Today on the Dish, Andrew plotted Obama's course for communicating change, called out Romney's reliance on corporate welfare and urged Obama to stop running away from his job creation record.
In debate previews, moderator Candy Crowley ignored the campaigns, Scott Conroy framed what's a stake tomorrow for Romney and Scott Lemieux wondered about blank-spots in debate topics. Meanwhile, in polls, Andrew hailed stabilization in the race, Nate Cohn interpreted Romney's bounce, Drum noted the timing of Romney's surge, and as Silver tallied low odds for a Republican Senate, Frank Newport imagined a world without horserace polls.
Paul Ryan visited an empty soup kitchen, Seth Masket calculated the odds of a divided government and an electoral-college tie proved complicated. Reihan then addressed which tax deductions to scrap, Chait thought the Ryan plan could pass and Steve Benen summarized Obama's deficit reduction. Michael Phillips-Anderson considered the role of humor in campaigns, Jon Stewart ran an uncannily resonant FDR clip and Harvey Cormier reflected on Obama and American pragmatism. Morgan Freeman then narrated an Obama ad, Dr. Keith Ablow asked for Biden's alcohol level, and Eugene Jarecki linked the war on drugs and America's incarceration system. And as Beinart expected a military drawdown, soldiers committed suicide in record numbers. Plus, presidential emergency messages left Ambinder with mixed feelings.
In global coverage, Andrew argued against war with Syria, Tim Judah pushed back on criticisms of the EU's Nobel victory and Dan Ephron explained Israel's veer right.
And in assorted commentary, Andrew called Camille Paglia a "brilliantly insightful gay man resplendent in a female body," more readers weighed in on New York Shitty and Vikas Mehrota broke down the "cobra effect." Consumerism and conformity intruded on daily life, the social web darkened and heartbeat rates correlated closely with lifespans. FOTD here, MHB here and VFYW here.
– G.G.
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