Obama Beats Clinton: Biggest Upset Ever?
Chris Cillizza compares Barack Obama's apparent victory over Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination to various "upsets" in sports and pop culture history and wonders if this is the biggest upset in American political history. He cites Harry Truman's win over Thomas Dewey in 1948, Jimmy Carter's come-from-nowhere win in 1976, and then-upstart Bill Clinton's capturing of the Democratic ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 3, 2008 11:12
Who Destroyed the Republican Party?
Billy Hollis joins Rush Limbaugh, Peggy Noonan, and other conservative commenters in trying to figure out who is responsible for destroying the Republican Party and which of the potential nominees would destroy it even more. He thinks that nominating Mike Huckabee would likely lead to "a loss of Goldwater-McGovern proportions." I'm inclined to agree, especially if Barack ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 25, 2008 12:31
Andrew Olmsted Killed in Iraq
Major Andrew Olmsted, a longtime blogger and Army Reservist, was killed in action yesterday when his unit was ambushed. His Obsidian Wings colleague Hilzoy had the sad honor of posting his final blog missive. Her lead-in: Andrew Olmsted, who also posted here as G'Kar, was killed yesterday in Iraq. Andy gave me a post to publish in the event of his ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 4, 2008 18:17
Huckabee: Gay Behavior a Choice
Mike Huckabee is coming under quite a bit of fire for some remarks he made on yesterday's "Meet the Press" about homosexuality: MR. RUSSERT: But this is what concerns people. This, this is what you did say about homosexuality: "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle." That's millions of Americans. GOV. HUCKABEE: Tim, understand, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 31, 2007 09:46
Best of OTB - May 27, 2003
RUMMY’S PLAN FOR IRAQ praises an op-ed by the former SECDEF outlining the way ahead in Iraq. Obviously, the plan didn't work. Interestingly, though, reading it reminds me that, contrary to current wisdom, Rumsfeld not only didn't promise fast results but he fully understood the basic principles of counter-insurgency. The principles outlined here come right out of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 27, 2007 19:00
Best of OTB - May 23, 2003
As part of a continuing series, I'll be publishing excerpts and re-posts of material buried deep in the OTB archives. Some will be profound and some silly; some will demonstrate keen insights and others painful errors. Shockingly, we are now back to ORANGE. Question: Am I going to change how I conduct my life one scintilla of an iota? ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 23, 2007 19:00
Best of OTB - May 22, 2003
Two posts stand out from my stroll down memory lane of four years ago (a rather light posting day): "MUSICAL HANGING CHADS?" examines a scandal in the voting in the "American Idol" final, in which Ruben Studdard beat Clay Aiken by a slim margin. In "HANDICAPPING 2004," I rebut the extant conventional wisdom that President Bush was a "shoe-in" for re-election because ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 22, 2007 19:00
Best of OTB - May 21, 2003
As part of a continuing series, I'll be highlighting material buried deep in the OTB archives that I still find interesting. From four years ago, today: "RENO" joined in on the debate, "Was Janet Reno the worst AG we have ever had, or what?” Not much substance to it but it somehow strikes me as amusing these days. "PROBLEM? ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 21, 2007 19:00
Best of OTB - May 20, 2003
As part of a continuing series, I'll be highlighting material buried deep in the OTB archives that I still find interesting. From four years ago, today: "LEVEL ORANGE" is a fisking of the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System which has, to this day, varied only between Yellow and Orange. In "INTELLIGENT DESIGN," I mediated a debate on the evidence for ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 20, 2007 19:00
Best of OTB - May 19, 2003
As part of a continuing series, I'll be publishing excerpts and re-posts of material buried deep in the OTB archives. Some will be profound and some silly; some will demonstrate keen insights and others painful errors. While I would have personally been in favor of the war simply to eliminate the threat of Saddam’s acquiring WMD and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 19, 2007 19:00
