TALK / TALK
A fun, feisty, and philosophical dialogue among two leading independents as they reviewed the week's top political news.
ARCHIVES: 2006 ‐ 2010
For years, Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit ‐‐ two leading activists and intellectuals within the independent political movement ‐‐ watched the political talk shows and discussed them over coffee. In early 2005, they began transcribing these conversations and distributing them to their friends and followers. Over the years, their "talk about the talk" developed into a popular weekly missive distributed via e‐mail to tens of thousands of readers worldwide. Making ﴾Non﴿ Sense of an Irrational World is a compilation of some of their most popular and thought provoking discussions from the last five years.
Slick About Oil.
(July 6, 2008) We saw Senator Joe Lieberman today on John McCain's behalf trying to minimize the differences between his candidate and Obama.
I Liked the Mashed Potatoes.
(June 29, 2008). A question that some progressives are concerned with is how to relate to Obama's candidacy. What do you think about how these progressives are talking about trying to ensure that Obama, if he wins the election, is attentive to a progressive agenda?
A Brand New Brand.
(June 22, 2008). Obama announced on Thursday that he is going to forego public financing in the general election.
New Guard Politics.
(June 8, 2008). This is the week that Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination and Hillary Clinton conceded, throwing her support, as expected, behind him. The talk shows today focused on different constituencies and sub-constituencies and how you get this one and how you get that one and so on. But there was surprisingly little discussion about the changes that the Democratic Party itself is going through.
Where’s the Latrine?…
(June 1, 2008). The big news story today was the rules committee meeting that dealt with Florida and Michigan.
The Rove View.
(May 25, 2008). Today we heard from Karl Rove. He had a number of things to say about how he sees each side of the presidential contest.
A Dirty Fight.
(May 18, 2008). Let's start with the Peggy Noonan view on the Republicans which she discussed on Stephanopoulos today. She wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal with a Bob Dylan metaphor at the top of the piece. Describing the Democratic Party coming to the end of its nominating process she says Obama will be the nominee, the Democrats will come together and go forward, and the Democratic Party is being born. What's the Republican Party doing? Well, it's busy dying.
The Almost Winners.
(May 11, 2008). Today's topics included the continuing dynamics in the Democratic primary while acknowledging that the outcome is pretty clear. Barack Obama will be the nominee but there are questions about how Hillary stage manages her end game.
The 60’s Happened.
(May 4, 2008). Barack Obama was Tim Russert's guest for the full hour on Meet the Press.