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Questions Remain on Transparency of Candidates' Campaign Financin…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 30th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | Deb Cupples can follow up on this, but this article from Open Secrets makes it clear that the Obama campaign is holding back on providing full information about donors---though McCain has been more cooperative than Obama. read more
Kathleen Sebelius, the Veepstakes, and the glass ceiling
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 30th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Adam | There's loads of speculation about the VP. The most commonly floated choices are Kathleen Sebelius, Tim Kaine, Joe Biden, and Evan Bayh. Of those four, I'd be happy with the first two, and worried about the other two (Biden because of his m read more
Cockney Robin is Afraid of Bill Kristol
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 28th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Cockney Robin | Somebody hold me. Mr. William (Bill) Kristol is at it again (in an op-ed disturbingly entitled 'Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid'). He is striking fear into my guileless British heart by his claim to have been frightened into an attack of read more
Note to Obama from a Supporter: Time to Dismount from the Flying…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 27th 2008 by Cockney Robin
Iby Damozel | All righty, then. We've seen that Obama can round up all the prettiest ponies and fly through space on the unicorn's back. Time for his campaign to start thinking about something other than making pretty pictures and generating stirring read more
Bill O'Reilly Compares MoveOn.Org to KKK Without Even Having to S…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 26th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Cockney Robin | I am increasingly entranced with the American right. Even as the US Congress considers the the Bush Administration's possible war crimes and such, Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly can't see any stretch in comparing MoveOn.org---whi read more
Put Out (More Big Red) Flags!: The Right React to the Obama Spee…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 25th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Cockney Robin | Damozel already covered the Berlin speech, but a quick review shows that right-wing bloggers are under-represented. With the help of the indispensable Memeorandum, I thought I'd spend a little time gauging the reaction on the right read more
Obama's Berlin Speech--A Bloggerama
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 24th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | One quibble: If I were running his campaign, I wouldn't have described it at the website as his 'historic speech.' How the hell can the campaign say it's 'historic' yet? (Unprecedented, maybe.) Don't they listen? Aren't they paying atten read more
Obama Quest -- The Daily Show's Continuing Saga
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 24th 2008 by Cockney Robin
Obama Claims Credit for the Wrong Thing; Meanwhile, McCain Demons…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 24th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | Obama's getting called out for embellishing because of a misstatement to the Israeli Prime Minister. Responding to an Israeli reporter’s question Wednesday on his commitment to protect the Jewish state, Barack Obama pointed to a bill â read more
John McCain's incredible shrinking path to victory in Iraq
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 23rd 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Adam | John McCain is in a very tough spot this year. He represents an unpopular party going for a third straight term in the white house (something only accomplished once in the last 60 years), his party has a large and growing registration gap, read more
Obama: Currently Winning the Iraq Argument
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 22nd 2008 by Cockney Robin
Posted by Damozel | Shaun Mullen discusses the ramifications for McCain’s of McCain’s argument here. Michael Stickings rounds up commentary by bloggers here; This piece rounds up related quotes and commentary, including a couple of fairly lame co read more
The Difference Between Obama & McCain on Iraq: When Can Withdraw…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 20th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel: Here's the difference as I understand it between Obama's Iraq commitment and McCain's: Obama thinks that most conditions have been met for us to begin troop withdrawals and believes that withdrawals should progress as quickly as 'conditio read more
Jon Stewart on the Consistency of the Bush Administration; the Pa…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 20th 2008 by Cockney Robin
Lou Dobbs: Pinata-American? read more
DNC Officials: Attention, Crybabies! We Grow Weary of Your Intra…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 20th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | First, this disclosure: I was a Hillary supporter, and now I support Obama. In my opinion, that's what all Democrats should do. For me, a McCain presidency ain't an option. I'm even going to donate money to Obama's campaign as soon as th read more
Maliki Tries to Unsay What We All Know He Said: A Buck Naked Blo…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 20th 2008 by Cockney Robin
Posted by Damozel | Re: The value to Obama of Maliki's statement (discussed here), Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars says; 'Ooh, that’s gotta leave a mark when you make your campaign all about your foreign policy expertise.' But Josh Marshall wonder read more
Iraqi PM Endorses Obama's 16-Month Withdrawal Plan
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 19th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | Here's the piece in Reuters. Certainly Maliki made it clear before now that his government wants us out. Here's what he has said about the 16-month time frame: When asked in and interview with SPIEGEL when he thinks US troops should leav read more
Hillary & Obama, Fund-Raising (and The Amazing Interactive Map),…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 18th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | This is an AP article saying that Bill Clinton is ready and willing to do whatever Obama asks of him, including (maybe) speaking on his behalf at the convention. I won't quote from it, but I'm thinking it's bad news for PUMAs who want to read more
Jon Stewart on Media Reaction to the Obama Cartoon
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 17th 2008 by Cockney Robin
'Nowhere was the anger at the media greater than in the media.' Stewart eviscerates our reactive and sensation-loving media. He also had a good suggestion for how the Obama campaign should have responded. read more
New Yorker Cover: Maureen Dowd Gets it Right (Sort of)
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 17th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Deb Cupples | Yesterday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd pointed out the absurdity of some reactions to New Yorker magazine's recent cover -- the one that satirized some people's absurd perceptions of Sen. Barack Obama and distracted many pe read more
Stuart Taylor at Newsweek: 'We Must Pardon the Torture Sanctione…
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 16th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Teh Nutroots |....then they can apologize to the 'Truth Commission' Taylor will set up and we can all move on. Did I read this wrong? Nope: 'To get a full accounting of how U.S. interrogation methods were used, the president should give those accu read more
Obama & the Miffening* of Dem Insiders...
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 16th 2008 by Cockney Robin
By Damozel | According to The Politico (via Alegre). relations between Obama and Capitol Hill are a leetle strained. Apparently, some Dems aren't feeling so much Obamamania anymore. The article describes them as 'miffed.' *Please don't email me. I kn read more
Jon Swift and Others on Satire-Gate (Obama's New Yorker Cover)
Cockney Robin at Buck Naked Politics | July 15th 2008 by Cockney Robin
by Damozel | I admit it. I am afraid I thought the infamous cover was hilarious. It didn’t occur to me till the condemnation started rolling in that it could be detrimental to Obama in the wrong hands. I can’t imagine that anyone with a sense of read more
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