Pete Spiliakos

Just a few more observations on Greek politics so please bear with me, 1.  France’s Socialist Finance Minister has warned Greece that if Greece’s government goes back on its agreements to its European lenders, then Greece is looking at expulsion from the Eurozone.  This is a . . . . Continue Reading »

Obama’s June got off to a bad start with the low job creation numbers and the increase in the unemployment rate.   It could get even worse if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare (either in part or in whole) and turns his unpopular signature achievement into an unpopular and . . . . Continue Reading »

Real Clear Politics has run a pretty good article on the pros and cons of Romney picking Bob McDonnell for Vice President.  The article quotes  Quentin Kidd as saying that McDonnell’s social issues record could hurt Romney among some women and “If . . . . Continue Reading »

Daniel Allott reminds us of when the Kennedy clan used Romney’s faith against him in Romney’s 1994 challenge against Ted Kennedy.  I sort of remember it.  Part of the story involves local context.  John F. Kennedy’s Houston speech was a local legend as an advance . . . . Continue Reading »

Some thoughts, 1.  No, I don’t want him fired or anything like that.  I think he was earnestly thinking out loud, and from his apology, I think that he could tell that his line of thinking was (even apart from the public reaction) taking him places he didn’t want to go. . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t entirely agree with Walter Russell Mead that Romney needs to focus on becoming more likeable by doing a great job of explaining his faith.  It isn’t that I’m against Romney explaining how he was shaped by his personal faith and his institutional church.  I . . . . Continue Reading »

This thoughtful Yuval Levin article doesn’t exactly contradict what Walter Russell Mead wrote about Romney earlier in the week, but it does suggest a different emphasis for Romney’s campaign.  Romney’s main challenge isn’t to get people to like and understand him better . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  Howard Kurtz points out some of Walter Cronkite’s partisan and personal transgressions.  The most trusted man in America slanted his news coverage to favor Democrats over Republicans and to take sides in intra-Democratic rivalries.  Kurtz argues that these would be a big . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m less sure than Carl that the revelation of seemingly false claims of Native American heritage by both Warren and her employer and Warren’s plagiarizing of “traditional” Cherokee recipes from the New York Times are fatal to her candidacy.  The Warren phony Native . . . . Continue Reading »

Kate’s wonderful maiden post was broad and deep and offered no easy answers.  So I’ll take a shallow and narrowly political look at one aspect of her post.  Kate writes of the New York Times, “the main worry of people quoted in the article. Older America will not accept . . . . Continue Reading »