As Howard Dean said with his usual trenchancy, the race for the Democratic nomination is a race for 2,025 delegates. “Whoever gets there first will be the next president of the United States.”

So far, Barack Obama has breached two significant obstacles to 2,025 imposed by media representations:

 I.                    The 50-50 fallacy

When presented with two and only two alternatives, people tend to try to split the difference. If you step on one scale saying you weigh 300 pounds, and step on another scale saying you weigh 350 pounds, then your correct weight must be 325, right?—This ...   more »

91^st in continuing blog series on the administration push to war. As the public stories rapidly wear notably thin, behind the scenes the administration is becoming increasingly attentive to its production of the Niger uranium story. Meanwhile, in Iraq it is also becoming apparent that notwithstanding the easy U.S. military dominance over poor Iraqi military forces, the war is not going smoothly. Conquest is one thing. Control is another.
June 8-11, 2003:

 
 

June 8, 2003 – Judith Miller returns to the U.S. from Iraq. (Libby trial testimony)

 

Same day -- “Be Patient, Keep Looking” ...   more »