave of momentum while Hillary Clinton’s campaign appears to be in disarray. After today’s big win for Obama in Maine (where Obama was behind in the polls), the Clinton campaign stole the [...]

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My heart is with the New York Giants, although it will be an uphill battle.
UPDATE: The New York Giants have just defeated the (formerly) undefeated New England Patriiots to win the Super Bowl!