THAT'S NOT WAFFLING YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.... One of the more foolish talking points the McCain campaign has come up with in defense of Sarah Palin is the notion that she's clashed with Alaskan Sen. Ted Stevens (R). As the... More...
THE 'L' WORD.... We talked the other day about a surprising Washington Post editorial, which criticized John McCain's demonstrably false claims about Barack Obama's tax policies. Hiatt & Co., hardly a reliably liberal bunch, didn't pull any punches, concluding that... More...
THE AMBIGUITIES OF 'REFORM'.... In his acceptance speech last night, John McCain once again emphasized his desire to "reform government." He wasn't specific about what kind of reform, or even what he thinks "reform" means. There was a point, about... More...
THE POLITICS OF HEALTHCARE.... John McCain's acceptance speech last night was strikingly thin on substance, but there was a portion, about halfway through, in which the Republican nominee ran through a handful of policy issues. At one point, he told... More...
STONEWALLING IN ALASKA.... When Sarah Palin's "troopergate" scandal began in earnest in July, the governor told state lawmakers and the public that she welcomed an investigation. "Hold me accountable," she said. The editorial board of the Anchorage Daily News notes... More...
JOB ONE.... Following up an earlier item, the McCain campaign really has to hope that cultural insecurities are running high, because it's going to take a lot of attacks on arugula to overcome the state of the economy. According to... More...
IT'S THE CULTURAL INSECURITIES, STUPID.... It's tempting to look for recent historical analogies for the presidential campaign. Is this year like 1980, with Obama playing Reagan's role? Is it like 1996, with McCain playing Dole's role? Is it like 1992,... More...
TIME FOR A CRASH COURSE.... Fairly soon, we're likely to see a lot less of John McCain's controversial running mate. Howard Fineman reported tonight (and I heard something similar) that Sarah Palin will, after a brief stretch on the trail,... More...
WHAT DOBSON WON'T LIKE AND THE LCR SHOULDN'T BELIEVE.... Steve Schmidt, the McCain campaign's chief strategist, addressed a luncheon yesterday hosted by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay Republicans who urge the party to respect equal rights, regardless... More...
WHAT DOBSON WON'T LIKE AND THE LGR SHOULDN'T BELIEVE.... Steve Schmidt, the McCain campaign's chief strategist, addressed a luncheon yesterday hosted by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay Republicans who urge the party to respect equal rights, regardless... More...
FUNDING FOR OUR TROOPS.... Lindsey Graham last night blasted Barack Obama for having "voted to cut off funding for our troops." A day earlier, Joe Lieberman chastised Obama for voting to "cut off funding for our troops on the ground."... More...
GOING NUCLEAR.... Last week, in his acceptance speech, Barack Obama explained, "As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power." It was entirely consistent with the line... More...
THUMBS DOWN.... For those who didn't turn in to watch John McCain's acceptance speech, the "conventional wisdom" as articulated by media figures will help shape perception as to whether the speech was a success or a failure. Even for those... More...
A SWING AND A MISS.... Baseball metaphors seem to be the preferred standard for political success lately ("homerun," "grand slam," "hit a triple"), but after watching John McCain's acceptance speech, I'm inclined to think he fouled one off. The pressure... More...
Angry Sujal, in comments, noted that my last post was "surprisingly snarky" for me. I meant it, and I stand by it, but I take his point. There was something else, which I wasn't prepared to write about. Maybe I'm... More...
Watch What They Do, Not What They Say That was a rather listless speech by Senator McCain, though it picked up briefly at the end. I wanted to note a couple of things. First, McCain often distorted Obama's views. He... More...
PLAYING THE VICTIM.... Forget the voters in general, the McCain campaign doesn't even respect its own donors. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sent out a fundraising solicitation today that charged that "the Obama/Biden Democrats have been vicious in their attacks directed... More...
IN DEFENSE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, REDUX.... Following up on earlier item, a CBS News reporter asked Barack Obama today, at a press briefing in central Pennsylvania, "Community organizer -- what was your reaction to that but also how is that... More...
BROKAW SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT.... Apparently, the Republican talking points this week don't just include attacks on the media, but more specifically, attacks on the media for questioning Sarah Palin's family burden. Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R) was on NBC... More...
UPPITY.... It was only a matter of time before Republican officials shifted from oblique racially-charged language to brazen racially-charged language. Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term "uppity" to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday. Westmoreland was... More...
IN DEFENSE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.... There was plenty to be offended by at last night's Republican convention, but the snide, condescending shots directed at community organizers, most notably from Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin, seemed unusually cheap, even by GOP... More...
STILL HIDING.... The Politico's Michael Calderone offers a look at the lineups for the Sunday-morning talk shows: Joe Biden will be making his first appearance on "Meet the Press" this Sunday since joining the Democratic ticket, an NBC spokesperson just... More...
MCCAIN AND BIN LADEN.... Last night, ABC News' Charlie Gibson asked John McCain to respond to a line from Barack Obama's acceptance speech last week. GIBSON: Serious reaction to this statement: "John McCain says he'd follow bin Laden to the... More...
THE CRIME VS. THE COVER-UP.... Looking back, Sarah Palin would have been so much better off if she'd acknowledged the real reasons she fired former Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan -- he didn't get rid of her former brother-in-law... More...
A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING TELEPROMPTER.... Watching Sarah Palin's speech last night, I made a note: "Not bad with the teleprompter. Obviously reading, but better than McCain." It takes speakers a little while to get used to teleprompters, and it looked like... More...
Katie Stands Up To Cancer (4:16) Doctors are working to adapt cancer treatments previously used for adults in order to treat related illnesses found in children. Katie Couric examines this new potential hope for many young patients.
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