I know its still early, but I'm already calling it. Nobody is going to beat this from Ezra: Elizabeth Edwards says she and John McCain... [More]
April 1, 2008
More Foreign Policy Nonsense From McCain
What will it take for the media to realize that he really doesn't know what he is talking about? In a rational world, this would... [More]
April 2, 2008
Four More Years...
I've spent a good bit of time these past few weeks beating up on Sen. Clinton for forming an alliance with the very same conservative... [More]
Green Quote of the Day
Political Wire: "Not only will I, but I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part... [More]
April 4, 2008
The Other Klein On Obama [Late Update]
Time's Joe Klein has an article in this week's Time on Obama. His argument, so far as I can tell, is that patriotism is going... [More]
Barr To Offer Conservatives an Alternative to McCain
Former Rep. Bob Barr, a true old school conservative if ever there was one, has decided to run for president this year one the Libertarian... [More]
An Advantage In More Ways Than One
Ezra on Obama's fundraising advantage: Obama's fundraising doesn't require Obama to do very much fundraising. Since January 1st, Clinton has attended more than a dozen... [More]
An Update On the Passport Snooping Story
Interesting: From NBC's Libby Leist Two weeks after it was revealed that State Department employees were found snooping on five different occasions in the passport... [More]
The McCain-Lobbyist Connection
Wow.... [More]
Public Financing
Ambinder reports on how Obama might respond to McCain's latest move on public financing: My sense is that Obama campaign will probably call on its... [More]
April 5, 2008
The Power Of Third Parties
This critique of Bob Barr's run as a libertarian completely misses the point: Despite the fact that both [Democratic and Republican party] nominees are broadly... [More]
April 6, 2008
McCain Doesn't Get The Internet Either
20 years ago you could've gotten away with something like this. 20 years ago you were able to say one thing to one audience and... [More]
April 7, 2008
5 To 10 Years of "Full, Unconditional Commitment"
God help us: A new assessment of U.S. policy in Iraq by the same experts who advised the original Iraq Study Group concludes that political... [More]
April 9, 2008
Gaming the 2008 Senate Contests
The Republicans are defending nine Senate seats this fall. The Democrats are defending one. TPMe has a great rundown of what that might mean come... [More]
This Cannot Be True. It Must Be A Joke.
John McCain's people really misspelled his name? In a campaign commercial? Really?... [More]
April 11, 2008
Why Won't McCain Support Expanding The G.I. Bill?
I hadn't yet blogged about this issue, because to be perfectly honest I have no idea what to say. There are currently 54 co-sponsors in... [More]
"More Complicated in the 90s"
There are all kinds of reasons one could come up with for helping uphold Pres. H.W. Bush's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1990,... [More]
Consumer Confidence Hits Level Not Seen Since Carter
Following the trail blazed by Stephen Skowronek, I've long argued on this blog that in realignment terms Bush is the new Carter. Reagan set the... [More]
McCain On Torture
Following on to my previous post.... will someone please get Sen. McCain on the record about this. Now. Please?!?... [More]
Pivot Points
I alluded to this earlier tonight, but now that Obama has responded himself this subject deserves its own post. Because in case you needed yet... [More]
April 12, 2008
A Bitter Backlash
I cannot believe I'm going to say this, but... the people in Wolf's Situation Room get it exactly right. I didn't expect the media would... [More]
April 14, 2008
Elitist?
Here's McCain latest take on Obama's statements on voters anger and bitterness: "Oh I don't know, I think those comments are elitist," McCain said. "I... [More]
What's the Matter With Obama? Erm...Nothing.
I love Ana Marie Cox, but the premise of this post is all kinds of wrong: As Ambinder and others have pointed out, Obama's San... [More]
April 15, 2008
Obama on Investigations and Coverups
This statement from Obama is very, very good news. Will Bunch reports: What I would want to do is to have my Justice Department and... [More]
Polling PA
The new Quinnipiac poll is out today, and despite Hillary's best efforts to paint Obama as an out of touch elitist who can't connect with... [More]
McCain on Tax Reform
Ambinder has excerpts of McCain's big economic speech today. This part really caught my eye: --Major tax reform. The broad sketch: "When this reform is... [More]
Hey Connecticut Dems...
...aren't you glad you voted for this moron? And Obama... aren't you glad you endorsed this guy over Ned Lamont? Honestly, I will never, ever... [More]
April 16, 2008
Obama's Other Jeremiah Wright?
Oh please, please, please tell me that conservatives are crazy enough to try this line of attack in the fall. Please?!? I mean, look at... [More]
The Final Word on Bitterness
It really has to go to Fafblog's Giblets. And to convince you to click, one very small excerpt: When you've lost Hillary Clinton you've lost... [More]
Republicans Are Not That Scary
OK, I'm done with this. Yes, the Republicans are good at campaigning. But does it really do the Democratic Party any good for its own... [More]
April 18, 2008
The Coolest Moment In The History Of Presidential Elections
Watch until about 2:20 in... And just in case you need the context... With all due respect to Digby, this alone proves that Obama isn't... [More]
Late Nite Round-Up
+ The President of the United States is videotaping testimonials for government contractors. From the White House. Is there nothing to low for these people?... [More]
Quote of the Day
Chuck Todd: The left-wing blogosphere is MUCH more powerful than what you see on the right this cycle and it reminds us of the advantage... [More]
Nunn And Boren Endorse Obama
As Josh Marshall points out, this is yet another in a long series of endorsements of Obama from people who spent their careers representing small... [More]
April 19, 2008
More Like This Sen. McCain, Please!
Never mind the polls. Barring some catastrophe, there simply is no way McCain will win this fall. Look at this: "Certainly, at this time, we're... [More]
Mean What You Say, Say What You Mean
I think we can officially declare it a pattern. First it was "al Qaeda," then it was "the fundamentals of America's economy," and now its... [More]
April 20, 2008
The Myth of al-Qaeda in Iraq
I have nothing to add to this, so just read... Juan Cole: I am quoted in this NYT piece today on John McCain's allegations that... [More]
April 22, 2008
Today's Must Read Story
Nice to see people are starting to dig into McCain's record. The Straight Talking, clean legislating myth is just that - a myth - and... [More]
Willie Horton Returns? Hardly.
Floyd Brown, the man who together with Lee Atwater created the infamous 1988 political ad that used race as a weapon against Dukakis, is apparently... [More]
15 Percent?
This, from Politico's Roger Simon, is just silly: I was talking the other day to a prominent Republican who asked me what I thought John... [More]
Feelings About "The Other Candidate"
So I just got home from the film series to discover that all the networks have already called it for Clinton. No surprise there, I... [More]
April 23, 2008
Quote of the Day I
TNR's Jonathan Cohn: McCain has the look of an Internet stock circa 1999: Great numbers, lousy fundamentals. Cohn worries, however, that if the Dems don't... [More]
From The Smoke Filled ListServe
I've neglected to mention this in the past, but given last night's contest in PA and the growing importance of the Supers I need to... [More]
Hagee Still Believe Katrina Was The Wrath of God. McCain Still Silent
When Sen. John McCain appeared on ABC's This Week this past Sunday, he was asked his opinion about the endorsement he received from Pastor John... [More]
Bits And Bobs
My Internet connection was down for an hour or two today, so I was forced to do most of my afternoon blog reading with my... [More]
April 24, 2008
But That Was The Point!
Oh for god's sake people... this was precisely how this was supposed to happen. First you create the controversial ad. Then you leak it to... [More]
Muddled
Interesting. McCain has promised to bring "every pressure to bear" to stop that anti-Obama ad from running next week in NC, and word was earlier... [More]
McCain's Katrina Response: Let Me Eat Cake!
Look at what Newsweek has decided to point out: While floods ravaged New Orleans in August 2005, Bush and McCain celebrated McCain's birthday in Arizona.... [More]
Compare and Contrast
Joe Klein: More Bad News for Obama Jeremiah Wright is back, and unrepentant. Here's part of what he has to say for himself: The blowup... [More]
Some People Need To Stop Using Passive Voice
If David Broder truly is the "dean" of the Washington press corps, shouldn't he know better than to use the unattributed passive voice? In an... [More]
April 25, 2008
"an upbeat song that would appeal to the youth vote."
Hey youth... does this appeal to you? "Forever together / America is the land we're fighting for / There's a time in history / for... [More]
No Worries, Dems!
Alan I. Abramowitz is one of the most well respected voting behavior scholars around. So when he writes, you must read: According to every known... [More]
It's Not Race. It's Gender.
I'm immensely relieved to see that Obama campaign manager David Plouffe understands the truth: Obama's problem in white working class neighborhoods isn't primarily about race,... [More]
Such Honor! Such Virtue!
When the pundits and media pros wax poetic about Sen. McCain's honor and virtue, is this what they mean? Yes, the man would make a... [More]
Rewriting the Political Map
Yet more evidence that Obama understands we are on the verge of a realignment: Today, we announce the Vote for Change drive, an unprecedented 50-state... [More]
And Speaking Of Realignments....
The Internet's Matt Yglesias highlights this from his colleague Ross Douthat: Ross speaks of "the limits of what Steve Sailer likes to call Obama's 'I... [More]
April 28, 2008
If Campaign Finance Reform Is His Thing...
...then why is John McCain doing this? Given Senator John McCain's signature stance on campaign finance reform, it was not surprising that he backed legislation... [More]
Strobe Light Journalism
John Edwards may have for the moment stepped off of the political stage, but his wife Elizabeth has done nothing of the sort. First she... [More]
April 30, 2008
McCain's Iraq Flip Flops
Steve Benen does the world a service by compiling McCain's ever shifting approach to Iraq: * In 2005, McCain decided Iraqis resent our military presence,... [More]
McCain's Nonsensical Health Care Plan
I realize that conservatives think markets are the answer to everything, but even accounting for that, McCain's new health care proposal is really, really dumb.... [More]
Bits and Bobs
Some things I didn't have time to blog about yesterday... + Matt Yglesias has the cover story in this month's American Prospect, and its an... [More]
McCain v. Webb
My money in this battle is on Webb, hands down.... [More]
McCain's Health Care Plan
Following up on my previous post.... go read Ezra. It's 3 a.m. and your child is awake. She's been up coughing all night, fever resting... [More]
Blue Jersey...
...is not a swing state. That is all.... [More]
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