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~It appears that somebody, most likely the federal government, is barring news media from flying over the hurricane-ravaged sections of Galveston Island.
~In the 26 years John McCain’s been a senator he’s seen two major loan crises.  Someone should tell the guy that with his ringside seat to the GOP fueled “free market” excesses maybe, just [...]

Given former Bush adviser Karl Rove’s personal history with “the truth” this last decade it’s amusing that his opinion still carries any sort of weight in the media pundit circles. Never-the-less Karl Rove appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning to weigh in on this weekends round of campaign ads and his opinions? [...]

This post won’t truly make sense unless you watch the “offensive” Obama campaign ad first.

For those of you who can’t watch video the transcript follows:
1982.
John McCain goes to Washington.
Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn’t:
- He admits he still doesn’t know how to use a computer. (Politico 7/13/08)
- Can’t send an [...]

Today’s selection of important stories you might have missed:
~ For the people of the Texas breakwater island of Galveston Hurricane Ike is turning into a real nightmare.  The storm surge is in danger of completely overrunning the island.  The coast guard has issued a very strongly worded warning and said that, “Persons not heeding evacuation [...]

In less than two months America will elect a new president. Now, for months, Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his campaign have highlighted “experience” and “readiness” as the qualifying factors for the position of President.  The question to ask then is simple:  Why, if readiness is of such importance, is McCain unwilling to have [...]

One of the great democratizing benefits of the web when it comes to politics is that no matter what a person’s work schedule is they can, if they look for it, watch nearly any campaign speech whenever they want.  The Jed Report has just released a stinging campaign video of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe [...]

Over at Talking Points Memo Josh Marshall brings up a good point regarding John McCain’s VP pick: she seems to be in lockdown mode.
On the RNC website they have a clock that shows the time: “Since Joe Biden’s last gaffe”. Perhaps the Democrats should put up a clock of their own, the time: “Since Sarah [...]

Let’s get one thing straight: Bristol Palin should not, under any circumstances, become the direct subject of media scrutiny.  It’s none of our business who the child of her father is or what he’s doing, the details of her pregnancy, or anything about her save that she’s the pregnant daughter of a rabid pro-life/fundamentalist “family values” politician [...]

In the GOP world when you can’t win on the issues you claim elections aren’t about issues, they’re about personalities.  When you can’t win on personalities you go on the attack, you try to make voters fear your opponent. Think of it as “The Political Theory of Stupid”.  It’s crude, it’s offensive, and McCain campaign [...]

Fueled by a combined movement of undecided voters and former Hillary Clinton supporters that began during the course of the Democratic National Convention the Gallup Daily tracking poll is reporting that Barrack Obama has reached the increased his support to a solid 50% point.