Vijay Narayanan on February 24th, 2008

The media is at its best when it does a post-mortem. And beware, they could do this to anyone if they know they are losing. However, Frank Rich’s clinical piece in The New York Times dissecting Hillary Clinton’s stuttering campaign is worth a read. If the press were as prejudiced against Mrs. Clinton as her [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 21st, 2008

(Disclaimer: I am not a terrorist. I am not plotting anything.) Now that Senator John McCain has virtually locked up the Republican nomination, it is surprising that Mike Huckabee is still staying in the race. Even more surprising is the fact that even in a dead race (like in Wisconsin), Sen. McCain is receiving only [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 20th, 2008

If they continue at this rate, you can expect the Clinton campaign to announce tomorrow “Barack Obama is guilty of plagiarism! Yes, he has used the word CHANGE in his campaign speeches. This word appears in the Oxford Dictionary. And it was used in the 13th century. What a shame!” Wake up. Stop being childish! [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 19th, 2008

Senator Barack Obama is projected to win the Wisconsin primary. And he is expected to take Hawaii later tonight. This will give him 10 straight victories over Senator Clinton – an unmistakeable momentum that will be hard to beat. In the primaries season, we have already seen one clear case of momentum beating strategy – [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 19th, 2008

Avram Grant is one of the stories of the season in English football. Most people expected Chelsea to implode after Jose Mourinho’s acrimonious departure from the club. On the contrary, Grant has been some kind of a calming influence at Stamford Bridge, with only two losses and five draws in the League since taking over [...]

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