NRO got it right. Inexperience. Palin has been governor for about two minutes. Thanks to McCain’s decision, Palin could be commander-in-chief next year. That may strike people as a reckless choice; it strikes me that way. And McCain’s age raised the stakes on this issue. . . . Tokenism. Can anyone say with a straight [...]
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Wow, what a maverick
Check out this interview with John McCain on the Time/CNN website. It’s a little disturbing how far he’s gone off from being himself. He is not the same man who competed with George W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination.
John McCain is Hillary's knight?
Politics sure make for odd reading. John McCain’s campaign is reaching out for the angry bitter myopic accusatory how can you be so sexist supporters of Senator Clinton. “She won millions of votes. But isn’t on his ticket. Why? For speaking the truth,” the narrator in the ad says. McCain Camp Accuses Obama of Passing [...]
That's a long 15 minutes
Jesse, please stop. We all care for you and respect you. But you need to stop being the story right now.
The Senate rolls over and plays dead
President Nixon Bush got what he wanted: Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill. The news article mentions that the old FISA rules were a problem, and that Congress did not want to deal with this in an election year. Even Senator Obama folded on this one. I guess his ambition is greater than his [...]
Good read re warrantless wiretapping
Salon has a good write up on Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Inc. v. Bush from one of the lawyers involved. If you are a “Get them before they get us” type, don’t bother reading. If you think everyone has to obey the law (meaning me, you, you, and especially YOU), then it’s a long read but [...]
Judge got wiretapping issue right
This judge apparently rejects the “It’s a State Secret ’cause WE say so” idea. Cool. And since it’s an election year, I expect Congress to mess this up.
Same old political pandering
Telcom immunity: I’ll wait to see if the Democrats sold out the constitution again, but I’m willing to bet they did. No politician has any principles during an election year. Update: Crooks and Liars has more, but it looks like it’s a done deal. These Democrats are not Blue Dogs, they are Blue Cowards. All [...]
Today Senator Clinton is set to give a speech
I’m reading about Senator Clinton and her speech to be given today. I can’t help but wonder “How is President Clinton going to mess this up?” When Al Gore was running for president, people commented that one of his failures was not getting President Clinton to campaign for him. Bill Clinton is great for working [...]
Senator Obama will be the nominee
It’s Wednesday morning and it looks like Senator Obama has crossed the finish line. Normally I shy away from the Wall Street Journal on politics as they frequently lean too far right. But this article is a good read about how Senator Clinton went from the leader in the race to falling behind. Senator Obama’s [...]
