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McCain’s Big Mistake 2008-07-23 21:29:39 Posted By: Nick
Writing at The Huffington Post, Matt Littman says that “John McCain
has made the biggest mistake in politics.” What is the mistake? He told Barack Obama to go to Iraq.
Senator McCain, knowing that he held an edge on Barack Obama on the “Commander in Chief” question, badly overplayed his hand. He taunted Senator [...] Read more:Mistake
RNC to Advertise in Berlin!… and Berlin, and Berlin 2008-07-23 15:33:17 Posted By: Nick
In a move of sheer genius, the RNC will counter Barack Obama’s Berlin
speech by advertising in Berlin, NH; Berlin, PA; and Berlin, WI. Because Barack can only be in one Berlin to give a speech, the RNC will outdo him by advertising in THREE Berlins. The ad:
Title: Obama Chooses Washington Over Our [...] Read more:Advertise
Is John McCain Just Too Old? 2008-07-23 13:53:59 Posted By: Nick
The subject of McCain
’s age has been very touchy. McCain himself seems to enjoying joking about it in a self-deprecating way, but his campaign has reacted quickly against any perceived age attacks. Remember that when John Kerry called McCain confused a few weeks ago, the McCain campaign responded that Kerry was trying to [...] Read more:John McCain
Bob Novak is Dangerous Behind the Wheel 2008-07-23 10:56:57 Posted By: Nick
Bob Novak
hit a guy with his car in Washington this morning. He apparently didn’t even know he hit the guy:
“I didn’t know I hit him,” Novak told Politico. Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K St. NW, where the accident happened, when a bicyclist stopped him and said, [...]
McCain’s NYTime’s Op-Ed (or lack thereof) 2008-07-23 10:09:29 Posted By: Nick
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is going to circulate a letter asking for a third party group to pay for a full page ad in the NYTimes to feature the McCain
Op-Ed that was rejected. Seems like a good enough plan to make sure McCain’s response to Obama gets printed, but it seems to [...]
Space is There, and We’re Going to Climb It 2008-07-22 08:04:25 Posted By: Nick
Of the many issues I care deeply about, one stands above all others. I often find it hard to adequately explain my love of Space
. I have no special knowledge of astronomy or cosmology or astrophysics. I simply know what little I have read from books by Carl Sagan or [...] Read more:Going
, Climb
Time Horizons and Timelines, a Lesson 2008-07-21 16:41:20 Posted By: Nick
Andy Card showed up on Morning Joe to explain to all of us the difference between a Time Horizon and a Timeline. It’s… well… just watch it. Read more:Horizons
, Timelines
Bob Novak is Wrong 2008-07-21 10:38:14 Posted By: Nick
In his column today, Bob Novak
claims (by way of an unnamed Republican) that McCain can win the election if it is “about Barack Obama.” He compares it to the 2004 election where John Kerry lost because the election became all about John Kerry. While I think that his assessment of 2004 is [...] Read more:Wrong
Obama’s VP Timeline 2008-07-21 10:18:10 Posted By: Nick
Everything I’ve been hearing lately indicates that Obama
will choose his Vice President sometime in the next 2 weeks. The general theory seems to be that he needs to do it before the Olympics so as to get maximum press coverage for it. He can’t wait until after the Olympics since the Democratic [...] Read more:Timeline
Obama’s Trip 2008-07-20 21:52:24 Posted By: Nick
Couple of videos from MSNBC/NBC about Obama
’s trip. The first is a general news piece about the trip, with some video of Obama in meetings and with some of the troops. The second is Chuck Todd and David Gregory on Meet the Press discussing the trip.
The trip is turning out to be quite [...]
Elizabeth Edwards Releases Statement 2008-08-08 19:12:53 Elizabeth Edwards
has released her statement over at Daily Kos:
Our family has been through a lot. Some caused by nature, some caused by human weakness, and some – most recently – caused by the desire for sensationalism and profit without any regard for the human consequences. None of these has been easy. But we have [...] Read more:Elizabeth
John Edwards Admits Affair 2008-08-08 15:00:09 John Edwards
has admitted that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter. The National Enquirer has been claiming this story for almost a year now, despite the repeated denials from Edwards. Edwards still claims that he is not the father of Rielle Hunter’s daughter.
What’s really a shame, I think, is that this will distract from [...] Read more:Affair
, John Edwards
McCain’s Ground Game 2008-08-08 13:57:55 I was all set to start researching the numbers to prove why John McCain
’s big ground game push:
A month ago, McCain’s campaign made a combined 20,000 phone calls and door-knocks. Last week, they made 324,000 — a sixteen-fold increase.
…is really just kind of sad compared to Obama’s, but then I saw Sean over at Five [...]
War Between Russia and Georgia 2008-08-08 12:51:13 Looks like the conflict between Russia
and Georgia
has just escalated.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin declared that “war has started” and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia accused Russia of a “well-planned invasion,” saying he had mobilized Georgia’s military reserves.
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
The White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino
McCain’s Campaign Manager Responsible for Lost Ohio Jobs 2008-08-07 23:03:15 John McCain
has a problem on his hands. His campaign manager Rick Davis was a well known, prominent lobbyist. McCain apparently thought that there wouldn’t be a problem having this lobbyist in charge of his campaign. Turns out he was wrong.
Rick Davis lobbied on behalf of the German owned shipping company DHL in its efforts [...] Read more:Campaign
, Responsible
, Ohio
Condoleezza Rice on Iran 2008-08-07 13:28:21 Condi is bringing up Iran again, I’m sure to convince us all that we need another war.
“They should have felt like time is running out quite a long time ago,” she said in an elegant reception room near her private suite. “When you are having trouble getting banks to come in, getting investment, when export [...] Read more:Condoleezza
, Condoleezza Rice
The “Barack Obama Should Be Farther Ahead” Meme 2008-08-06 17:39:19 The media loves to keep coming back to the idea that somehow BarackObama
is failing because he’s not way ahead in the polls. Today’s example is The Politico’s front-page article titled Obama Stalls in Public Polling. Yes, this is a close election. But to suggest that Barack Obama
is somehow a failed candidate because he has [...] Read more:Farther
Paris Hilton’s Energy Plan 2008-08-06 14:20:38 I’m sure by now you’ve seen ParisHilton
’s response to John McCain’s attack ad:
Well, The Christian Science Monitor decided to take a look at the Hilton Energy
Plan.
Joseph Romm, a former Clinton energy adviser and the blogger for Climate Progress, estimates that offshore drilling would net “under 100,000 barrels a day in supply sometime after [...] Read more:Paris Hilton
Joe Biden’s Speech 2008-08-24 01:57:50 Text of the speech below the fold.
Well, it’s great to be here! On the steps of the old State House in the land of Lincoln. President Lincoln once instructed us to be sure to put your feet in the right place. Then stand firm. Today, Springfield, I know my feet are in the right place. [...] Read more:Biden
, Speech
, Joe Biden
Obama Picks Joe Biden 2008-08-22 23:44:53 Obama appears to have selected Joe Biden
as his Vice Presidential running mate. According to ABC News, the Secret Service has been dispatched to Biden’s house. This, in addition to the growing list of people confirmed not to be the pick, makes it all but certain.
If Joe Biden
isn’t the pick, then give some major [...] Read more:Obama
Quick Thought About VP Speculation 2008-08-22 19:33:45 Just a thought, but perhaps the Obama campaign overplayed their hand by letting the hype build so much on the Vice President pick? It seems that Bayh and Kaine are out (or so Andrea Mitchell claims), so Joe Biden looks like the probable guy. But after a week or two of the media talking about [...] Read more:Quick
McCain Picks Romney (Maybe) 2008-08-22 00:54:14 Mark Halperin writes that two sources are saying that McCain
will pick Mitt Romney
as his Vice President:
Two Republicans close to the situation say McCain has apparently settled on Mitt Romney as his running mate.
Two additional GOP sources say McCain had not offered the slot to anyone as of Thursday night, and that he could [...] Read more:Maybe
John McCain Supports the Draft 2008-08-21 20:18:14 If you vote for John McCain
, don’t complain when he drafts you:
As President, John McCain
will reinstate the draft. He will force you (or your loved ones) to go to war against your will. Read more:Draft
McCain Doesn’t Know How Many Houses He Owns 2008-08-21 12:01:56 Either John McCain
is an elitist or he is senile. I really can’t see how there could be any other explanation to the fact that he does not even know how many houses he owns. Is this really the guy we want running the government? He can’t remember how many houses he owns! That’s so [...]
McCain Will Announce VP on Anniversary of Katrina 2008-08-19 13:44:59 According to the Politico, the McCain
Campaign will announce McCain’s Vice Presidential choice on August 29th. It’s an interesting day to pick, since it’s the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
, as slinkerwink pointed out over at DailyKos. Why does this matter? Well, on August 29th, 2005 John McCain and George W. Bush were together in Arizona, [...] Read more:Anniversary
Obama and the Economy 2008-08-18 12:45:45 Paul Krugman gets it right, as usual, in his column today. The Obama
campaign could be destroying McCain on the economy, but just doesn’t seem to be doing so:
Why isn’t the Obama campaign getting more traction on economic issues?
It’s not the Republican offensive on offshore drilling. It’s true that many Americans have apparently been misled by [...]
Obama’s Big Money Day 2008-08-18 00:23:45 Barack Obama
raised $7.8 million dollars today at 3 fundraisers in California. Looks more and more like he will absolutely dominate McCain on the money front. If this fundraising pace keeps up, McCain doesn’t stand a chance. He won’t be able to compete at anywhere near the same level as Obama and will be overwhelmed [...] Read more:Money
Obama Crushes McCain in July Fundraising 2008-08-16 13:28:27 Barack Obama
raised almost twice as much as John McCain
in July. Obama pulled in $51 million, which means he has raised over $400 million total so far. McCain’s total is just $171 million. Read more:Crushes
, Fundraising
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