Tagged ‘Obama’
What’s the Matter with Democrats?
Thomas Frank has a notion of what’s wrong with the Democratic Party – why it repeatedly snatches defeat from the jaws of victory:
The answer to the riddle is as plain as the caviar on a lobbyist’s spoon. (…)
From the mouths of Sarah Palin fans
Jezebel has posted a popular Youtube video of some interviews with fans lined up for a Sarah Palin book signing in Columbus, Ohio. (…)
The two Manhattans
George Haymont reviewed “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” back in October for his blog, My Cultural Landscape. (…)
Thomas Frank: the backlash returns
Thomas Frank, who coined the term “the Great Backlash,” and made it famous in his book, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” notes in his column in today’s Wall Street Journal that it didn’t take long for the Obama Honeymoon to end. (…)
Is Frank Rich right about the culture wars?
Frank Rich thinks the culture wars are dead, washed away by the economic meltdown and election of Obama. Future Majority and Daily Kos seems to largely agree. Fingerlakeswanderer begs to differ. (…)
Return of the conservative populists?
David Sirota, writing in Salon, muses that Republicans could revive their fortunes if they embrace populism, as Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul did during the primary campaign, calling Wall Street tycoons “criminals.”
Of course, at some point such rhetoric would need to be backed up by real policy proposals. (…)
Who cares What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Obama’s President now, so who cares about the conservatives? Haven’t they now “lost” the heart of America? Shouldn’t we just move on? (…)
How much has changed with the election of Obama?
This is a bit off-topic for this blog but we couldn’t resist…. (…)