Back in 2006, George Clooney embraced the word “liberal” during an interview with Larry King (transcript here). Pew’s analysis of recent polling data reminded me of Clooney’s remarks. Here’s Clooney:
I don’t make any apologies about that. I’m a liberal, you know. I believe in it . . . I’m confused when that became a bad [...]
Entries from February 26th, 2010
Democrats Should Heed Young Liberals
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
Man Accused of Killing Brad Will Freed
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Oaxaca
This is interesting to me because I spent 2007-2008 in Oaxaca writing about politics and culture and the general state of things–as far as I could tell–following the conflicts of 2006 that eventually claimed Brad Will. You can find some of that writing at my old blog, Plavwriter.
Amnesty International posts that Juan Manuel Martinez, the [...]
John Andrews Whips Conservative Fury over TABOR & Fenster
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Politics, Uncategorized
I’m a little concerned that John Andrews isn’t employing mere rhetoric when he says “Mobilize the militia. Fire up the Humvee. Get the musket down off the mantelpiece. Boulder is preparing to invade Colorado.”
Of course, Boulder is not preparing to invade Colorado. Andrews might admit to hyperbole there. As for the rest, I’m not so [...]
Tags: Herbert Fenster·John Andrews·Mount Vernon Statement·TABOR·Tea Party
Yglesias on Chuck Todd, Media, and Governance
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Politics and media
Matt Yglesias points out in a post today that all political reporting can’t always reflect the fervor of Election Day. To make his point, he grabs a quote from NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd, as featured in a commercial seen during the Olympics: “I love politics; I wish every day was Election Day.”
Yglesias shows [...]
For a Moment, FOX News Comes Across as Fair and Balanced
February 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Media
FOX News calls itself “Fair and Balanced,” and every now and again the media outlet overtly lives up to its slogan. In the Google News screenshot at right, see the link headline in purple: “Republicans Can Show Off Ideas at White House Summit, but Will They?”
I was so surprised that the language squarely puts the [...]
Brian Bonsall, We Thought We Knew You
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado Celebrities
From HuffPo, former child actor arrested in Boulder. The side-by-side head shots make it worth the trip. Here’s how I choose to remember him, though:
Tags: Brian Bonsall
McInnis Looking at Tough Retooling
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Elections
More support came out today to suggest that Colorado gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’s apparent popularity just a few months ago was really a statement about Governor Bill Ritter’s unpopularity. Via Colorado Pols, Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post has dropped Colorado from the list of governorships likely to change parties this year. The Pols post [...]
Tags: 2010 Colorado Governor's Race·John Hickenlooper·Scott McInnis
Did Bruce Benson Call CO Schools Third World Junk?
February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Education
Is anyone else reading CU president Bruce Benson the same way I am this morning? Essentially, I hear Benson arguing that unless state legislators approve unilateral tuition hikes by public colleges and universities, then Colorado schools will not be first-class institutions of higher education.
Actually, it’s worse than that. Here’s Benson on the topic of tuition [...]
Tags: Bruce Benson·Tuition Limits
Cool It, Hick
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Colorado Governor's Race
Memo to Mayor Hickenlooper: Please don’t pander for votes, okay?
Mike Littwin called it pretty well yesterday when he pointed out that campaign season must be underway, because the mayor tried to pull a snow job on a conference call with the National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition.
And when asked whether the blizzard had changed his [...]
Hickenlooper Polling Ahead of McInnis
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Colorado Governor's Race
Via Politics Daily (and Facebook), Rasmussen has John Hickenlooper polling ahead of Scott McInnis for the first time as of February 4.
To be sure, information about the telephone poll is limited. In addition to knowing that 500 likely voters were called, I’d like to know where those voters live (roughly). Specifically, I’d like a sense [...]
Tags: Colorado Governor·John Hickenlooper·poll·Rasmussen·Scott McInnis
