Pro-Agribusiness Vilsack on Obama’s Short List for Sec of Agriculture

By Keith Good
FarmPolicy.comà http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=927#more-927
 
As the executive branch transition unfolds, attention has focused on who might by the next Secretary of Agriculture.
 
Al Kamen noted in today’s Washington Post that, “The Obama transition team considers former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack a near shoo-in for secretary of agriculture, according to a source close to the transition. Vilsack, who [...]

Barack Obama Cites Michael Pollan

SOURCE: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/obama-cites-michael-pollan.php
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama responded to Michael Pollan’s “Farmer in Chief” article (see ACLUSA blog files) in an interview with Joe Klein. He stated, “There is no better potential driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy. I was just reading an article in the New York Times [...]

Not Joe the Plumber but the “Other”: the deeper narrative of the McCain campaign

Watching the McCain campaign change its message frequently since September has caused me to wonder what the message really is. It is definitely not the economy, stupid.
 
But what is it? McCain and the Republicans have changed the labels of Obama as follows: from the “Inexperienced” to the “Rock Star” to the “Muslim” (Barack Hussein [...]