A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Mar 3rd, 2008
“I don’t belong to any organized party. I’m a Democrat,”
- Will Rogers
After attending the El Paso County Democratic Convention the weekend before last, I was feeling a bit like Will Rogers. After arriving promptly at 8 AM I stood in line outside waiting to register for two hours. And this wasn’t Southern California temperature – […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Feb 21st, 2008
Barack Obama is not a Muslim. Nope; if you believe what you can read on the National Review Online, it turns out he’s actually a Jewish Communist. These rumors are really becoming comical. All I can say is that Republicans must be feeling pretty desperate.
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Feb 7th, 2008
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my theory that Hillary Clinton performs worse in caucuses, which require a public display of support, than in primaries, in which voting is private. The recent results from Super Tuesday corroborate this theory far more strikingly than I would have predicted. Of the 22 states in play for […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Feb 1st, 2008
We have two great candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for president: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I will happily support either of them against any of the Republican contenders, and I think they both would make superb presidents. Additionally, each of them would bring historic diversity to the oval office as the first female […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Jan 30th, 2008
Leonard Pitts, of the Miami Herald, published a great opinion piece yesterday about the bigoted attacks on Barack Obama. You can read the column, Obama foes make appeal to ignorance, fear on the Miami Herald web site. Note that the column title in the Colorado Springs Gazette was, “What if America had a Muslim President?”
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Jan 24th, 2008
I was shocked to learn that an acquaintance of mine recently overheard someone in her church insisting that Barack Obama is a Muslim. The rumor has been debunked repeatedly, yet somehow this canard lives on.
This unfounded rumor irritates me for two reasons. First, and most straightforwardly, it’s simply untrue. Barack Obama is not a Muslim; […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jan 9th, 2008
I’m pleased that Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary, but not because I necessarily want her to be the Democratic nominee for president. I haven’t yet decided for whom I’m going to vote, or even yet figured out what one does at a caucus. Nonetheless, I’m pleased because Barack Obama won in Iowa, so […]