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LIGHTNING ROUND: MAVERICK SEEKS A WINGMAN.
- Former Vice President Al Gore is officially endorsing the candidacy of Barack Obama, appearing with the presumptive Democratic Nominee in Detroit, Michigan rally tonight.
- The Obama campaign announced a number of top campaign staff positions today, including former Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle in the role of VP nominee chief of staff and former Edward Kennedy aide Stephanie Cutter as Michelle Obama's senior adviser.
- David Frum floats the idea of Rudy Giuliani for McCain's VP, leading Matt Yglesias to note positively, "At a minimum, I think this choice would be good news for liberal bloggers. Tim Pawlenty seems much less mockable."
- In other veep news, Newt Gingrich keeps the Bobby Jindal flame alive, despite the Louisiana governor's affinity for exorcism and boosting creationism "science."
- Stephen Mansfield, evangelical biographer, has written a forthcoming book, The Faith of Barack Obama, despite having previously written flattering biographies of both Tom DeLay and George W. Bush's faith, Politico reports.
- The NY TImes has a good story today on Obama's executive style.
- John Bicknell writes in CQ Politics that 2008 ought to be a blowout -- the only question is whether it resembles 1956 or 1980. David Paul Kuhn disagrees in the Politico, reporting that a survey of bipartisan historians conclude that McCain doesn't "stand much of a chance, if any."
- Greg Sargent has a lengthy report on the media's often unfair treatment of Hillary Clinton during the primaries.
- The Sunday Times reports on a 1974 thesis written by John McCain at the National War College following his release from imprisonment in Vietnam which sheds some light on the genesis of his foreign policy views.
--Mori Dinauer
COMMENTS (5)
I liked that Times piece on Obama's executive style, too. I hesitate to even bring this up, but was anyone else a little bothered by the in-flight reading selections? The story says the titles range "from Foreign Affairs to Maxim."
Maxim? Really? Why not just have some old episodes of The Man Show on DVD, too?
Posted by: Trevor J | June 16, 2008 7:41 PM
New Obama senior advisor Patti Solis and her husband's $192,500.00 compensation package from his tax exempt entity filed from their home address
www.webofdeception.com
Posted by: Robert Lewis | June 16, 2008 10:25 PM
Gov. Jindal is a faithful Catholic. As such, he must accept the reality of demonic possession and the efficacy of exorcism, since that is what the Church teaches. Moreover any faithful Catholic must hold key protestant teachings to be heretical. Not to do so would be to deny the truths taught by the Church. What then is so surprising about his faith? And is anti-Catholicism the only means liberals have to attack this fine man?
Posted by: Novena | June 17, 2008 12:28 AM
That would be duly-elected President of the United States Albert Gore who has now endorsed Barack Obama.
George W. Bush is still occupying the White House, but he never won an election to get there.
Posted by: joel hanes | June 17, 2008 1:07 AM
Thank you, Novena, for emphasizing that Governor Jindal is a good Catholic. The sort who has claimed to have flagrantly violated church policy about exorcism.
Posted by: mds | June 17, 2008 3:40 PM