Daniel Nichanian
Daniel Nichanian
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For McCain, all-American strategy may backfire
The GOP’s conviction that it can once again win an election as the national-security party and mock opponents as weak and unpatriotic is the Democrats’ best hope to win back the White House.
For Sarkozy and Dubya, a shared playbook
Sarkozy should remember where Bush’s tactics got him; soon he could be headed for the same fate.
Cult-like chant does not translate into real change
I will naturally support Barack Obama if he becomes the Democratic nominee. But how will progressives hold him accountable when he is surrounded by such an aura of fanaticism? At least there is this video to reassure me that yes, “we can repair this world” while achieving justice, equality, opportunity and prosperity. All of this is within our reach next Election Day, if we first cast our vote for one man.
Devolving dialogues in the Democratic primary
Clinton, the candidate of experience, barely attempts to counter criticism that is not grounded in policy. Supporters of Obama, the candidate of change, believe so strongly in his inspirational power that they glide over the substantive worries many raise about the Illinois senator.
Obama’s Reagan Revolution
Two weeks from the Connecticut primary, Obama’s latest comments should make us wonder whether he, too, was put on a “fundamentally different path” by the Gipper.
No sure candidate leaves left-leaning voters in bind
The political world froze on Friday when a man entered Hillary Clinton’s office in Rochester, N.H., claiming he had a pipe bomb strapped to his chest. In round-the-clock assessments of the day’s events, pundits have been too busy discussing electoral repercussions to emphasize how messed up the country’s social situation must be for a man to pretend he is a suicide-bomber in the hopes of getting better health care.
Irrational GOP fire makes Clinton look like far left
If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee and some progressives have qualms about supporting her, they should listen to the GOP’s rhetoric.
France’s president furthers anti-immigrant agenda
Having spent much of the past five years following the career of the newly-elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy, I understand full well how much he has relied on the stigmatization of the Arab community.
Clinton, Obama hawk over Kyl-Lieberman
Just as it slowly built up its case for the Iraq War, the Bush Administration is drumming the war beat again – this time against Iran. But in the five years since his courageous opposition to the Iraq resolution, Barack Obama has learned the subtle art of triangulation.
In Craig case, stigma clouds judgment
Public bathroom users, beware: Taking a bag with you in the stall has become an unmistakable sign that you are preparing to engage in homosexual activities of the most depraved kind.