To witness Joan Walsh's destruction of a boorish Chris Hitchens on Hardball tonight was to be put in mind of Sarah Palin's infamous pre-Thanksgiving turkey video: as Chris Matthews blathered on appare...Continue Reading
Imported on 12/02/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsThe liberal blogosphere has gone decidedly bi-polar in the Great Transition. On one side are the believers, betrothed to an image they conjured between the lines of conventional centrism, a group that...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/24/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsLast night on the Tonight Show, Chris Matthews announced that he was in the tank for one candidate while ostensibly "covering" the race for President. Tonight on his MSNBC show, Matthews admitted that...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/20/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsBook table, originally uploaded by Tom Watson. We had a great book launch party last week at Turtle Bay on Second Avenue - muchas gracias to Changing Our World for throwing the bash. Great to see so m...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/18/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsThings have been a bit light in these parts of late, but I've actually been writing quite a bit in some other locales, so here's a handy pocket guide to some of the headlines:Over at newcritics, I pos...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/16/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsTransition transmission: The news that President-Elect Obama has apparently offered the State Department to former rival Hillary Clinton sent some their old primary supporters back to the center of th...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/15/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsThat President-elect Obama made his first important appointment a hard-nosed former Clintonista insider from Chicago famed for his salty language and sharp partisan elbows has voices left and right hi...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/08/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsI was very much taken with this section of President-elect Obama's speech after midnight last evening. In a relatively short passage, he sums up the long journey and recognizes the enormity of the cha...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/08/2008 by Tom Watson in Tom Watson's Blog | 0 commentsThat seems to be the key phrase of this evening in wonkland, as poll-watchers - professional, semi-pro and Stratomatic - devour the early numbers. Some of the most bullish numbers hail from counties i...Continue Reading
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