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...remembered seeing his buddy's mom watching the evening news and taking notes. This was before the klieg lights of the national campaign, before the halting interviews and the frenzied rallies. The image of Palin sitting in her home on Lake Lucille in Wasilla, scribbling notes to get smart on the news of the day, should be a warning to those who would discount Palin's future. She may have a lot to learn about the world, but she'll learn what she has to if that's what it takes...
...Crichton for a decade, said he heard the news on the radio yesterday morning and that he had been unaware of Crichton’s illness.Esherick, who is now a professor of Chinese studies at the University of California, San Diego, said Crichton was an “incredibly smart guy” who did not have the patience for “scholarly type of smarts.” Instead, he pursued cosmopolitan interests, including movies, arts, and popular culture. Esherick and Crichton would always have dinner together in Lowell House before Crichton would run off to The Crimson...
...McCain campaign attempted to exploit every racial, ethnic, and class tension still extant in America, the politics of Karl Rove that succeeded in delivering the Republicans two consecutive presidential elections couldn’t be counted on for a third. Many may have believed that Barack Obama was too smart, too black, or even too “Muslim” to be accepted by voters from New Hampshire to Nevada, but the American voters have proven them wrong. As Barack Obama frequently says, his is a uniquely American story. That this self-described “skinny kid with...
...clear-eyed realist in the room; he was a child of change - changed countries and cultures and careers, even his very name: Barry became Barack. You can't stop change from coming, he argued; you can only usher it in and work out the terms. If you're smart and a little lucky, you can make it your friend...
When historians look back at the 2008 presidential landslide, they won't focus on the fact that Barack Obama - soon to be our 44th President and our first African-American Commander in Chief - ran a smart and steady campaign. They won't focus on William Ayers or Joe the Plumber or socialism or racism. They won't debate whether John McCain blew it by targeting Pennsylvania or by avoiding the press or by ignoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright or by picking Sarah Palin as a running mate. They won't remember the robo-calls or "cling" or the Paris Hilton...