… the principals don’t seem to be experiencing much joy as they go through their market-tested paces. A kind of faux-ness permeates everything this year in a way that it hasn’t been quite so consuming in the past. The effect has been anesthetizing and made it difficult to take any of the day’s supposed gaffes, …
Monthly Archive: August 2012
Aug 31 2012
The One Way that Weird Eastwood Thing Could Screw Things Up for the President
If any single speaker at the Democratic National Convention decides to, even slightly, make fun of Clint Eastwood. The media and faux-outrage machine would collapse on the Time Warner Cable Arena like a ton of bricks, each of which would then be thrown through every Democratic office-holder’s window with threatening notes attached. And I fully …
Aug 30 2012
GOP Festival of Lies, Day Two
Once again, on day two of the Republican National Convention, it was ominous how few mentions of the nominee himself were made. It wasn’t quite as stark as it had been on day one in the speeches of Chris Christie and others, but notable nonetheless. I asserted that the first night’s speeches were evidence that …
Aug 30 2012
Cowards at Yahoo News Give Wingnut Hacks a Scalp
David Chalian was fired by Yahoo News yesterday because he was caught saying something unflattering about the Romneys and their pals by NewsBusters. This is absolute bullshit. David was my direct supervisor when I interned at the ABC News political unit, where he was first deputy political director, and then promoted to director. He then …
Aug 29 2012
My Summation of the First Night of the GOP Convention
This was a night of Republican politicians selling themselves for future campaigns. They are writing this one off. #gop2012 — Paul Fidalgo (@PaulFidalgo) August 29, 2012
Aug 28 2012
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Some have said that Romney’s lifestyle is overly privileged, pointing to the fact that he has an elevator for his cars in the garage of his San Diego home. This is not entirely fair. Romney owns many homes without garage elevators and the cars have to take the stairs. … After his governorship, Romney suffered …
Aug 28 2012
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Members of Team Obama still believe the Electoral College favors them; they see little or no prospect for the opposition to be able to make significant gains with Hispanics, single women or young voters; they think Medicare and tax cuts for the wealthy are untrumpable trump cards; they view Romney as a weak candidate, whose …
Aug 28 2012
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Ultimately, the curated aspect of the homepage brings people to big brands, right?” [Wall Street Journal managing editor Raju Narisetti] said. “The trick is not to worry about where they’re coming from — the trick is what are they doing after they come. If they come sideways, can I get them to actually go to …
Aug 27 2012
The Myth of the Tight Presidential Race
The headline Washington Post chooses for its new poll showing a tight national popular vote race between the president and Mr. Romney says: But this is wrong in what it implies. The headline, and much of the chatter around it, will tell you that the race is a tie. But popular votes don’t decide presidential …
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