I am in a small minority of people resident in Ireland who pay as much attention to the editorial page of the New York Times as that of the Irish Times, Daily Mail, and the Indo. C’est la vie.
Still, it’s painful to read David Brooks these days. A smart guy who realised a few [...]
David Brooks
July 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
The Secret Lisbon Poll
June 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Why was there no RTÉ (or pool) exit poll from the referendum? Why hasn’t the Eurobarometer post-referendum poll been released? This thing gets more farcical by the hour.
Since about 10.30 last Friday morning, when it became clear it would be a ‘No’ to the Lisbon Treaty on the early tallies, seemingly everyone in Ireland and [...]
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Know Hope: It’s Over. Obama has won.
May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Today is the Day of Jubilee. It’s over. (Probably.)
Matt Drudge went first. Then Tim Russert, Chuck Todd, then Pat Buchanan and Karl Rove. Then Politico’s Ben Smith.
Clinton has cancelled her public schedule for today.
Ben Smith gets to the deep logic of why the race is over. By withstanding six weeks of Freak [...]
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Debate Verdict: Obama in a walk
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
By a long, long way, this was Obama’s best debate performance. He seemed presidential. He wasn’t pushed into a corner or thrown off his game.
Bottom line - the debate was Hillary’s last chance to reframe the debate on a national stage before Super Tuesday with earned media, to reverse the surge towards Obama. Rasmussen polls [...]
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Live-blogging the Obama v Clinton debate
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
0105GMT - Obama is tense. Hillary can be heard greeting Wolf Blitzer. Blew his opening statement. Meandering - thanked Edwards, wandered around the terrain. Hillary straight into a litany of issues, tries to frame the discussion on “priorities and goals” - she’s a “problem solver” who can get Americans to “roll up our sleeves”.
0111GMT - [...]
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