Joan Walsh

Posts in June 2008

June 1
Big weekend news
Democrats find their Florida-Michigan compromise, but Barack Obama is looking for a new church.
June 7
Clinton endorses Obama
"I'm going to work my heart out to make sure Senator Obama is the next president."
June 11
Going down with the Titanic?
Chris Matthews frames the decision between Obama and McCain as whether to stay in the big doomed ship or jump into a lifeboat.
June 12
Oh no they didn't
Counting the ways in which Fox News calling Barack Obama's wife his "baby mama" is so, so, so wrong.
June 14
Obama's first week, one-on-one with McCain
He wins on Social Security and taxes, stumbles on Jim Johnson and shows he'll fight back on smears and rumors.
June 15
Tin-eared at MSNBC
Comparing angry Clinton supporters to women who stay with a "jerk" who's "difficult and brutal" was not the best way to defend Keith Olbermann.
June 16
Obama on Father's Day
A tough, moving speech about absent fathers, including his own.
June 19
Pipe down, Cindy McCain
Nobody wants to see a future first lady catfight. Do they?
June 21
McCain's offshore oil-drilling flip-flop
Is the GOP nominee going out of his way to draw closer to President Bush? Plus: Obama's FISA compromise.
June 23
George Carlin dies at 71
Read Heather Havrilesky's last great interview with Carlin, in which he talks about cocaine, being a fallen idealist and the "exciting" Obama story, even though he didn't plan to vote.
June 24
Two things you don't want to miss
Check out Tom Schaller's round table on 2008 swing states and Larry King's tribute to George Carlin.
June 25
Is Ralph Nader losing it?
His remarks about Obama's "talking white" were appalling. But he's right that progressives need to keep the pressure on the Democratic nominee.
June 27
Leave Bill Clinton alone!
Why is everybody trying to rain on the Clinton-Obama unity parade by asking about the ex-president? By making himself scarce, he's doing exactly the right thing.
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