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4:00PM
DEC 20 2007
The delusional style in American punditry
From Newsweek, a cover story on John Edwards: Even if he loses in Iowa's bigger cities, Edwards can still win by wrapping up smaller, far-flung precincts. The candidate is running an impassioned, anti-corporate campaign, but will John Edwards' pugilistic populism turn off Iowa voters? Hillary Clinton's firewall: Will Barack Obama's anemic standing among Latinos be his undoing? From TNR, Sean Wilentz on the delusional style in American punditry: Forget experience — Opinion-slingers are mooning over Barack Obama's instincts; don't they remember how badly that worked out last time? Hillary Clinton's new website, "The Hillary I Know," says a lot more about her than she intended. Hillary Clinton v the media: It's not just her personality — the reason why the press doesn't like her goes much deeper than that. Glenn Greenwald on media hostility toward anti-establishment candidates. From The Progressive, is Bill Richardson radioactive? Laura Paskus investigates. The King of Spin: How Dennis Kucinich remade himself from race-baiting bomb-thrower to liberal sweetheart. Why’s Biden still on the trail? Because, dammit, he loves it.
