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St. Paul Notes (Final Notebook Dump)

By Rick Perlstein
September 5th, 2008

• That "JUST SAY NO TO B.O." bumper sticker with the picture of Barack that I mentioned yesterday? I asked one of the vendors selling it, "Isn't it a little juvenile to say your political opponent smells?" Answer: "Well, maybe he does. You never know." read more »

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Sarah's America (two)

By Rick Perlstein
September 5th, 2008

Here's another NIXONLAND parallel. In 1966 George Wallace, when he couldn't run for governor again because of Alabama law, decided to run his wife Lurleen instead. read more »

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Sarah's America

By Rick Perlstein
September 5th, 2008

I love this bit from a September 2 Wall Street Journal article about Wasilla, Alaska, under the Sarah Palin regime:

Wasilla has neither a planning nor a zoning board, and it shows. “The box stores and businesses are king,” says Curt Menard, mayor of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which includes Wasilla. The town “is a wild, wild West show, in the development sense.” read more »

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The Republican straight talk express.

Submitted by Robert Kerner
September 5th, 2008

Here is the link to a video clip of some Neocons feeding sheep dip to the wing nuts.

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From the People Who Brought You Misery...

By Bernie Horn
September 5th, 2008

Do you remember the "misery index" that became an iconic feature of the economic debates in the late 1970s and 1980? Well, it's back and it's bad—worse than it has been in more than 17 years. Progressives need to talk about the misery index and argue for bold economic policies. Let's talk about it. read more »

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As If the Last Eight Years Never Happened

By Tom Sullivan
September 5th, 2008

Scratch out Barack Obama's name and insert Al Gore or John Kerry's, and this week’s GOP convention was the same gleeful character assassination fest we have come to know and loathe. Except during Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech when it took on the air of a political movie written and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen.

Come to think of it, a lot of the convention had that feel. read more »

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Sarah's Trigonetry

By Rick Perlstein
September 4th, 2008

Enormously gratifying to see how many bloggers have found my book NIXONLAND illuminating of Sara Palin's speech last night, and of the Republicans' convention narrative generally. read more »

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White Christian America versus Everybody Else

By Sara Robinson
September 4th, 2008

In the current issue of The Nation (which also featured a cover story co-authored by our own Bob Borosage), Chris Bowers pointed out a structural truth that lies at the heart of both American political parties. In the Age of Reagan, it came to pass that the GOP consolidated itself as the party of people who are white and Christian. read more »

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John Kerry works the road bicycling addled crowd.

By Jonathan Vaughters
From slipstreamsports.com
Submitted by John Benson
September 4th, 2008
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slipstreamsports.com — OK. I admit this is my niche, and I liked Kerry already. But this posting gave John Kerry actual credibility with roadies. Shaved legs! No way! Some of the insider talk may elude you but to put things into perspective Vaughter’s is saying that Kerry was descending at 55MPH. I don’t like that on straight roads.

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Still Needed: An Elevator Pitch

By Greg Colvin
September 4th, 2008

At the Denver convention, Sen. Barack Obama gave a very fine acceptance speech, but not a great one. Winning the battle against conservatism requires going beyond personality and empathy and clearly—and extremely briefly—stating the case for progressive reform. read more »

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