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Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004
notes from the undergrind
i should check in with abcs The Note more often. today they have a couple of memos written a few months back by outgoing kerry campaign staff to their replacements.
8. Keep up the fight for full engagement. Jordan wasn't wrong about taking on Dean. The more you throw at him the more something might stick. The research folks camped out in Burlington for weeks, and they have hits that are even better than that NRA questionnaire. Howard Dean has never had an unexpressed thought. This should work against him but it seems to be overshadowed by the fact that our campaign has never had an original thought.
swing, batter
despite what one would assume to be their mutual appreciation for a good piece of wood, i did not expect to be linking the words "baseball" and "g@y p0rn" in the same sentence when i woke up this morning.
Monday, Jan 26, 2004
poll to poll
"Survey USA joins Zogby with a poll showing Howard Dean gaining on Sen. John Kerry in New Hampshire. Kerry leads with 33 percent to Dean's 28 percent. Sen. John Edwards and Wesley Clark are battling for third place, 14 percent to 12 percent, respectively."
imperial yo-yo
"[T]he justices have voted to take up five cases that test the president's power to act alone and without interference from Congress or the courts," Savage explains. The description of these cases, as Savage has ably summarized them, is startling: "They involve imprisoning foreign fighters at overseas bases, holding American citizens without charges in military brigs, preserving the secrecy of White House meetings, enforcing free-trade treaties despite environmental concerns, and abducting foreigners charged with U.S. crimes."
"What the Supreme Court has placed on its agenda, in short, is the Imperial Presidency -- that is, the Presidency in which the Executive largely acts alone, pushing the Constitution to the limits and beyond. And how the Justices deal with this overwhelmingly important topic could affect the reelection prospects of the Bush presidency, for, as David Savage notes, at least four of the five rulings are anticipated to be handed down during the summer of 2004 -- right in the middle of the presidential campaign."
via pacific views
dove itch
interesting thread about a proposed saudi plan for peace between israel and the palestinians.
empire statement
josh marshall...the new yorker...perils of empire...
tri-lateral blogging
"I can't say I was surprised to find that this year's World Economic Forum included a session on blogs. If, as Ben Franklin says, (via Dick Cheney's Christmas cards) a sparrow can't fall to the ground without God noticing, then certainly a hot media trend like blogging can't go on too long without showing up on the agenda in Davos."
a bop on the head
heres a short exchange between atrios and andrew sullivan from the much touted christopher lydon radio show about the impact of blogs, etc. atrios certainly lacked sullivans polish as a talking head. despite his personal lack of transparency, at least his answers ring true, while sullivans truths tend to be opaque.
soon as i can find an archive for the whole show, ill post it.
Saturday, Jan 24, 2004
on the tellyputer
"The BBC is developing a new web application that will let you watch TV programmes at any time via the internet."
reign gear
"Twenty years ago, on January 24, 1984, Apple Computer launched the Macintosh. It contained virtually unknown features, including simple icons, and an odd little attachment called a mouse."