The Carpetbagger Report

John McCain appeared on The Daily Show this week, and Jon Stewart raised a point that conservatives generally don’t want to hear. “Don’t you think, these past few years, in terms of a recruiting tool for bin Laden and al Qaeda, I mean, let’s say al Qaeda is trying to fire up their base,” Stewart […]

Among the difficulties facing Hillary Clinton’s campaign right now is a bleak financial picture. The campaign has been broke before, but bounced back at key intervals. Now, however, Clinton spent heavily on a lackluster performance in North Carolina and Indiana, the results did not spur a new round of contributions, and her debts are beginning […]

Guest Post by Morbo I’ve never seen a real platypus, but I’d like to. I’ve been interested in these animals since I was kid and someone gave me a book about odd animals of the world. And the platypus is definitely odd. It has a bill like a duck and lays eggs but is covered […]

Guest Post by Morbo So there’s this 40-foot cross atop a hill in Holmen, Wisc. The problem is, the property is owned by the local government. Apparently, it’s quite a deal. They light it up every March, and you can see it from miles away. Of course, not everyone is in favor of the government […]

Guest Post by Morbo No one likes to see photographs of dying 2-year-old children. But when those children are dying because of a war your country started without justification, a war that has since gone horribly awry, sometimes it’s necessary to see photos like that — so you understand the gravity of the situation. On […]

Guest Post by Morbo A lot of folks are into NASCAR. I’m not, but if you enjoy it, more power to you. Some of the organizations sponsoring cars at NASCAR events these days are a little unusual. This year, the National Day of Prayer Task Force sponsored a car. You can see it here. The […]

Today’s edition of quick hits. * Insult to injury: “Burma’s ruling military junta today impounded United Nations food shipments bound for the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, forcing a temporary suspension of U.N. aid deliveries. A U.N. official later said shipments would resume tomorrow, and the United States said it has received approval to fly in a […]

Any suggestion that Hillary Clinton would start to back off in the face of insurmountable odds continues to be false. Today, her campaign unveiled a PowerPoint presentation, distributed to every Democrat in Congress, pointing to her performance in key, competitive House districts. The gist of the argument is that Hillary has beaten Obama in the […]

A couple of weeks ago, John McCain talked about the importance of increasing the size of the U.S. military. To entice more volunteers, he said, the government should focus on incentives: “[O]ne of the things we ought to do is provide [the troops with] significant educational benefits in return for serving.” A few days later, […]

Periodically over the last several months, the notion of an Obama-Clinton — or a Clinton-Obama — Democratic ticket takes center stage. The candidates then dismiss the talk, the issue fades away, only to come storming back for one reason or another. About two months ago, this was all the rage, when Clinton began publicly speculating […]