But having a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect, President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren't going to get us out of this pit we've dug for ourselves. If he raises taxes and throws up tariff walls and opens the coffers of the DNC to bribe-money from the special interest groups against whom he has (somewhat disingenuously) railed during the campaign trail, then he will almost certainly reap a whirlwind that will make Katrina look like a balmy summer zephyr.
Christopher Buckley endorses Barack Obama. And in the back of my mind, I'm not sure his father wouldn't have....
I take this as Dan Balz's response to Glenn Greenwald, although I'm fairly sure that Balz didn't have time to read Greenwald.
I wrote yesterday about the risks to both McCain and Obama -- and the country -- as they fire at one another in increasingly sharp terms. The danger is that the winner will come to office with a sizable portion of the population poisoned by the effects of the campaign.
But what's also clear is that McCain's tactics are over the line, with no restraint in sight, and threaten to provoke reactions among partisans on both sides that will continue to escalate.
The Pentagon's budget for next year...or so they think!
Gov. Sarah Palin's gonna do SNL fer real.
Speaking of Palin: why is the McCain campaign sending her to New Hampshire? Her favorability ratings with independents right now are a net negative 20. (In fact, they're a net negative with everyone.)
Newsweek has Obama at 52%.
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