via Kristof:
A tongue-in-cheek Web site called Bush-Clinton Forever is already proposing Jeb Bush in 2017, Chelsea Clinton in 2025, Jeb Bush’s son George P. Bush in 2033, Chelsea Clinton’s husband in 2041 and George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush from 2049-2057.

There have been many wonderful things said about Brad in the days since his tragic death. From my limited perspective, all are understated, even in their deepest praise. I wouldn’t have presumed to add anything. But at the Ignatieff group drinks after his funeral yesterday, so many of the feelings that I [...]

“Giuliani has turned hurricanes into nature’s way of saying Al Qaeda.” Gail Collins, NYT

While there is no doubt that I would like to see Obama as the next US president, I grew up with a fair amount of admiration for Bill Clinton. He was the cool, eloquent American president, to our not-quite-so-well-spoken Prime Minister. In Canada we aren’t generally allowed to make our politicians into celebrities, [...]

That being said, this new ad running in Nevada hits a core element of Obama’s message. In particular, the line “I don’t want to spend the next 4 years re-fighting the fights of the 1990’s” is nicely indicative of the generational shift that Obama’s candidacy represents. More on this to come, but [...]

Sullivan, on the Clinton machine, in no uncertain terms:
Now they have to either kill or coopt the hope that Obama has unleashed. Just as Bush coopted McCain’s New Hampshire message in 2000, so Clinton is coopting Obama’s message in 2007. She didn’t find her own voice; she took Obama’s, removed the eloquence and added a [...]

Huckabee: Fun, well spoken, but amateur. Doesn’t hold up well when pressed.
McCain: Experienced but old. His strength has the potential to be his weakness - its ok to be a straight talker, unless people don’t like what you are saying - ie, 100 years in Iraq.
Romney: Too smarmy by half. Uses a polled keyword in [...]

Wow. Obama’s speech was breathtaking. And what a contrast to Clinton’s. She was on stage with Bill, Albright and Clark - the old white establishment. And that is what it comes down to. A generational divide and a new politics.
While a similar dynamic can also in part explain the Huckabee [...]