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  • Obama "Talk the Talk...but can he Walk the Walk" Part 2

    Obama “Talk the Talk… but can he Walk the Walk” Part 2 In 1999, Barack Obama was faced with a difficult vote in the Illinois legislature — to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried as adults, a position that risked drawing fire from African-Americans, or to oppose it, possibly undermining his image as a tough-on-crime moderate. ...
    Posted to XX Factor by MiamiVice on August 8, 2008
  • Hillary channels Karl Rove

    The brilliance of the red phone ad is that it was psychological sand-bagging. While it appear to talk about ''national security,'' the visual was of ''domestic insecurity.'' Deep in the lizard brain of every mother, there exists one truth: I care about the children more than he does. And inside most women, even the well to do, lives the person ...
    Posted to XX Factor by hummingbirdbrain on March 9, 2008
  • Red Phone Ad-NOT

    CORRECTION to DISPATCH: There was NO Red Phone. The phone was white; the tone calm; the message -- that having experience, knowledge, and pre-established relationships with world leaders (ie familiarity and trust) facilitates successful communication, response, and problem solving when ''something's happening in the world''. This was about ...
    Posted to Dispatches by Reese on March 4, 2008
  • Clinton's "3 am" Ad Is Rove-Like But Also Silly

    I was struck like many others by the Republican sounding tone of the ''who do you want to answer the phone at 3 am'' ad. It has probably disqualified Senator Clinton from being taken seriously as a democratic leader in the eyes of many progressive voters in the future. But there was something oddly out of touch about the ad too, which may say ...
    Posted to Politics by john adkisson on February 29, 2008