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Defending Sarah Palin: Ross Douthat and Jonah Goldberg on McCain’s V.P. Pick As Culture-War Hand Grenade
Every day until November 4, a series of writers and thinkers will discuss the election over instant messenger for nymag.com. For our inaugural conversation, we bring together Ross Douthat and Jonah Goldberg.
Posted 09/02/08 in Daily Intel : Instant Politics
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Sarah Palin Is Just Full of Surprises
An avalanche of disclosures has led to questions regarding the seriousness with which John McCain vetted his running mate.
Posted 09/02/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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How Biden May Head Off Latent Obama Backlash
Poll numbers at the opening of the Democratic convention show that Biden was more than a shrewd pick; he may have been a necessary pick.
Posted 08/25/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Joe Lieberman Momentarily at the Center of the Political Universe
The jowly senator from Connecticut finds himself at the center of two campaign firestorms.
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Is Obama Planning a Veepstakes Shocker This Week?
After endless rumination and media speculation, Barack Obama’s decision on a running mate is nigh. Nigh! Just how nigh, nobody is quite sure.
Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Lukewarm Reactions to Favored Obama Veep Candidate
Veepstakes speculation is hot again, and the name on everybody's lips is Virginia governor Tim Kaine.
Posted 07/29/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Is Hillary Out of the Veepstakes?
Were hopes for what way back when was called the “Dream Ticket” quashed yesterday by none other than Clinton’s former campaign chair, Terry McAuliffe?
Posted 07/25/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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McCain Veep Speculation Distracts Us From the Obamarama
Will you really pick your running mate this week or are you just trying to fulfill your own selfish need for media attention?
Posted 07/22/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Obama Veepstakes Shocker!
Virginia senator Jim Webb said that "under no circumstances" would he agree to become Barack Obama's vice-president.
Posted 07/08/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Obama Potentially Looking Even Less Patriotic
The voices of outrage face off against those pundits who can afford to defend Clark.
Posted 07/01/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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McCain’s Potential Running Mates: A Who’s Who
It’s easy enough to pinpoint exactly who this year’s Republican vice-presidential candidate should be — but Arnold Schwarzenegger is not eligible for the post.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Obama’s Potential Running Mates: A Who’s Who
Obama is as starkly unusual a presidential contender as the country has ever seen, which means he can choose either to amplify or offset any of the characteristics that define his own candidacy.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Obama and Patti Solis Doyle: A Slap to Clinton, or High Five?
A Clinton bundler said that the hire was the "biggest fuck you I have ever seen in politics."
Posted 06/17/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Obama and the Insiders: Great Band Name, Bad Campaign Slogan
Will Obama even be able to avoid tainting his platform of transformational reform with the business-as-usual politicians required in, you know, a presidential campaign? Maybe!
Posted 06/12/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Barack Obama Didn’t Vet His Vetter, But He Probably Should Have
Maybe a little more vetting and a little less e-mailing with Scarlett Johansson would have been the way to go.
Posted 06/11/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Possible V.P. Jim Webb Speaks on Obama, Rednecks
The Virginia senator: "Rednecks don't bowl, and I am one."
Posted 06/09/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Veep Speculation Runs Rampant, With or Without Clinton and Obama
Let's be honest, the veepstakes is the funnest part of any presidential election. It's like drafting your fantasy baseball team, except you're not drunk and your Internet didn't freeze right when you were picking.
Posted 06/06/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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