Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: President Obama can’t show too much anger or passion in public because it could make him look like an angry black man and scare away skittish white folks. After last night’s vice presidential debate, some people said that Obama could never behave the way Joe Biden did Read More
Because of technical difficulties and an unusually busy work day, this almost became Your Tuesday Random-Ass Roundup. Sorry I’m late again. Your PostBourgie-approved weekend reading material: First things first, Stacia, one of our co-bloggers, is writing a novel and posting a chapter a day at her personal blog. What is this space for, if not Read More
Seven people used it to describe First Lady Michelle Obama in Pew’s Obama at 100 Days poll. From the poll: Many of the words people use to describe Michelle Obama are similar to peoples’ early impressions of Laura Bush. In fact, three words, Classy, Nice, and Intelligent are among the top four one-word descriptions for Read More
Seven people used it to describe First Lady Michelle Obama in Pew’s Obama at 100 Days poll. From the poll: Many of the words people use to describe Michelle Obama are similar to peoples’ early impressions of Laura Bush. In fact, three words, Classy, Nice, and Intelligent are among the top four one-word descriptions for Read More
[Via Ezra.]
[via Jay]
(by Jamelle, crossposted at US of J) So, like I promised earlier, here are my thoughts on the Biden pick: Obama seems to be embracing Bush’s take on the vice presidency: a vice president’s ability to make decisions and govern effectively is more important than the political benefits a vice president may or may not Read More
Publius is geeked. Nick Beaudrot at Cogitamus gets his bottom-line on. Ann over at Feministing seems pretty ambivalent, and points to Biden’s middling record on women’s issues as head of the Judiciary Committee. Ezra Klein says the pick means Team Obama is spoiling for a fight, and Ta-Nehisi thinks that none of the G.O.P’s choices Read More
