One of John Kerry’s obvious goals — in all three debates — was to return the public’s focus onto Osama bin Laden. It’s been effective in every instance, and even prompted Bush, in the first debate, to utter the embarrassing, “I know Osama bin Laden attacked us; I know that” response. But last night’s bin […]
It was a rare misstatement for Kerry: “This is a president who hasn’t met with the Black Congressional Caucus.” As it turns out, Bush did. “Well, first of all, it is just not true that I haven’t met with the Black Congressional Caucus. I met with the Black Congressional Caucus at the White House.” He’s […]
I suspect that the Bush campaign, desperate to find a way to distract attention away from some of Bush’s more egregious mistakes last night, have had to settle on trivia as their primary talking point from last night: Kerry’s reference to Dick Cheney’s gay daughter. It’s hardly been 12 hours and this has already received […]
CBS News: A CBS News poll of uncommitted voters who watched the debate named Kerry the winner by 39-25 percent over Mr. Bush, with 36 percent calling it a tie. Fifty-nine percent said Kerry has clear positions on the issues. Before the third debate, only 31 percent of the same voters said Kerry had clear […]
I feel like I can be objective about these things. I’m obviously not a neutral observer, but I know when my guy is winning or losing. From where I sat, John Kerry not only won last night, he dominated. Kerry was in complete control of the entire debate, from start to finish. Of the three […]
Going into tonight’s final debate, the Kerry campaign has been bucking conventional wisdom and building up expectations instead of playing them down. From today’s morning shows: ABC’s George Stephanopoulos said “Democrats are having a hard time hiding how confident they are.” ABC’s Dan Harris closed his package saying “there is a slight concern” in the […]
OK, so we’ve covered Republicans rejecting registration applications in Florida, committing fraud in Nevada, and cheating in South Dakota. In Ohio, they’re apparently far more aggressive about their goals. Thieves shattered a side window overnight at Lucas County Democratic headquarters in Toledo, stealing computers with sensitive campaign information and triggering concern of the local party’s […]
It may not be a swing state like Florida and Nevada, but South Dakota — home to one of the nation’s most important Senate races — has plenty of Republicans committing election fraud there, too. The state Republican Party has accepted the resignations of the chairman of its get-out-the-vote operation and four contract workers in […]
Florida may be a democratic disaster area, but Republicans in Nevada have gotten in on the fun, too. Employees of a private voter registration company allege that hundreds, perhaps thousands of voters who may think they are registered will be rudely surprised on election day. The company claims hundreds of registration forms were thrown in […]
If Florida wants to lose its reputation as the place where democracy goes to die, it isn’t making many strides. The Washington Post had a disturbing feature piece today on African-American voter registration in Duval County (Jacksonville’s county). It isn’t a pretty picture. As you’ve no doubt heard, many have raised questions as to whether […]