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Obama To Announce VP Pick Tuesday

The New York Times is set to print speculation that Sen. Barack Obama could announce his vice presidential choice as early as Wednesday and that the candidate has all but finalized the selection. The Politico also suspects an announcement will be made on Wed. morning. But sources close to the Obama campaign say the Democratic nominee will announce his decision on Tuesday, and that, as has been predicted, his VP pick will be one of the Big Three: Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, or Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia. Read more »

TNA Politics >> Sadistically Snarky Satire

McCain & the “Cone of Silence”?

Last Saturday Senators McCain and Obama spoke at Rick Warren’s mega-church in California. The night was formal and Pastor Warren, author of the famed “Purpose Driven Life” series, asked the same questions individually to both candidates. Due to a coin toss, Obama went first. In the meantime however, it was said that John McCain was [...]

Presidential Lemmings: Why Can’t Leaders Think for Themselves?

Lately you’ve been hearing such things as “John McBush“, or perhaps the statement that Obama is “running for Jimmy Carter’s second term“. 
What you probably didn’t know is that America has a great history of its President’s emulating former administrations. Jeffrey Bernstein, Professor of History and European Studies at Yale University, states, “It is a well [...]


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TNA Politics >> Campaign '08

Its Safer to Stay Off the Board

Anyone remember the footage of Sen. John Kerry Windsurfing that was quickly turned into an attack ad in the 2004 Presidential election…? Luckily, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign effectively kept him off a board of any kind.
Although, if Obama did happen to get caught in a similar situation as Kerry’s windblown debacle, he would essentially bait [...]

The Energy Crisis: A 1954 Solution

Throughout the election, Senator John McCain has remained fairly consistent on the issue of energy.  Aside from promoting offshore drilling to add to U.S. oil reserves, he has proposed the construction of 45 nuclear reactors by 2030.  He believes that nuclear power has the potential to dramatically lower the nation’s dependence on foreign oil while also [...]

Democratic VP Update

Once again, time is winding down and the Veepstakes are becoming more exciting. As the short list gets shorter and time continues to show certain pros and cons, my list of likely Obama VP’s has changed a little. 
Some crucial changes are: the John Edwards affair, Obama continuing to move farther from Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd’s [...]


TNA Politics >> Blogs

The Republican Attack Machine Is Real

I am mad as hell at John McCain. His newest push, to use Obama’s popularity against him by linking it to the empty stupidity of celebrities, is baseless and unfair. It is not substantive, or based on any issues; it is only based on John McCain’s personal contempt for this upstart young man challenging McCain [...]

Bush Faced With Escalating Russian Conflict

Russia again defied US calls for peace, as NATO convened for an emergency session regarding the conflict in Georgia. Russian troops continued to plunge into Georgian lines today, far surpassing stated targets causing increased tensions between the Kremlin and American and European powers. 
Russia’s attempt to take back its “near abroad” has echoed actions of a [...]

China in 2008: Circular Thoughts

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in my office in Shanghai catching up on some newspaper reading in the midst of a fairly slow afternoon. One article in the New York Times struck me poignantly, and on impulse I wrote up what was in my head. I’ll share those thoughts with you today on [...]


TNA Politics >> National Politics

Lessons Learned From Iraq? Er…

After the invasion and subsequent destabilization of Iraq, the United States’ ability to criticize other countries for irresponsible foreign policy was brought into question. Obviously, after our own aggressive and miscalculated unilateral foreign policy - known as the "Global War on Terror" - we ought not accuse nations of bullying. After all, the only thing [...]

‘A Front-Runner’s Fall’

In the September issue of the Atlantic, an expose of dysfuntion in American politics features internal memos and emails from the defeated Hillary Clinton campaign underlining what exactly went wrong with the candidate whom first wielded the title of “inevitable.”
A start-studded cast makes this drama a can’t miss. Mark Penn, Geoff Garin, Harold Ickes - [...]


TNA Politics >> International Politics

Liu Xiang and China’s Image

I feel terrible for Liu Xiang. The iconic Chinese hurdler, one of the nation’s best-known superstars, withdrew from his preliminary heat in the men’s 110 meter hurdles yesterday morning, shocking his home country and sending spinning off in sadness, shame, distress, and anger. Liu Xiang was no ordinary star athlete; when he won the gold [...]

For Once, Pat Buchanan Couldn’t Be More Right

Patrick J. Buchanan’s most recent blog post on the United States’ reckless overreach in Russia is right on the money. Buchanan writes that our policy towards Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union and our attempts to gain influence in the region have invited confrontation: