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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Remember That the Mighty Oak Was Once a Nut Like You

John McCain just said that ACORN may be about to destroy the fabric of democracy. I interviewed an ACORN worker for a bookstore job once. Nice lady, but experience convinces me that ACORN couldn’t destroy the fabric of drapes.
The part of the interview that stays with me, just for grins: This was the early 1990s. [...]

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

The "Ruh Roh" Caucus

Michael Gerson recapitulates one of the excuses for the meltdown of the McCain campaign floating around conservative circles:
The diverging political fortunes of Barack Obama and McCain can be traced to a single moment. In the middle of September, the net favorable rating for each candidate was about the same. By Oct. 7, Obama was ahead [...]