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By BardofWilmette - Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 8:21 PM
The first “presidential” decision by Senator Obama and Senator McCain was the selection of an intended vice-president. As we all know, the actual constitutional responsibilities of the vice-president are limited. He is the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate, and casts the tie-breaking vote on the few occasions when that i more...
By BardofWilmette - Friday, August 29th, 2008 at 4:14 AM
At the end of the second day of the Democratic National Convention, my feeling was that the convention was going OK, but that I thought they were giving John McCain close to a free pass. Right after this convention is over, McCain will announce his choice for vice-president, and then all attention will be focused on the Republicans. I more...
By BardofWilmette - Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Recently on television, Rev. Rick Warren asked Senator Obama a series of questions in front of a live audience of evangelical Christians, and then separately asked Senator McCain the same questions. I thought that Obama exhibited far more intelligence and insight than did McCain, who basically answered most of the questions by quoting from h more...
By BardofWilmette - Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 1:32 AM
I saw Barack Obama and John McCain on TV last night with Rev. Warren at his Saddleback Church. It was an interesting program, and I was glad to see Senator Obama appearing before an audience, most of whose members presumably will vote against him. It shows that Obama does not want to write off segments of the population where he might more...
By BardofWilmette - Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 2:03 PM
On July 24 – less than three weeks ago – I posted an essay for the blog, in which I stated that Senator Obama ought to publicly concede that the troop surge in Iraq has been at least a qualified success, and then note the qualifications (other improving conditions not directly related to the surge: the Anbar Awakening, increased compet more...
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