Law and the Campaign
August 20, 2008 – 10:44 pm by BHVia AS, the McCain/Obama antitrust deathmatch (BLT):
Two local antitrust lawyers on different sides of the presidential election are getting ready to square off in a D.C. Bar debate. James Rill, a partner at Howrey, will address Sen. John McCain’s antitrust positions. William Kolasky, a partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, will do the same for Sen. Barack Obama.
Law.com has a roundup of the legal resume’s of potential VP candidates (HT). It is striking how many potential nominees are lawyers. Have you ever dealt with a general counsel’s office? Have they ever said, “Yes, that’s a great idea. Feel free to try it out and we’ll see what happens?” Of course not, they are programmed to block all progress. Isn’t this ironic, given that this election is all about change?
Finally, lest we get too much law, David Leonhardt has an article in the NYT about Senator Obama’s economic policies (again, via AS). Be forewarned that the essay is full of lines like this: “Depending on how you look at it, he is both more left-wing and more right-wing than many people realize.”
