It is a quiet day along the Tygart River. I hope you are in a quiet spot. Here is some Sunday reading.
Obama’s real opponent: Europe
By Dana Milbank (The Washington Post)
Some think that Ohio will decide the presidential election. Others are watching Florida or North Carolina or Wisconsin.
But if you really want to know who will win the White House in November, you should ask the Europeans. They aren’t eligible to vote, but they may well cast the deciding ballot – and for President Obama, it’s looking grim. Read the full story here.
With friends like these…
By Kathleen Parker (The Washington Post)
For the past year, we’ve been relentlessly reminded that Republicans didn’t especially love their front-running president candidate.
Now it appears Obama is getting a taste of Romney’s stew. Democrats seem to be inching away from their man, undermining and diminishing the president with a thousand ting cuts. Not even his strongest alleged ally, Bill Clinton, can stay on message. Of course, Clinton has never really been Obama’s friend, despite his assertions to the contrary. Read the full story here.
Sure, This isn’t ’08, but There May Be More at Stake This Campaign
By Richard W. Stevenson (Political Memo, The New York Times)
Washington – The current presidential campaign is producing very few goose bumps, except perhaps among those who get all tingly when they view billionaire-financed attack ads. Read the full story here.
Poppy Chic
By Maureen Dowd (The New York Times)
I flew down to Houston last year to have lunch with George Herbert Walker Bush.
“Did you come because you think I’m going to die?” he asked me with a wry smile. Read the full story here.
