I've believed for a long time, and continue to believe, that Barack Obama would be a stronger general election candidate than Hillary Clinton. But I have to admit that his problems with the white working class are a more severe liability than I originally thought. Can Obama's heavy campaigning make a difference⢠Pennsylvania is a good test case -- Obama has campaigned heavily there and bombarded the state with ads -- but so far the results are meager .... Obama has risen among white voters, but almost all the rise has occured among the college-educated.
Jonathan ChaitFrom The Plank
Obama is going to be the nominee, barring some major development. His charisma, youth and energy is going to be hard to run against, especially with a public tired of eight years of a Republican president, tired of a war with no end in sight, and worried about their ability to make ends meet. McCain's only real advantage will also be his greatest liability: His decades of experience/he's older than the hills.
James JoynerFrom Outside the Beltway
No one has covered the Iraq war more closely than Michael Yon, especially over the last two years. On his own dime, he has embedded with troops in Iraq and reported the realities from the front line. ... Rather than debate how to drop troop levels in Iraq, Yon argues that we should be figuring out how to get more American troops into Iraq. We have an opportunity, Yon says, to win and win big in Iraq.... The counterinsurgency has turned into a success because of the boots on the ground.
Ed MorrisseyFrom Hot Air
The entire history of the third world oil industry can be written as follows:
1. U.S. companies invest huge amounts of capital and know-how to build oil industry.
2. Once things are producing, local government steals it all.
3. Oil fields go into extended decline due to short-term focused and incompetent government management.
4. U.S. companies invited back in to invest huge amounts of know-how and capital.
5. Repeat
From Coyote Blog
