The race for the White House
Hail Mary passes Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica. This is the twenty-sixth in his Sunday Stabroek series on the US presidential election. As those familiar with American football know, a Hail Mary pass is a desperate toss; with time running out, the quarterback of the trailing [...]
The race for the White House
Weeping and wailing Suddenly, with seven weeks to go to the presidential elections, the Democrats are weeping and wailing, and gnashing their teeth over Sarah Palin, John McCain’s last-minute, galvanic running mate. As Gail Collins caricatured their response in the NYT last week: “[Obama]’s going to lose! Sarah Palin is getting all the attention! The [...]
The race for the White House
A bad week for Obama Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica. This is the twenty first in his Sunday Stabroek series on the US presidential election. Clearly the gods are smiling on ‘cranky old’ John McCain. Last Sunday’s column, reporting the war then erupting between Russia and [...]
The race for the White House
Commotion in the wings Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica. This is the twentieth in his Sunday Stabroek series on the US presidential election. It must be something about Fridays. This column was all set to discuss this week the amazing self-propulsion of the Clintons, Bill and [...]
The race for the White House
Dirt flies; the race tightens Back in late February, when it dawned on the Clinton camp that they were suddenly on the cusp of defeat, the campaign pulled an astonishing switch. Just two days after Hillary, in what West Indians would call “an unguarded moment,” all but swooned over Obama on stage in a debate [...]