<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:49:55 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Campaign Post-Mortem: Hillary, Sexism, and Media Bias]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969994840</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969994840</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:09:31 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[1) Hillary. Call me hard-hearted, call me mean, call me the last Hillary-basher, but ve... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969994840'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Did the Super Delegates Abandon Hillary?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969993601</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969993601</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:23:39 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the primary season reaches its end, it is interesting to ponder why Hillary Clinton couldn't attract more super delegates to her campaign. At the time of Super Tuesday, February 5, Clinton led O... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969993601'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush, Obama, and Appeasement]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969990654</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969990654</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 05:23:24 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite all the ink that has been spilled over George W. Bush's remarks in Israel, nothing that I have read so far, captures what I believe happened during Bush's trip to the Knesset. Let me offer ... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969990654'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barack Obama and the Problem of Race]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969989574</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969989574</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:55:42 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have to admit that at the outset of the Obama campaign I was wrong when I said, &quot;Sure there will&nbsp;always be some whites who would refuse to vote for Obama due to his race, but those folk... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969989574'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Indiana--What Now?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969988654</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969988654</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 06:10:57 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's poor showing in both North Carolina and Indiana, virtually sealing the nomination for Obama, may actually have been a blessing not only for Obama and the Democratic Party, but for... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969988654'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political Potpourri: The Philadelphia Debate and Beyond]]></title><link>http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969984597</link><guid>http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969984597</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:54:31 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Debate. The morning after Philadelphia debate, I woke up and turned on my TV, only to find that a media consensus had already developed about the performances. On MSNBC, the an... <a href='http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969984597'>more from Jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has Obama Become a One-Hit Wonder?]]></title><link>http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969983366</link><guid>http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969983366</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:08:15 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One often sees in the music industry an artist who bursts onto the scene with an exciting and original new sound. Once successful, however, this artist who was so daring at first, be... <a href='http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969983366'>more from Jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Hillary's Campaign Last Much Longer?]]></title><link>http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969981457</link><guid>http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969981457</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:23:51 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's vow to continue her candidacy all the way through August is giving many Democratic loyalists heartburn. Clinton ominously told the Washington Post on Sunday, &quot;&quot;If we don... <a href='http://Jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969981457'>more from Jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debunking the Fallacy of "Racial Symmetry"]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969979459</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969979459</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:43:44 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of Barack Obama's speech about race, Clinton supporter Lanny Davis wrote a short ess... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969979459'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Obama Saw in Reverend Jeremiah Wright]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969979011</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969979011</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:42:07 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The emergence of tapes of Barack Obama's minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, delivering sermons which harshly condemn the United States, and suggest that 9/11 reflected &quot;the chickens coming ho... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969979011'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political Potpourri: Pennsylvania and Geraldine Ferraro]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969978168</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969978168</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:06:35 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[1) Pennsylvania. As the democratic primary in Pennsylvania gears up, the latest electoral news has to buoy the Obama campaign: Not only did Obama win Mississippi by a 61-37% spread... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969978168'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memo to Barack Obama: Get Tough Before It's Too Late]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969977180</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969977180</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:00:13 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After having beaten Hillary Clinton in twelve consecutive contests, Barack Obama's losses in Ohio and Texas have halted his momentum, and have dealt a blow to his own aura of inevita... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969977180'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please, Let Cleveland Be the Final Debate!]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969976379</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969976379</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Please Lord, make last night's debate from Cleveland the final Democratic debate of this election cycle! After having watched all 20 debates, and seen countless iterations of the &qu... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969976379'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Wisconsin--Can Hillary Accept Losing with Dignity?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969975631</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969975631</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:30:28 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On the night of the Wisconsin primary, watching Hillary Clinton give her third straight &quot;I won't admit that I lost&quot; speech in Youngstown, Ohio, was an exercise in surrealism. In this era ... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969975631'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections on the Obama Stump Speech]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969975223</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969975223</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:24:50 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For all the progressive elements of the Obama campaign, there is one way in which he is a definite throwback: his ability to give a speech. No contemporary politician--with the possible exception o... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969975223'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has Hillary Clinton Run out of Options?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974971</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974971</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:08:19 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton was not only trounced last night in the Potomac Primaries, she was humiliated. After all, those who voted last night were Hillary's neighbors during the Bill Clinton administration, pe... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974971'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super-delegates, Florida, Michigan, and other Democratic Messes]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974558</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974558</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:53:44 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The current Democratic presidential race embodies that old chestnut &quot;beware of what you wish for.&quot; In this election cycle, Democrats had hoped for a strong field of candidates who would g... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974558'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Tuesday, A Bummer for Both Obama and Clinton?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974082</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974082</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:33:08 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969974082'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Won the Super Tuesday Debate?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973607</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973607</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:11:08 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here's my quick take on the Democrats' debate from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood: First, it was a great debate, that lived up to its billing. The absence of John Edwards significantly heig... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973607'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Politics of Inauthenticity]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973475</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973475</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:17:07 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(orig. written 1/30/08)John McCain's victory over Mitt Romney in Florida, 36% to 31%, was a severe blow to the Mitt Romney campaign. In a state in which no independent or crossover voting wa... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973475'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Obama Victory in South Carolina]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973473</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973473</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:13:52 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(orig. written 1/27/08) When the South Carolina polls closed at 7PM, MSNBC, armed with all the exit polls, maintained a cautious posture, saying that Obama would win &quot;by a substantial a... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973473'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama's Missed Opportunity]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973470</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973470</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:00:21 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(orig. written 1/21/08) The recent detour that the Democratic campaign took into racial politics, was not only unfortunate, it was also avoidable. If Oba... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969973470'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leakgate Becomes Bushgate]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969882637</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969882637</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:09:26 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; There was always a glaring contradiction ... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969882637'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dick Cheney and the "Oprah Defense"]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969869956</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969869956</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:28:07 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From the chaotic and destructive response to those Danish cartoons, we can glean two powerful insights:&nbsp; 1) Cartoons can sometimes pack a greater wallop than written criticism; ... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969869956'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Bush Really Believe in Democracy?]]></title><link>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969852695</link><guid>http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969852695</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Four years ago, when George W. Bush peered into Vladmir Putin&rsquo;s soul and found a kindred spirit, there was broad amusement at the president&rsquo;s... <a href='http://jeffrowan111.tblog.com/post/1969852695'>more from jeffrowan111...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>