As the presidential election (finally) winds down to its final weeks, the GOP's machinery of hate has taken on a life of its own, writes Nation editor Richard Kim in a new magazine editorial, with its endless caricatures of Barack Obama and the McCain campaign's willingness to stoke murderous mania directed at the Democratic nominee.
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Obama the Adult vs. McCain's Economic Easter Bunny
John Nichols | In a debate about how to fix a broken economy, the Democrat prevails by preaching realism.
The Last Debate -- Hurrah!
Katrina vanden Heuvel | As economy craters, McCain exposes himself, Obama stays cool and Schieffer buys into nutso budget-balancing fetish.
Old Time Religion
Christopher Hayes | John McCain will be the last Republican to run as a Reagan reincarnation.
Obama Keeps His Cool
Ari Berman | Barack Obama is betting that in the midst of an economic meltdown, voters will prefer cool and calm over hot and bothered.
Angry White Men: The New Swing Voter?
Race, Gender, Religion and the 2008 Presidential Election
October 21, NYC
A panel discussion featuring The Nation's Richard Kim, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University and writer Alisa Solomon. Moderated by Tavia Nyong'o, Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. This event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible. Taking place at New York University, 4 Washington Place (between Broadway and Mercer Street), Room 121. Presented by The NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. For more information click here.
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