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links for 2008-08-31

• Obsidian Wings: More on "Executive" Experience
  (tags: sarahpalin politics realitycheck)
• democracyarsenal.org: McCain’s Disastrous Politics of Gustav
  (tags: johnmccain disasters politics commentary)
• An Astonishingly Arrogant V.P. Selection - The Plank
  (tags: sarahpalin politics johnmccain)
• The Washington Monthly - MANIFESTLY UNSERIOUS
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain analysis)

links for 2008-08-30

• Gunslinger - Swampland - TIME
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain commentary)
• Scholars question Palin credentials - Fred Barbash and David Mark - Politico.com
  (tags: sarahpalin politics analysis)
• Booman Tribune ~ Resounding Boos for Palin
  (tags: sarahpalin news)
• McCain's choice of Palin is a risk - Los Angeles Times
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain analysis)
• The Daily Dish | Three Words
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain politics commentary)
• Paul Moment » All In
  (tags: johnmccain obama analysis)
• The Reality-Based Community: Uch, mir!
  (tags: sarahpalin antisemitism johnmccain)
• Balkinization - John McCain's Hail Sarah Pass
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain commentary)
• Alter: Why Sarah Palin Is Likely to Belly-Flop | Newsweek Politics: Conventions | Newsweek.com
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain analysis politics)
• News: Race is Obama¹s to win or lose
  (tags: obama politics analysis)
• Booman Tribune ~ Eight Women That Are Better Qualified Than Sarah Palin
  (tags: sarahpalin commentary women)
• Sarah Palin? McCain’s Next Trophy Girl? « Mudflats
  McCain passes over much more qualified older women for a beauty pageant winner? Trophy wife as VP.
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain politics)

links for 2008-08-29

• Daily Kos: A VP Pick Made From Desperation
  (tags: sarahpalin republicans johnmccain commentary)
• Cliff Schecter: Sarah Palin lacks experience | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: sarahpalin johnmccain politics commentary)
• What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective. « Mudflats
  (tags: sarahpalin politics alaska)
• Street Prophets: McCain Caves To Conservative Faith Vote; Picks Sarah Palin for Vice President
  (tags: sarahpalin news politics)
• VetVoice:: 60 Days To Judge a Commander in Chief?
  (tags: sarahpalin politics commentary obama)
• Paul Moment » DNC Convention Day 4 - A Sure Hand On The Rudder
  (tags: obama democrats commentary)
• Joy, awe and disbelief as Obama takes the nomination -- and stage
  (tags: obama race history seattle)
• Politics, Spectacle and History Under Open Sky - NYTimes.com
  (tags: obama news)

links for 2008-08-28

• They Are Mocking America And Its History - The Jed Report
  (tags: republicans stupidity)
• A Step Forward Seen For Blacks in America - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: race america obama)
• Susan K. Smith: Righteous History - On Faith at washingtonpost.com
  (tags: race history obama)
• Black Delegates Also Bask in Obama's Big Moment - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: race history obama)
• After 45 Years, a Dream Deferred Is Being Fulfilled - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: race history mlk blacks obama)
• Witnesses to Dream Speech See a New Hope - NYTimes.com
  (tags: race mlk history obama)
• Paul Moment » DNC Convention Day 3 - The Chrysalis Opens
  (tags: democrats politics commentary)

links for 2008-08-27

• Brian Schweitzer is Your Barack Obama - The Plank
  (tags: schweitzer democrats)
• BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » Schweitzer Steals the Show; Hillary Calls for Unity
  (tags: schweitzer democrats)
• The Bristol Press - Vision of a Montana governor
  (tags: schweitzer democrats)
• Mark Warner? Hillary Clinton? Bring back Brian Schweitzer | csmonitor.com
  (tags: schweitzer democrats)
• Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer ropes them in at convention - Los Angeles Times
  (tags: schweitzer democrats)
• The Democrats Strike Back - The Plank
  (tags: democrats media realitycheck)
• Harris McDowell: They Don't Know Joe: The Secret of Biden's Success in Delaware
  (tags: joebiden politics)
• The Duck of Minerva: Un-Conventional Wisdom about the DNC
  (tags: democrats politics commentary)
• Balkinization - Hamer's Convention
  (tags: race history democrats)
• Paul Moment » DNC Convention Day 2 - Rough edges
  (tags: democrats politics schweitzer hillaryclinton commentary)

links for 2008-08-26

• Think Progress » Petraeus Disagrees With McCain, Says Success In Iraq Was Possible Without The Surge
  (tags: iraq war johnmccain factcheck)

links for 2008-08-25

• Chris Weigant: A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions
  (tags: race history truman democrats)
• Joseph Romm: Why Biden is Such an Important Pick for the Climate
  (tags: joebiden russia china environmentalism)
• Robert Creamer: Why it's Good News for Democrats that Polls Say One In Four Clinton Backers Still Aren't Sold on Barack
  (tags: democrats obama joebiden politics elections commentary)
• Paul Moment » Biden, and Obama’s long game
  (tags: joebiden obama politics analysis)
• Obsidian Wings: Get Excited Again
  (tags: obama taxation policy politics economics analysis commentary)

links for 2008-08-24

• "Republicans will be sorry" - The Jed Report
  (tags: joebiden obama politics commentary)

links for 2008-08-23

• Cliff Schecter: The new VP candidate comes out fighting in Springfield | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: joebiden politics commentary)
• Biden on McCain - Swampland - TIME
  (tags: joebiden johnmccain politics)
• The Field: Biden: Second Chance for The Everyman
  (tags: joebiden politics commentary)
• democracyarsenal.org: Biden People
  (tags: joebiden foreignpolicy commentary)
• Daily Kos: Biden - A fighter against violence against women
  Why feminists should be glad to see Biden as the Democratic VP candidate.
  (tags: joebiden domesticviolence women)

links for 2008-08-20

• Magazine Preview - Barack Obama, A Free-Market-Loving, Big-Spending, Fiscally Conservative Wealth Redistributionist - NYTimes.com
  (tags: economics obama analysis)