{"id":5013,"date":"2008-02-28T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2008-02-28T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T06:18:00","slug":"presidential-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/presidential-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Maureen Dowd sums up<\/a> the battle for the democratic nomination:<\/p>\n The fact that Obama is exceptionally easy in his skin has made Hillary almost jump out of hers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Indeed, Clinton seemed positively on edge in the latest Democratic debate in Ohio<\/a>, as if she was on the verge of launching into a Howard Dean scream at any moment. Obama was calm, dignified, concise—almost as if he was above this fray, but wanted to engage rather than condescend.<\/p>\n As you can tell, I really like Obama’s persona—but his policies, particularly on free trade, are regressive and counter-productive (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>). Hopefully, he’s just pandering to the base until he gets the Democratic nomination. But if so, will he become a prisoner of his own rhetoric?<\/p>\n PS<\/b>: Clinton cites foreign policy as one of her strong areas, so it was a bit of a surprise that she struggled to name Vladimir Putin’s successor in the debate. And to think we made fun of Bush Jr’s ignorance before the 2000 elections. Ah, the unraveling. <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> for more posts on politics.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maureen Dowd sums up<\/a> the battle for the democratic nomination:<\/p>\n The fact that Obama is exceptionally easy in his skin has made Hillary almost jump out of hers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Indeed, Clinton seemed positively on edge in the latest Democratic debate in Ohio<\/a>, as if she was on the verge of launching into a Howard Dean scream at any moment. Obama was calm, dignified, concise—almost as if he was above this fray, but wanted to engage rather than condescend.<\/p>\n As you can tell, I really like Obama’s persona—but his policies, particularly on free trade, are regressive and counter-productive (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>). Hopefully, he’s just pandering to the base until he gets the Democratic nomination. But if so, will he become a prisoner of his own rhetoric?<\/p>\n PS<\/b>: Clinton cites foreign policy as one of her strong areas, so it was a bit of a surprise that she struggled to name Vladimir Putin’s successor in the debate. And to think we made fun of Bush Jr’s ignorance before the 2000 elections. Ah, the unraveling. <\/p>\n\n
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