Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Z’ latest: —– MSNBC’s Howard Fineman reports that Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) is the “clear frontrunner” in the Obama veepstakes. CNN is on the same wavelength. ‘Twould be an interesting pick for many reasons, among them the fact that when Biden ran for president back in 1988, he ran an ad that included the following quote, “”The White House isn’t [...]
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago | Politics
CBS News has confirmed that Barack Obama's campaign now plans to announce Obama's vice presidential choice to supporters via email and text message on Friday afternoon. (This plan could change, of course.) - CBS Or maybe Wednesday, or Thursday, or Saturday, or Sunday or ....
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago | Politics
As we stand on the eve of the real election season, two new national polls today (LA Times/Bloomberg and Q-poll) along with the daily trackers (Rasmussen and Gallup) continue to show a tight race with a small Obama lead. LA Times/Bloomberg Registered Voters (June) MoE +/- 3 Obama 45 (49) McCain 43 (37) This poll shows the most movement, with the last polling in June. The latest Bloomberg/Los Angeles...
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago | Politics
Indiana stays Republican according to SUSA's Indiana poll : In an election for President of the United States held today in Indiana, Republican John McCain defeats Democrat Barack Obama by 6 points, 50% to 44%[.] . . . Compared to an identical poll released eight weeks ago, Obama is down 3 points; McCain is up 3. SUSA's demo breakdowns are always the most interesting part. Let's look at them on the...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
John McCain again today basically accused Obama of treason . Within that attack is the usual Republican blood lie about Democrats - that they hate America, hate the troops, etc. - with a bit of subtle racism thrown in (playing on Obama's African heritage, and on the fact that some of his ancestor's were Muslim, all adding up to someone "less than American"). Today, Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago | Politics
From First Read : As Delaware Sen. Joe Biden left his home a few minutes ago, golf clubs in tow, he was asked where he was going to be on Saturday. Biden replied, "Here" and pointed down to his driveway. As he pulled out of the driveway in the driver's seat of his car he then said to the press gathered near his gate, "You guys have better things to do. I'm not the guy ." (Emphasis supplied.) Biden...
Althouse (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008 | Politics
Roger Kimball finds Obama's "above my pay grade" feint on abortion "insulting and mendacious." It is insulting because it ostentatiously evades the question while giving a little wink to his home team: “Oh, these religious morons and their obsession with abortion! Of course, I could care less about it, but I also know it’s impolitic to say so, so I’ll emit a brief rhetoric fog and hope no one will...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago | Politics
Video : "Hey guys, I'm not the guy. See ya." I'll take him at his word. He goes golfing... Obama supporter BTD on TL : If Kaine or Sebelius is the pick, I have to say I think Obama no longer is a shoo in and in fact is not much of a favorite anymore. An amazing turn of events I think. All Obama has to do to insure victory is pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate and he refuses to do it. Just amazing....
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Jimmy sez, "Michael Goldfarb of the John McCain campaign oddly disses gamers in his post yesterday on the John McCain blog." It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman's memory of war from the comfort of mom's basement, but most Americans have the humility and gratitude to respect and learn from the memories of men who suffered on behalf of others....
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Notice something wrong? That’s right. Now the DNCC has taken on the Nutroots/Barking Moonbat predilection for using upside down American flags. (via Hot Air from Weasel Zippers) Some viewers contacted 9NEWS Saturday, questioning the design of the credentials to see Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination at INVESCO Field at Mile High. The [...]
Papamoka Straight Talk (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago | Politics
I have to say that I’m not to sure that this is such a bad idea given certain conditions. Conditions like our government going nuts in tax breaks for solar research, wind power research, hydrogen and natural gas research as fuels for our nations cars, trucks and busses. If the government focuses as much attention to these energy sources as they have on oil then maybe then we can look at offshore drilling...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama "is almost always diligent about saying 'he or she' when discussing his potential running mate," Jake Tapper notes. "But at a lively town hall meeting in the Tarheel State Tuesday evening, the senator -- who is expected to announce his vice presidential pick at the end of this week -- used a decidedly male pronoun."
Think Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sharply criticized Russia for relying on its “military power” to accomplish its goals. Ironically, she said that it “is not the way to deal in the 21st century.” From her remarks yesterday en route to Belgium: But I just want to emphasize again, Russia is a state that [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago | Politics
Barack Obama has built his whole campaign around change. But he has not yet explained why we need that change. You might think that's a...
