Monthly Archives: August 2008

Barack Gatsby | HughHewitt.com | 08.25.08

As the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Denver, the media is full of profiles of the party’s soon-to-be nominee.  Who is Barack Obama? they ask, an odd question.  After 19 months of campaigning shouldn’t they know?  But reading the stories, it is clear that those covering him – despite the worshipful reporting — are […]
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Let the Contest Begin | HughHewitt.com | 08.18.08

By Monday next week, all eyes will be turned to Denver and the Russian roulette convention that the Clintons have now forced on Team Obama.  The GOP presidential nominating meeting starts the following Monday.  So this is the last week of the long primary and post-primary season before the traditional campaign begins.  How does the […]
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New Face for the Veepstakes | HughHewitt.com | 08.11.08

Following a Thursday Wall Street Journal editorial sizing up the field, the GOP veepstakes is now officially in full swing.  According to the Journal, no obvious candidate is to be found.  Maybe that’s because the editors weren’t looking in the right place. In the Journal’s assessment, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and Alaska governor Sarah Palin […]
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Obama’s Bad Trip | HughHewitt.com | 08.05.08

In the Reagan speechwriting shop, we had a rule about what today is called the mainstream media: The media does not just get things wrong; they get it EXACTLY wrong.  Barack Obama’s recent overseas trip is an example. Widely reported as a triumph, the tour in fact marked the worst week in the Democratic candidate’s […]
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