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“This country has been well-served by having two broad traditions within which people can operate. If you have a philosophy, it means you’re generally inclined one way or the other but you’re open to evidence. If you have an ideology, it means everything is determined by dogma and you’re impervious to evidence.

“(CNN) — Top Republican lawmakers Sunday called on President Obama to change his political strategy, arguing that the passage of a massive stimulus bill on a party-line vote showed he has failed to deliver the “change” he promised.” “Yeah man, that guy sucks! He promised that the GOP and Dems would all work together but [...]

A good article by John Cole at Balloon Juice: Reading about the celebrations in Kenya over the election of Obama, I came across this reminder: Mr Obama’s victory is being celebrated across the continent. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it showed “that for people of colour, the sky is the limit”. The BBC’s world [...]

Actually, she put aside all the ideological bullshit and spoke as an American: Embedded video from CNN Video I wonder if she’ll get bashed like Powell did?

One of my contentions has been that a McCain loss would be blamed on Palin – not by McCain himself (he handled the loss with aplomb and 2000 style class last night) but by his advisers. I’ll document these as they occur. They plucked this woman from obscurity, frothed her up in front of the [...]