Category: long story short

Not since dotcomania have I worked as long hours without minding it. Lately, between writing a book and volunteering with Oakland for Dean, I’ve been working 70-100 hours a week, days evenings and weekends, and having a great time at it. Still the tension and stress and anxiety of trying to be “on” seven days…

Do the math: allenjj points out why Democrats need to win more states next time than commonly thought.

By the way, want to hear my new counterspin? The “yeeeagh” battle cry will, it turns out, win the election for Dean. Has everyone seen Dean Goes Nuts? People are using the net and their talkback abilities with personal media design (paging Marc Canter, to the multicolored courtesy telephone, please) to “remix” the story and…

Who am I to say whether George W. Bush went AWOL in the ’70s or what drugs he may or may not have been taking in those days? There’s no way I can know and there’s no reason why General Clark or any other Democratic politicans should have to distance themselves from a thorough investigation…

Until this last week, I’ve been a classic, pragmatic on-the-fencer. There were weeks when I was inching toward Clark. Days when Edwards had me won over. But I was never a big Dean booster. I had a lot of respect for him, but there was something about his style that I couldn’t see working as…

Weird thought: maybe Trippi really is a Jedi. After the crazy-train moshpit reality show the night an insurgent candidate came third in a field he himself had probably grown by at least a third. (In the words of President Bush, “he grew the pie higher” … next maybe he’ll show he really does understand how…