McCain's Nostalgia for Victory and Relevance Tour
Why is McCain making time for two stops that aren't going to help him win the presidency?
Trash Talk - Election Weekend Special Edition
Down to the nitty gritty. The big game is Tuesday. I am not talking about University of Buffalo v. Miami of Ohio. I am talking The Obama State U v. McCain Community College. This OSU isn't in the Big 10, and we are expecting victory baby! Lets get down to the games for the weekend.
Studs Terkel, RIP
Vote for Studs Terkal--because Chicago deserves it.
Let's Do The Time Warp Again!
Put a fork in 'em. John Sidney McCain III and the Republican Grand Old Party have nothing left in the tank except for tired platitudes, creaky rhetoric, moldy and discredited policies, racism and anger. They have absolutely nothing positive or helpful to offer up to the American people in these troubled times. Just four years ago, the right wing GOP was full of hubris and bellowing of their dominion over American politics; now they are just a collective freak show caught in a time warp.
Who Knew Ken Duberstein Was Black?
Ken Duberstein, Novak leaker extraordinaire, just joined the growing stampede of people endorsing Obama because of McCain's stupid choice of Palin for Vice President.
Get Them Elected!
As Rachel Maddow would say, Marcy has "talked me down". I am resigned to the fact that senator Obama will not be coming to Arizona. Now, what I can do, and what you all can do as well, is work hard, donate, call, talk to neighbors - anything, everything, between now and the close of the polls on Tuesday to keep the progressive and Obama wave alive and rolling. The finish line is in sight; no time for coasting - peddle to the metal baby!
It Must Be Something in the (Melting) Icebergs
Gosh, Uncle Toobz' claim that he's not a felon sound a lot like Sarah Palin's claim that the Branchflower report found that she hadn't abused power.
Obama Campaign's Take: We're Doing What We Need To
I'm listening to an Obama campaign conference call on the state of the race. Some of the eye-popping details:
Sporadic and First-Time Voters Are Voting Early
I've been focusing on the early voting numbers, though the McCain team has questioned whether or not the high Democratic turnout really just amounts to voters who would have voted anyway coming out early.
No.
The Obama campaign is quite confident that at least one fifth of these early
Advertisements Can't Hold Hands
McCain has cannibalized his GOTV funds so he can run more ads.
It's Called Justice
Not only did Michael Mukasey, in his most reasonable act as AG, refuse to act on Bush's request that he help Ohio Republicans prevent 200,000 voters from voting.
But now, the military judge in charge of Hamdan's Show Trial has refused the Bush Administration's request that the jury re-sentence Hamdan so he won't be released on Bush's watch.
McCain's Foxy Insta-Republicans
How is it that Fox claims the electorate has gotten significantly more Republican in the last week, when it's so clear so many Democrats are coming out to vote in swing states?
Clinton-Gore '08
Wherein the last two Democrats elected to be President come to Florida to campaign for (hopefully) the next Democratic President.
Don't You Hate When Your Plumber Is a No-Show on Your Appointment?
Only, when you get blown off by repairmen, there aren't 6,000 people and the national press watching.
Fukuyama Endorses Obama; Slams McPrickly, Dick & Bush
Even the neocon nuts are fleeing John McCain and his campaign of shame. The latest surfer from the right to catch the Obama wave to the White House is Francis Fukuyama. That's right, the guy who literally wrote The End Of History has figured out that Barack Obama is history in the making and John McCain is simply ancient and erratic history.
Defeat Mormon Hate: Defeat Prop 8
Please give to defeat Prop 8.
The Palin Industry
I don't buy that Sarah Palin will be the Republican nominee for President in 2012.
I understand why the right has grasped Palin with such enthusiasm.
Senate Tea Leaves
A new Hill piece talks about some of the changes that will come if Obama does win the Presidency.
McCain, Don't You Think A Surge Might Have Been Better BEFORE People Voted?
Good for John McCain to finally start defending the states he needs to win. But don't you think it would have been better to do so before a quarter of voters in those states had already voted?
Did I Mention Bush Is Preparing His Pardon Pen?
John McCain has called on Uncle Toobz to resign (ignoring, of course, that he may be guilty of the same crime himself), Mitch McConnell has piled on, and even Sarah Palin has decided it is safe to take on her mentor.
But the Bush Administration? Dana Perino's no comment sounds remarkably like the "no comment"s we got just before Bush commuted Scooter Libby's sentence.