New Orleans Reading the playbook, we are currently seeing the rightwing equivalent of a “Hail Mary” pass in their desperate attempt to somehow smear CASA de Maryland, one the largest and most effective state-based immigrant rights advocates in the country. Although it is no doubt an expensive distraction for CASA, it important to see that …
Category: National Politics
The Money Contradictions of Roemer and Americans Elect
New Orleans Buddy Roemer was a confusing and contradictory Louisiana politician as a one-term governor of the state several decades ago as he jumped from party to party and issue to issue. He just didn’t seem comfortable or made for the job, but in the strange way of public life, he has spent the last year …
The Cynicism of “Class War” in Presidential Campaign
New Orleans Nate Silver takes a hard look at the prospects of the Obama campaign this November in the Times magazine section and concludes its good strategy to ramp up the populism. By his numbers if Obama pushes the pop-buttons hard, the Midwest might fall in line, and then the race is won. First, none of …