It seems a curious thing that John McCain chose a VP running mate who is turning out to be a female version of the caricature he has made of Barack Obama; i.e., a candidate utterly lacking in the experience necessary to be president of the United States, and one who represents a triumph of political… Read more.
US presidential election
John McCain’s VP running mate: Sarah Palin
It is now more important than ever for the Republican nominee, John McCain of Arizona, to pick a minority running mate, like Condoleezza Rice, if he wants to have any chance of defeating Obama in November. [Barack Obama clinches historic Democratic presidential nomination, The iPINIONS Journal, June 4, 2008] Sarah Palin is a minority, but she is clearly… Read more.
Obama accepts historic nomination, but let’s not get too excited…
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. With those simple words, Barack Obama continued the historic march on Washington to fulfill the dream Martin Luther King, Jr. voiced 45 years ago. That dream of course was for an America where people “will not be judged by the color of… Read more.
Barack Obama’s VP nominee: Joe Biden…?
Washington has been abuzz this week with speculation about who presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, will choose as his vice presidential running mate. And the consensus seems to be that Obama will choose Delaware senator, Joe Biden. I agree. Frankly, thanks to Russia’s invasion of Georgia 10 days ago, Obama had little choice. But instead… Read more.
YouTube lecture by Paris Hilton becomes the highlight of US presidential campaign…?
It’s a sad commentary on the state of world affairs that the diplomatic initiatives of a rock star or Hollywood actress are taken more seriously than those of a seasoned statesman. But that is the perverse reality…. Alas, worshiping celebrities is not merely the avocation of giddy teenage girls; because world leaders seem equally enthralled… Read more.
Beware Barack, don’t believe the hype!
Watching the way world leaders greeted Barack Obama on his world tour last week, one could be forgiven the impression that he was already president of the United States. There’s no denying that the political atmospherics of his tour, which had leaders in the Middle East treating Obama like a president and people in Berlin… Read more.
World leaders hail Obama as presumptive president! Meanwhile, back home Bush and McCain struggle to seem relevant
After regaling leaders in the Middle East with his presidential bearing and command of the complex issues that beset this region, Barack Obama flew to Germany today where he’s scheduled to give a speech on US-EU relations that Germans are anticipating as if it were a free concert by the Rolling Stones. He will follow… Read more.
Obama takes historic presidential campaign to the Middle East and Europe
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has taken a detour from his US presidential campaign trail this week to go on a “fact-finding and listening” tour of Europe and the Middle East. But John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is leading a chorus of pundits criticizing Obama’s trip as variously long-overdue, misguided and inappropriate. They say… Read more.