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Contributed by Brian Krenz on 3/23/08
Barack Obama sees the big picture… and then he explains it to everyone—even when that picture is consumed by difficult issues like race. That’s exactly what the Illinois senator did last week, when he gave one of the most eloquent speeches on race ever.

Contributed by Brian Krenz on 03/04/08
Maybe it’s just me. But I have repeatedly surprised myself with how much easier everything seems when I just ask for help. While this notion is still relatively new to me, it is not new to Barack Obama.

Contributed by Brian Krenz on 2/19/08
There are a million reasons to believe that Sen. Barack Obama’s recent burst of momentum following an eight-state sweep will fade. Pollsters and pundits, writers and prognosticators have chanted the “m” word many times in the past. After Obama won Iowa, the media immediately began talking about his […]

Contributed by Brian Krenz on 01/10/07
What this week’s Democratic New Hampshire primary taught us, above all else, is that no one—not supporters, not opponents, not pundits, not writers—can (nor should) crown the next president so early in what is sure to be the hardest fought election in decades. But it also taught us something else. […]

Contributed by Brian Krenz on 12/4/07
With the indisputable failures of the Bush presidency looming like dark, tornado spawning clouds over the GOP’s collective head, it is astonishing that the current crop of Republican presidential contenders is so permeated with W. clones…

Contributed by Brian Krenz on 10/26/07
This country is being run by a man with absolutely no morals. Over the past seven years, George Bush has presided over some of the gravest blunders the United States has ever made. From exceedingly dubious warrant-less wiretapping to an atrocious war with no obvious end in site, […]

Imus’ comments on the Rutgers women’s bball team has put hip hop lyrics on trial. While both sides point fingers, neither side seems to be learning from the comments themselves.