November 15, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Flashback, FOX News, GOP, John McCain, Laura Ingram, Politics, Republicans, Stephen Baldwin, Young Turks . Author: turbocratic . Comments: Leave a Comment
The Party Won’t Win Back the Middle as Long As It’s Hostage to Social Fundamentalists
Words by Christine Todd Whitman and Robert M. Bostock
Four years ago, in the week after the 2004 presidential election, we were working furiously to put the finishing touches on the book we co-authored, “It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the [...]
November 14, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Christine Todd Whitman, GOP, Opinion, Republicans, Washington Post . Author: turbocratic . Comments: Leave a Comment
Words by Jackie Calmes
WASHINGTON — The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as President-elect Barack Obama urged President Bush in a meeting at the White House to support immediate emergency aid.
Mr. Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some [...]
November 11, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Auto-Makers, Barack Obama, Democrats, FOX News, George Bush, GOP, New York Times, Politics, Republicans . Author: turbocratic . Comments: Leave a Comment
Words by Arianna Huffington
‘On or about December 1910,” Virginia Woolf wrote, “human character changed.” We can be much more specific: “On November 4, 2008, just after 11 pm Eastern, America changed” (human character remains rather intransigent).
The change was driven by two things: our country’s remarkable capacity for regeneration, and Barack Obama’s remarkable ability to tap [...]
November 11, 2008
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Words by Arianna Huffington
Along with Barack Obama (and the other winners I’ve written about), there was another big winner on election day: democracy.
Based on initial numbers, it looks like over 133 million people turned out to vote on Tuesday — 11 million more than voted in 2004 – producing the highest turnout rate in 44 [...]
November 8, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, Democrats, Electoral Map, GOP, Politics, Republicans . Author: turbocratic . Comments: Leave a Comment
How To Be A Republican After November, 4th, 2008 (Holier Than Thou v1.0)
Words by THENIMROD
I’ve been getting a lot of sarcastic quips from liberal friends and foes over the last – oh – 3 days or so. Lots of taunting over Obama’s win, lots of jabs about how pissed off I must be about it. One guy said, “You lost!” Another asked me if [...]
November 13, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Barack Obama, Commentary, Conservatives, Election '08, GOP, John McCain, Politics, Republicans . Author: turbocratic . Comments: 1 Comment