By Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Friday on the Dish, Andrew explored Prime Minister Cameron's truly conservative view of Obama, understood Romney's campaign strategy as a Seinfeldian endeavor, matched the campaign directly to its demographics, called for more debates, marvelled at Coulter's sanity, and saw Santorum cross a true Dittohead redline. We delved into the roots of Romney's lies, chomped onsome popcorn … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew situated the Cameron and Obama Administrations in the same, intelligently conservative sphere, opened up about last night's dinner at the White House, aired a disturbing video of interviews about Obama in the Deep South (prompting dissent and further discussion here, here, and here), half-heartedly lamented the end of the GOP … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew framed the election as a choice about a war over Iran, fit Cameron's state visit into Obama's reelection campaign, parsed the poll suggesting an Obama blowout, and found Santorum's nomination strategy in the video above. We compiled reax to the Deep South primary, wondered if Santorum could win Illinois, debated Rick's chances … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Friday on the Dish, Andrew demolished the image of Palin-as-naif some saw in Game Change, knocked down Mitt's fantasy foreign policy, and addressed a challenge to his view of Romney as-weak-candidate. We guessed Romney might run the world like Clinton, noticed some glitches in Mittbot's Southern programming, watched him rise in Mississippi, saw Alabama tighten, charted Santorum's … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Oyster Hunt from Garreth Carter on Vimeo. Friday on the Dish, Andrew exploded false accusations of bigotry after the “Mormon Mask” post and explored the issue with the help of Mormon readers. We wondered why Romney’s message was so vacuous, compared him with various Democrats, debated whether he’d be beholden to the GOP base, predicted he … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Friday on the Dish, Andrew slammed the right's justification for the assasination in Iran, weeped over another gay man driven to suicide by Christianist hate, refused to let Romney off the hook for his Bain shenanigans, found Paulmentum in South Carolina, and gave a reality check. We introduced a new daily feature – the Ad War Update, … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew live-blogged Romney's cruise to victory in New Hampshire after ample pre-coverage: we found the latest polls showing him well ahead, found his worst-case scenario in the Granite State, checked his history in the state's elections, and wondered whether South Carolina was the true marquee venue. Romney himself received the lion's share … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Gallup finds record support for legalization. Which makes the Obama administration's crackdown in California all the more repellent. California's Medical Association has also just come out for total legalization in order to research better medicine. Ilya Somin is hopeful: Obviously, majority opinion is not the only factor influencing drug policy. A lot of organized interest … Continue reading The Cannabis Tipping Point
Today on the Dish, Andrew relayed his outrage at Santorum and the GOP for disrespecting the troops only when they happen to be gay, and badass gay athletes should give those who booed some pause. On the debate front, Perry disappointed even the far right partisans, got the pile-on for his jumbled foreign policy answers, … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew disparaged the GOP's sabotage of economic growth for short term political advantage, but Krugman defended the Buffett tax. Eric Kleefeld reminded us how liberal the GOP platforms were in 1860 and 1864, readers pilloried Rep. Fleming's shoddy math, and the GOP still largely owns the debt. Andrew bashed Perry's "Christian" … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
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