This article provides some really interesting context to the apparent disharmony between Obama and McCain that was evident last night during the debate. Apparently, the Democrats–with Obama chosen as their spokesperson–intentionally sought to pit McCain against the Republican House leadership during the bailout meeting with President Bush. It sounds like the Democrats very [...]

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Did anyone notice that McCain seemed to audibly swore under his breath when Obama brought up the Priminister of Spain? McCain clearly says the words “horseshit” twice at the 4:30 mark of this video. I guess we are now understanding why he failed so miserably among women in this debate. People noticed [...]

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I have to admit that I take a certain sublime pleasure in the now growing view that Sarah Palin is clearly out of her league. The interview with Katie Couric was like watching Ross Perot debate except probably a little worse. Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker has now apparently jumped on board and actually [...]

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Josh Marshall’s post below is the best short interpretation of what’s going on right now with the McCain campaign suspension that I have come across.
Let’s state outright a few obvious points. Bringing the presidential candidates and their press entourages back to Capitol Hill won’t speed or improve the process of coming up with a good [...]

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I never thought I’d utter the words, but here goes: Sam Harris is dead right. Money quote: “The problem, as far as our political process is concerned, is that half the electorate revels in Palin’s lack of intellectual qualifications. When it comes to politics, there is a mad love of mediocrity in this country. [...]

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