By Art Smith. Posted Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:33 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Presidential Election Issues Analysis, Barack Obama, Economy, Featured, International Affairs, Iraq, John McCain, Leadership, National Defense, Pakistan, US Congress, US Treasury, War on Terror
This is Part 2 of the analysis of Friday night’s Presidential Debate. Part 1 was posted on Saturday.
Iran
Lehrer asked for a “reading” of Iran by the candidates. Are they a threat? Both candidates made it very clear that nuclear weapons in the hands of Iran was not acceptable.
McCain did a good job of highlighting both [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Sep 27, 2008 at 8:15 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Presidential Election Issues Analysis, Barack Obama, Economy, Featured, International Affairs, Iraq, John McCain, Leadership, National Defense, Pakistan, US Congress, US Treasury, War on Terror
Here’s Part 1 of my assessment of Friday night’s Presidential Debate. Part 2 will come on Sunday.
All I can say is, I was wrong. Jim Lehrer does want to be the next Tim Russert.
I will say, I did not sense any partisanship on Lehrer’s part, but he sure dug into follow up questions, including a [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Jan 2, 2008 at 7:50 am Filed Under: Current Events, Pakistan, international politics
From the WSJ:
Pakistani authorities announced that elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of unrest following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The vote had been scheduled for Jan. 8. Opposition parties alleged that authorities are postponing the polls to help the ruling party, which is allied to President Pervez Musharraf. [...]