A version of this post also appeared at Michigan Liberal.
Michigan native and gimlet-eyed blogger Nate Silver asks what’s wrong with Obama in Michigan. It’s not a pretty picture, all the more because some of the reasons are clearly self-inflicted.
The campaign’s late start is a big reason. As he explains:
In conversations with friends and family during [...]
Posts Tagged ‘McCain’
Self-Inflicted Injuries
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged RMGN, Macomb, Granholm, Mark Brewer, McCain, Kwame Kilpatrick on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Civil Rights of the 21st Century
Posted in Education, tagged Charter Schools, McCain, Republican Party on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In one of the clearer aspects of Senator McCain’s vague acceptance speech tonight, was the call for education as “the civil rights issue of this century.” And at the heart lay some important nostrums dear to conservative hearts. As he expressed it
When a public school fails to meet its obligations to students, parents [...]
Doubling Down on Palin
Posted in Elections, National, tagged McCain, MI 72, Palin, Republican Party, Terri Land on August 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There’s no question the selection of Sarah Palin has been a hit with the social conservatives. E.M Zanotti (aka American Princess) loses herself:
I AM SO EXCITED OMG PLEASE LET THIS NOT BE A HEAD FAKE OMG. I have resisted blogging on the whole McCain Veep thing because they kept faking everyone out and [...]
Amy Sullivan was right
Posted in Communty, Faith, tagged abortion, Democratic Party, McCain, Obama, Republican Party on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Up north, I had the opportunity to finally get to some reading, including Amy Sullivan’s The Party Faithful. There’s more to be said about the book, but of immediate interest (certainly with the election breathing down on us) was her view of the current state of evangelicals and the Democrats. The hyper-partisan nature [...]
