Before I start this entry, I would like to apologize, for being inactive for so long. I know this entry has been a day late, but with my schedule, as well as finals this week, my stress level is at an all-time high and thus has prevented me from writing on the blog. With my birthday on Sunday, I wanted...
Timothy McNulty | November 25, 2008 Driving the day today is another Obama news conference on the economy, for the second day in a row -- this one at noon today on federal belt-tightening measures. From the AP : WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama wants to project fiscal restraint even as...
I do not know what to make of President-elect Barack Obama's consideration of Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. I don't doubt she has the qualifications to be a good secretary of state - but she is not alone in being so qualified. I do have doubts whether she is a team player - despite...
Timothy McNulty | November 17, 2008 Here's a brief write-up of their noon meeting via Politic o : Obama said that he and McCain were "just gonna have a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country. And also to offer thanks to Sen. McCain for the outstanding...
Timothy McNulty | November 6, 2008 South Park riffed on the campaign last night. Gawker said : As we suspected, the most cutting jokes in last night's episode focused on the crazed supporters of the candidate, while the politicians were parodied in a heist to steal the Hope Diamond from the Smithsonian...
Timothy McNulty | November 5, 2008 The Journal has a juicy story filled with behind the scenes stuff from both campaigns. It starts with a reminder that the election turned on the different approaches to handling the economic crisis -- remember how odd McCain's call to call off the campaign was?...
As we prepare to settle in for a night of election returns-watching on TV, it's worth considering two things about this election and TV that came up in a conversation with my old friend Kristin. She lives in Virginia, the state where I was born, and related two observations about this election cycle...
The biggest, baddest reality show of the year has its season finale tonight. "Campaign '08" will conclude sometime during prime time as cable and broadcast networks vie to be the first to declarea U.S. Sen. John McCain or U.S. Sen. Barack Obama the winner who will inherit four years of...
Timothy McNulty | November 3, 2008 McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton are in the Pittsburgh suburbs today (Bill Clinton is in Erie and Johnstown) and Biden makes his last campaign appearance tonight in Philly, alongside some Phillies. Here's the latest talk on the Keystone state's place: WashPost...
Timothy McNulty | November 3, 2008 To see the two sides of John McCain, all you had to do was flip on the TV this weekend. There was the joke-cracking maverick on SNL ("I'm a true maverick -- a Republican without money"), and the one raising questions about his young opponent's ability...