SuperTuesday could have been worse. We started the night well behind in delegates and finished the night slightly behind in delegates. That’s progress, but if we can’t lick this race issue it will be an increasingly tough road ahead. What bothers me as much as anything about the race issue is that it’s totally partisan. … Read More »
What’s a tear between friends?
February 4, 2008
So a bunch of us from Yale were sitting around a table in New Haven today, when my old friend Penn said, “Welcome home, dear friend. We are so proud of you.” And those damn tears showed up again. There must be a primary election tomorrow. Penn Rhodeen was here with me in the beginning … Read More »
Colored, Negro, Black, Afro-American. Whatever!
February 3, 2008
Newspaper editors love digging up dirt from the past. Even the New York Times plays both sides of the street. They endorse me one day, dig up a little dirt the next day. Yesterday’s brouhaha was a photo the Times dug up from 1960-something or other, and an article where I was quoted using the … Read More »
Hair, heels, and hose
February 2, 2008
How do I keep myself looking so good during a grueling 16-hour-a-day presidential campaign? That’s the most asked question I get from women. Do they want to know about health care, or child care, or the economy, or the war in Iraq? Nope. No one ever asks about such things unless they’re the butch half … Read More »
Cleaning up after Texans
February 1, 2008
Political debates are all about two things– preparation and implementation. We rehearse every possible scenario, every question, again and again. After preparation comes the debate and actual answers. So, it’s usually just a matter of being able to remember the processed answer for any question. Toss in a little drama here and there, some smiles, … Read More »