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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
... in the primary season.
Within that discussion, I was glad to hear Digby raise the topic of the lost media critique.
These are matters that, as you know, are very near and dear over at Correntewire.
I will say that in the discussion that precedes that topic, the lack of reference to Obama's myriad capitulations to the Right and his fundamental frame (post-partisanship) that all but promises such capitulations, felt like a bit of an elephant in the room. Naturally, you can't touch on every topic, but the sturdiness of his candidacy or lack thereof strikes me as a foundational topic when discussing how fair or unfair GOP and media attacks on him are.
Also, you both touched on the "aspirational" and "transcendence" memes without noting that running such a campaign makes him vulnerable to GOP claims about a lack of substance... because a campaign based on such vaporous things, well, lacks substance.
When you run on "hope" for "change" via a vaguely-defined "movement," and you cave on countless important issues (despite broad public support for your party's natural position on them), the GOP doesn't have to "transform" that into a weakness of Obama's. They merely need to call attention to it (not that they don't crave those capitulations).
That said, I much appreciate the opportunity to be a fly on the wall for a discussion between two leading lights of the blogosphere.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
