Archive for January 7th, 2008

Coolness and candor in New Hampshire

KEENE, N.H.— “Change” has trumped all of the other 2008 campaign buzz-words— words like “experience” “trust” “reliability.” It has come to dominate the rhetoric on the campaign trail and conversations across party lines. It was “change” that catapulted Obama to victory in Iowa, pushed Edwards into a second-place finish and edged its way into Hillary’s [...]

Undercurrent

flagthmb.jpg“Griz is the heavily medicated ex-Marine sniper on the other end of the line.” Chpt One of a great American nonfiction e-novelette by Jim Gabour.

The “change” candidates

In New Hampshire, the days before primary voters head to the polls, all the candidates are looking to ride the wave of Iowa-generated Obama Momentum by talking about change, a mostly laughable word in the mouths of U.S. politicians on any day and ironically hilarious in the case of Mitt Romney, a sudden “change” candidate [...]

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