Last week, Sen. Barack Obama put the Republicans on notice: He and his surrogates are going to link criticism of him to racism -- both overt and covert. "They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?" Obama's […]
After so many years of touting public financing of elections, Barack Obama last week decided that the system he supported was for other people. He said that he needed a lot of money to counter the "smears" that the right would level at him. Like this one: Now that's funny.
It's been sweltering the past few days here in sunny San Diego. When I arrived home Saturday night after having my Escondido condo sealed up for several days I expected to walk into a sauna. Instead, it was merely a little too uncomfortably warm. I had put the A/C up to a level that I […]
Former Sen. Tom Daschle was on "Fox News Sunday" yesterday morning when the following exchange occurred: Chris Wallace: Sen. Daschle, now that we are finally making progress in Iraq, why is Sen. Obama still determined to get all of our troops out within 16 months? Daschle: Well Chris, I think that's the whole question. Why […]