If he’d made this sort of speech during the campaign, he would have left a better memory.
McCain mentions Obama. Classy to the end, his crowd boos. Of course, if Obama was really the person the McCain campaign portrayed, booing would be the natural response.
McC finally admits that Obama loves our country. About time.
Speech is a reflection on racial progress. A century from TR’s invitation to Booker T. Washington being a scandal to electing a black President.
Mentions Obama’s grandmother, gracefully.
Pledges support to Obama as President, urges his followers to do likewise.
Gives Palin a generous send-off, credit to his staff.
If he’d made this sort of speech during the campaign, he would have left a better memory.
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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