Josh Marshall encouraged readers this morning to stop what they’re doing and read John Heilemann’s take on the state of the campaign in New York magazine. I’ll second Josh’s endorsement — this is one of the sharpest analyses I’ve read this week. The race is, obviously, constantly changing and evolving, day by day, hour by […]
The moment the McCain campaign worked to inject race into the presidential campaign, the media seemed, for lack of a better word, relieved. It was as if news outlets wanted desperately to focus on race, but needed to wait until there was some kind of news peg to work off of. Almost immediately, the Obama […]
John McCain likes to frequently tell people he knows “how to win wars.” I’ve never been entirely clear on what that means — McCain’s never, you know, actually won a war — but it seems to have something to do with Bush’s “surge” policy in Iraq. A couple of weeks ago, when McCain finally unveiled […]
School vouchers haven’t had any luck at all lately. Voters in Utah, expected to be rather conservative, overwhelmingly rejected a statewide ballot referendum on vouchers last November. The president touted a voucher plan in his State of the Union address, which was DOA in Congress. A study of the Milwaukee system found that students who […]
I don’t know which presidential campaign John McCain is watching, but it certainly isn’t his own. The presumptive Republican nominee held a press conference in Florida yesterday, and offered a “unique” perspective on his efforts. * Said “I don’t think our campaign is negative in the slightest.” There are negative McCain ads running as we […]
Up until a couple of months ago, John McCain was strongly opposed to expansive coastal drilling, arguing that it was a bad idea that would do nothing to help consumers. Then, as the political winds shifted, McCain shifted with them, and exploited public frustration for all its worth. He effectively told voters, “Wait, did I […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’ve been depressed over Alan Keyes’ failure to win the nomination of the Constitution Party. What’s a presidential race without Keyes? The crazed, right-wing loon, who appears not to have a real job, runs every year for something. With his failure to secure the Constitution Party nod, it looked like Keyes […]
Guest Post by Morbo Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a prominent Religious Right organization, believes we’ve really hits the skids in this country. Indeed, times are tough for the far-right fundamentalist Christians. Homosexuals are lining up to get married in California, and Massachusetts is about to let out-of-state same-sex couples get married. […]
Guest Post by Morbo Increasingly erratic syndicated columnist Richard Cohen wants someone to “Just tell me one thing Barack Obama has done that you admire.” OK, I’m up for fielding that one. How about, “He stood up, boldly and without apology, and powerfully articulated a progressive vision for this country better than I’ve heard anyone […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Looks like an arrest was in the works on the anthrax case: “A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, […]