When Barack Obama traveled overseas recently, and drew criticism for appearing “presumptuous,” Obama emphasized his belief that we “only have one president at a time.” It’s a point John McCain may have forgotten. At a press conference [yesterday afternoon], John McCain redoubled his efforts to thrust himself into a leadership role on the Russia-Georgia crisis […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The networks are reporting that Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney died this afternoon in a Little Rock hospital. * About that cease-fire: “A column of Russian armor and troops moved deeper into Georgian territory on Wednesday in apparent violation of a new cease-fire agreement, according to Georgian officials […]
We talked earlier about the Obama campaign’s new TV ad koupit-pilulky.com , which notes, among other things, the fact that John McCain voted with George W. Bush 95% of the time last year. Soon after, the McCain campaign responded by — I kid you not — telling reporters, “In the Senate, Barack Obama has voted […]
There were a couple of weeks in May that were rather embarrassing for the McCain campaign. The presumptive Republican nominee had developed a reputation as a politician who had little use for high-priced DC lobbyists, but it quickly became obvious that his entire campaign operation was being run by … high-priced DC lobbyists. In one […]
We don’t know the motive, but we do know the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was shot in his office today, and is in a Little Rock hospital in critical condition. The gunman asked to speak to the party chairman, Bill Gwatney, and fired three shots at the office near the state Capitol. “He […]
I’m relatively indifferent to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) speaking at the Democratic National Convention, but given the historical parallels Kauf von Levaquin , I suspect we’ll be seeing a lot of stories like this one. ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Arnab Datta report: Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., an abortion rights opponent who endorsed Sen. Barack […]
In his column today, the WaPo’s Peter Beinart argues that race, in a general sense, is dogging Barack Obama, and undermining his chances at winning the White House. This is likely to get worse, Beinart argues, because race will be “central to this campaign because McCain needs it to be. He simply doesn’t have many […]
I think the new Obama campaign ad works pretty well: It’s another “contrast” ad Kauf von Cipro , hitting McCain in the first half, touting Obama in the second half. The spot starts out with the image of a hardcover book, “Economics … by John McCain.” Turning the various pages (get it? “turn the page”?), […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Meet your DNC Keynote speaker: “Mark Warner, Virginia’s former governor and its Democratic candidate for the Senate, has been tapped to be the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, a plum […]
When news broke this week that John McCain would attend a fundraiser in Atlanta that Ralph Reed is helping host, it raised a few eyebrows. After all, McCain helped expose the Jack Abramoff scandal, and Reed was Abramoff’s business partner. Indeed Viagra Ohne Rezept Kaufen , as part of the investigation, we learned that Reed […]