Author - Bob Cesca

DNC 2008

Mrs. Obama

One of Sullivan's readers: I am a 36 year old African American woman. I have two girls ages 10 and 8. The country does not get the full import of this moment. My daughters and I sat together along...

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DNC 2008

Concern Trolls

They're all over cable news this morning asking why-oh-why the Democrats didn't attack Senator McCain last night. And naturally, if the Democrats had attacked McCain all night, they'd be asking, "Why...

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The Media

Stop It, You Bastards!

Post script on the liveblogging tonight... The next political analyst who appears on cable news and speaks the phrases "has to happen" or "needs to happen tonight" or "what the Democrats need to do"...

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Iraq

Whoops!

This is trouble for Senator McSurge: Petraeus is careful not to credit all the progress to the surge of U.S. troops in 2007. The sea change came last year from a series of movements now known as the...

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DNC 2008

Morning Buchanan

Prediction about the coverage... This week -- the Democratic Convention -- will focus on all the things Senator Obama is doing wrong. Next week -- the Republican Convention -- will focus on all the...

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John McCain

POW Tourettes

"I am grateful for the fact that I have a wonderful life," McCain said. "I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of...

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