On the Wrong Side of History: Obama's Retread Foreign-Policy Team
By Joel Himelfarb
It is difficult to look at the people advising Barack Obama on foreign policy and not be worried. Obama, who has served less than four years in the Senate, has been getting advice from an informal group of close to 300 people, a large number of whom are former Clinton Administration and Carter Administration officials and advisors to former Democratic senators like Edward Kennedy and Tom Daschle. In the wake of Obama's victory over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democrat primaries, some of Mrs. Clinton's top foreign policy advisers like former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Warren Christopher have joined Obama's team. [more...]
The Media Mandarins Just Don't Get Sarah Palin
By KT McFarland
Party Conventions are rarely occasions for spontaneity, but the GOP’s choice of Gov. Palin electrified not only the Republican Party, but many undecided voters. But the Palin phenomenon has the Media Mandarins scratching their heads. They can’t figure out why an awful lot of Americans who live in the fly-over states, as they call the states between the East and West Coasts, actually like Gov. Palin. The inside-the-beltway-gang certainly doesn't. They dismiss her as a lightweight and a hick. [more...]
McCain Sending Palin to UN?
By Cliff Kincaid
John McCain may send Sarah Palin to the United Nations next week in order to "boost" her foreign policy credentials, according to media reports. The McCain campaign seems to think that having Palin rubbing elbows with the global elite and international bureaucrats will make her look good. But that's like visiting Lehman Brothers to accentuate her economic expertise. She should tell the McCain campaign, "Thanks, but no thanks." [more...]
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