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- Secretary Of State Lieberman Endorses ?Dumb? Plan To Kick Russia Out Of The G-8
Today, the Wall Street Journal joins Sean Hannity and Karl Rove in promoting Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) for Secretary of State in a McCain administration, praising his “first-rate” national security judgment:
Our own view is that Mr. Lieberman would make a fine Secretary of State, and that, given...
- Limbaugh: Everyone?s afraid to ?criticize the little black man-child.?
Continuing his race-based attacks from the day before, Rush Limbaugh declared yesterday that Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) success so far is because people “can’t criticize the little black man-child:”
LIMBAUGH: It’s — you know, it’s just — it’s just we can’t hit the girl. I don’t care how far femi...
- Media Rally To McCain?s Defense, Give Him ?The Benefit Of The Doubt? On Draft...
During a townhall meeting yesterday, an audience member asked a long-winded question that ended with a call to enact the military draft in order to “chase bin Laden to the gates of Hell.” McCain immediately replied, “I don’t disagree with anything you said.”
Brushing off his instant response, so...
- Hallmark rolls out gay marriage cards.
Although most states still refuse to recognize gay marriage, Hallmark has begun rolling out cards recognizing the unions between same-sex couples. They feature “two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. ‘Two hearts. One promise,’ one says.” Barbara Miller, a...
- McCain Revises His Definition Of ?Rich?: Some People ?Are Poor If They?re Bil...
In an interview with Politico yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was stumped when asked “how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.” “I think ? I’ll have my staff get to you,” replied McCain. Though his staff says “the correct answer is at least four,” the McCains actually own 7 houses.
McCain...
- McCain: ?I don?t have to show I?m different from Bush.?
In a new interview with Politico, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said, “I don?t have any need to show that I?m different than President Bush.” Though McCain drew “implicit contrasts” with the president during the interview, “he declined to outwardly criticize Bush and flatly stated that he wouldn?t do a...
- ThinkFast: August 21, 2008
A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds that the economy is voters’ top concern this year, with four in 10 citing it as the main issue; just 15 percent said the Iraq war. Pocketbook issues — “including the economy, jobs, gas prices and energy policy — were the leading concerns of more than half ...
- Bush has ?no plans? to see Oliver Stone?s ?W.?
White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore told the Los Angeles Times today that President Bush has “no plans” to see Oliver Stone’s upcoming biopic “W.” Lawrimore took the opportunity to pre-emptively attack Stone’s credibility, saying that “Oliver Stone is an accurate historian like Gilligan was a...
- Police drop plans for razor-wire holding cells at the Democratic convention.
Denver police have “have dropped plans to top the holding cells in place for use during next week’s Democratic convention with razor wire after some groups started comparing the site to the detention facility for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” Instead, the cells will be topped wit...
- Petraeus draws criticism for saying Christian book ?should be in every rucksa...
Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq who will soon take control of Central Command, has found himself embroiled in the “ongoing conflict over religious proselytizing in the U.S. military.” Petraeus’ published endorsement of an Army Chaplain’s Spiritual Handbook for Military Personnel, i...
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2008 election - Salon.com
- Remembering Stephanie Tubbs Jones
She was a great advocate for her district and for all of us, and she'll be missed in Denver next week.
- Obama: The big-spending fiscal conservative
The New York Times tackles Obamanomics -- and does a darn good job
- 1980 vs. 1988
With the polls tightening, it's time to pause and reflect on whether 2008 is going to be more like Reagan's first election -- or his third.
- Debate formats announced
Campaigns agree to format and rules for the three presidential debates.
- Less dessert
Obama gets back to basics with some long-overdue, Hillary Clinton-style messages for kitchen-table voters.
- McCain-Lieberman
The Times' Gail Collins gives her take on the "bipartisan" possibilities.
- John McCain's summer of slime
The GOP nominee will say anything to get elected -- and the media is letting him get away with it. Plus: Bill Maher to Obama: Pick Hillary!
- Debunking anti-Obama e-mails
Error-filled chain e-mails designed to scare voters away from Barack Obama are circulating widely on the Internet. Salon deconstructs a pair, one smearing the candidate, the other his wife.
- The big convention bounce
Nate Silver and Mark Penn argue that the conventions may be pageants, but they are pageants with payoffs.
- Moser's blue Dixie
If anyone can make the case for Democrats' refocusing on the South it is Bob Moser, but the region that has really turned -- and keeps turning -- blue is the Northeast.
Daily Kos
State of the Nation
- Obama Campaign Hits the McCain Housing Hoard
"It's seven." "Hmm." Three words lay the McMaverick low.
- McCain Can't Remember How Many Houses He Has
No, really. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you." Granted, McCain ...
- Go Away Already.
Oh. Shut. Up. ROMNEY: Well, Hugh, my own view is as the Caucuses are a hot spot, and as Russians have shown their willingness to act militarily against a sovereign nation, that the International Olympic Committee ought to revisit locating the Games elsewhere. Just stop talking. Go away. Shut ...
- Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
David Gergen: I, adviser to four Presidents, will lay out What Obama Must Do. The fact is, as long as terrorism is the number one threat, the GOP will win. Ignore the polls that say it's not. Here's my recipe for a game changer (and the reason it's needed is that the McCain campaign has been bett...
- Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... (Applause) Bit of an energy crunch we're in, ain’t it? I was pondering how we got caught so seemingly flat-footed, so I went back and revisited President Bush's State of the Union speeches to see if there was a way we could've avoided this mess. (He said nothing...
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies
News of her passing unfortunately complicated by premature reports, several media outlets are now confirming that Ohio Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones died this evening. From the New York Times: Considered a liberal, Ms. Tubbs Jones was a co-sponsor of legislative efforts to broaden health care...
- Open Thread and Diary Rescue
This evening's Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, jlms qkw, HansScholl, dopper0189, BentLiberal and ItsJessMe, with jennyjem spinning around in the editor's chair. Wheeeee! The diaries up for rescue tonight are: While the warmongers beat their chests over Georgia, ignatz uk writes about a brewi...
- The Big Tent in Denver
Construction is underway on the Big Tent in Denver. Hosted by Daily Kos, ProgressNow, and The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, the Big Tent will be the place to be for new media journalists, bloggers, and non-profit leaders covering the Democratic National Convention. The Alliance for Sustain...
- Senate picture
Yesterday I ranked Senate races per Rasmussen polls, based on the latest Louisiana Ras poll. Today, let me do a better version of that post, this time using the Pollster.com polling composites (a more accurate way to gauge the state of these races). I've ranked them in order of likelihood of swi...
- Media Presidential Polls: Tightening Race, Obama By 3
The new NBC/WSJ and CBS/NY Times polls are out and there are no radical changes from yesterday's poll tightening. As previously noted, we pay special attention to media polls because of their ability to drive narrative. (For a complete view of all the polls, see pollster.com and fivethirtyeight.c...
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