Category Archives: Barack Obama

Primary Hangover

Posted on March 6, 2008 by revrose

I can’t tell what was more dispiriting about the most recent primaries–watching Hillary Clinton win Texas and Ohio or watching Barack Obama lose them. Clinton did what she does best: old-style, old-school machine politics, garnished with a dollop of fear. … Continue reading →

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Why Hillary and I Are Done

Posted on February 27, 2008 by revrose

Having never in my entire life voted for a Republican (an honor I was able to maintain through the last NYC mayoral election by voting for Mike Bloomberg on the Independent line!) I figured that I was destined to vote … Continue reading →

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Obama Goes Global

Posted on February 20, 2008 by revrose

It was five a.m. in Amsterdam, and I was groggy from the eight+ hour flight from Nairobi. Feeling disconnected and alien and sleepy, I dragged into Schiphol, looking for the showers at the Mercure Hotel, when I remembered: it might … Continue reading →

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