tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/178 2008-09-04T22:27:11Z Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist and animator Movable Type 3.36 tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.125478 2008-09-04T22:21:25Z 2008-09-04T22:27:11Z

After Sarah Palin's rousing, red meat speech last night, it'll be hard for McCain to top it tonight....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.125513 2008-09-04T22:21:25Z 2008-09-05T01:27:26Z

Sarah Palin sets her sights on the Democrats....

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Here's some stuff, looking back at the convention, that'll be on my full-page spread in Newsday tomorrow---Enjoy!...

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.125052 2008-09-03T18:19:07Z 2008-09-03T18:23:28Z

Everyone has an opinion about Palin....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.125025 2008-09-03T17:20:50Z 2008-09-03T18:18:34Z

If this is any indication of the in-depth investigatory process of a McCain administration we're in trouble....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124838 2008-09-02T23:30:33Z 2008-09-03T00:08:05Z

John McCain seems to have thrown his main argument against Barack Obama out of his arsenal....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124729 2008-09-02T18:27:57Z 2008-09-02T18:32:22Z

With Hurricane Gustav stealing the early part of the show, the GOP find the silver lining....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124517 2008-09-01T22:29:42Z 2008-09-01T23:22:28Z

A simple midday taxi ride turned into a scary, weird and surreal event when I stepped out of my cab and into a protest rally that went a little crazy. Between watching a group of protesters getting shot with rubber...

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124520 2008-09-01T22:28:42Z 2008-09-01T23:20:35Z

It's not all out-of-control protests and long-winded political speeches. I just scored 2 tickets to a Smashmouth concert! Tonight I'll be head-banging with the GOP! ---Walt...

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It feels more than a bit strange being at the big story and finding out you're not....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124477 2008-09-01T16:35:51Z 2008-09-01T16:38:51Z

Much of the media has rushed from The Twin Cities to the Gulf Coast....

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124390 2008-08-31T18:14:30Z 2008-08-31T18:53:43Z

Well, I'm sitting in my Minneapolis hotel room basically tearing up a bunch of funny cartoon ideas that just don't work in light of Gustav bearing down on New Orleans. I spoke with my old editor and close friend, Jim...

Walt Handelsman Well, I'm sitting in my Minneapolis hotel room basically tearing up a bunch of funny cartoon ideas that just don't work in light of Gustav bearing down on New Orleans. I spoke with my old editor and close friend, Jim Amoss, at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans last night. I asked what the feeling was down there and he summed it up this way: "Just pray for us, Walt." The sting of Katrina will never leave the souls of New Orleanians who lived through the storm and suffered, and continue to suffer, through the unbelievably slow rebuilding of their city and their lives. The idea of another killer hurricane hitting almost three years to the day of Katrina must be brutal for them. Many of my friends have fled to Mississippi. Let's just hope that somehow the storm weakens. Meanwhile...Up here, the delegates, the media and the event planners are in kind of a weird holding pattern. Will the convention be cut short. One rumor is that John McCain may not come at all. Bush and Cheney have cancelled and many of the delegates wandering around the hotel seem out of sorts. They came here to have a party and realize now that it will be a totally different deal. More later---Walt tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.124282 2008-08-30T15:16:23Z 2008-08-31T18:53:19Z

Well, after running around at the DNC for a week. I thought yesterday would be a relaxing sleep-in, eat, drink and rest day. But after McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, I found myself sitting in my nasty...

Walt Handelsman Well, after running around at the DNC for a week. I thought yesterday would be a relaxing sleep-in, eat, drink and rest day. But after McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, I found myself sitting in my nasty Denver hotel room all day glued to the TV trying to make some sense of what it all meant. My first reaction was that McCain had made the purely political pick of a woman to attract disenfranchised Hillary voters and middle-of-the-road soccer moms (er...hockey moms) rather than looking for the most qualified candidate who could step in on Day One if, God forbid, something should happen to him. It's wonderful that he picked a woman, but is Sarah Palin really the most qualified woman in the GOP universe for the job? I mean, honestly. Does McCain really think that the millions of women who supported Hillary will vote for him becuase of Palin, regardless of the fact that she is basically the polar opposite of Hillary on the issues that most democratic women supported Hillary for in the first place? I just ran into a woman buying a paper at the Denver airport who was standing there just shaking her head as she looked at the Palin headlines in the paper. "This is an insult!,"she said. "He must think woman are so stupid"...OUCH! More from the Twin Cities. ---Walt tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.123927 2008-08-28T21:00:18Z 2008-08-28T21:07:16Z

I'm getting a bit freaked that a storm is blowing towards my old home town. I've watched the slow but steady rebuilding of New Orleans. Emphasis on slow. I call it a personal rebuilding. Everyone I know is really just...

Walt Handelsman ]]> tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog//178.123902 2008-08-28T19:47:03Z 2008-08-28T19:59:15Z

Obama is an awesome speaker and as I wrote yesterday, it's wonderful to be a part of American history. But it's important to stay objective and just cover the event. Period....

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