A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Sep 4th, 2008
I want to get involved in the Barack Obama campaign here in Colorado Springs, but it’s been difficult to figure out how, given my limited free time. Yesterday, I took a first stab at it by signing up for the Neighbor to Neighbor program on my.barackobama.com. After giving my address, I was presented with a […]
Posted in Sarah Palin on Sep 3rd, 2008
I believe that Republican nominee Sarah Palin would make a poor vice president for a number of reasons, including her lack of foreign policy experience and her far-right positions on many issues. But can we please stop suggesting that Palin shouldn’t be vice president because of her children? This line of reasoning is just straight-out […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Joe Biden, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin on Sep 2nd, 2008
I wrote previously that I was unexcited about Joe Biden. I had never questioned Biden’s qualifications, which are superb. Instead, I hoped that Barack Obama would pick someone other than “a respected white male (boring) politician.” Well, Biden is still white and male. But after hearing him speak, I can retract the boring part. He […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Aug 29th, 2008
Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last night at the Democratic National Convention had an absurd amount of hype leading into it. Not to sound trite, but it lived up to all expectations. There’s no question that Obama is a powerful speaker. But the content of his speech impressed me most. Here are the three most important […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Aug 28th, 2008
Political forecasters Allan Lichtman and Vladimir Keilis-Borok have derived a formula for predicting the winner of United States presidential elections. They have correctly predicted the winners of the popular vote in every presidential election since they devised the formula in the early 1980’s. As we are all now painfully aware, however, the winner of the […]
Posted in Barack Obama on Aug 26th, 2008
Political conventions have become more of a staged show than anything else. The speakers appear to be almost universally scripted, with practically every line in every speech vetted and approved by the powers that be. But day one of the democratic convention in Denver yesterday did manage to provide a few minutes of “planned improvisation” […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics on Aug 26th, 2008
George W. Bush is one of the most unpopular presidents ever, and John McCain is offering more of the same. Barack Obama, on the other hand, has innovate ideas and approaches, is an inspiring speaker, and is running on the opposition party’s ticket. Obama should be running away with this race, yet polls show Obama […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Aug 22nd, 2008
Barack Obama’s opponents have tried to paint him as an elitist who is out of touch with “regular Americans.” They didn’t know just how out of touch a presidential candidate could be, but it turns out they had the wrong man. John McCain is so well off that he apparently can’t remember how many houses […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Aug 21st, 2008
So Barack Obama has selected a running mate. Recent news has played up the chances of Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, and Tim Kaine. No offense to the three of them, but hope it’s someone else. Obama doesn’t need to play it safe by selecting a respected white male (boring) politician. He’s not the “safe” candidate; […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics on Jun 11th, 2008
In this campaign season so far, I’ve seen hundreds of cars sporting Barack Obama bumper stickers. I’ve seen, literally, one single car with a John McCain sticker. Granted, my sampling areas of Colorado and the San Francisco Bay Area are probably not representative of the nation as a whole. In Colorado Springs, the conservatives seem […]