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: * A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll suggests Dems still have some work to do in the general election: “In head-to-head contests, the poll found, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% […]
The missing White House emails that will never be found
The last we heard from the White House on the subject of its missing emails, one presidential spokesperson was telling the nation, “I wouldn’t rule out that there were a potential 5 million e-mails lost…. We screwed up, and we’re trying to fix it,” while another presidential spokesperson was also telling the nation that White […]
Washington Times improves its style guide, much to the right’s chagrin
For all the criticism I’ve directed towards the far-right Washington Times and its new editor, John Solomon, it’s only fair to give credit where it’s due — the paper changed its style guide this week, immediately making the paper more readable. Chances are, the typical newspaper reader never pays any attention to an outlet’s style […]
As much as I appreciate McCain’s denunciation of Cunningham…
This got quite a bit of attention yesterday, and with good reason. John McCain, to his credit, denounced a right-wing loud-mouth for being a bit of an ass at one of the Republican’s official campaign events in Ohio. A supporter of John McCain, speaking at an official campaign event in Ohio attended by the Arizona […]
Stop Tim Russert before he moderates again
In the last post, we talked a bit about how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama did in last night’s debate in Cleveland. But I’d remiss if I neglected to note how truly awful Tim Russert was as a moderator. His performance was rather embarrassing — for all of us. This had to be one of […]
Cleveland rocks? Clinton, Obama spar, but did they connect?
If last week’s Democratic debate in Texas seemed a little too cordial given the political climate, last night’s debate in Cleveland featured some of the conflict the political world craved. This very well may have been Hillary Clinton’s last opportunity to take some rhetorical shots at Barack Obama, and possibly throw him off his game […]
Tuesday’s Mini-Report
Today’s edition of quick hits. * More discouraging economic news: “Consumer confidence plunged, the wholesale inflation rate soared, the number of homes being foreclosed jumped, home prices fell sharply and a report predicts big increases in health care costs. Consumer confidence weakened significantly as Americans worry about less-favorable business conditions and job prospects. The New […]
Can McCain blow off the Federal Election Commission?
I’ve been following John McCain’s travails with the Federal Election Commission with great interest, in part because the senator seems to want to pick a fight with Barack Obama over their relative commitments to public financing, and in part because it’s a rather blatant example of McCain blowing off the rules — Bush/Cheney-like — the […]
CNN’s Glenn Beck compares Santorum to Winston Churchill
Remember, CNN pays this guy lots of money. This morning on NPR, host Steve Inskeep asked right-wing pundit Glenn Beck who the “rising star” is in the conservative movement. Beck’s response? Defeated senator Rick Santorum. “I think the guy is a Winston Churchill in many ways,” said Beck. “You know, there’s really only one guy […]
Finding a common line on Israel
As a rule, Israel blogging isn’t really on my beat, but Barack Obama spoke with about 100 members of Cleveland’s Jewish Community yesterday morning, and offered an interesting perspective on U.S.-Israeli affairs. “I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt a unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you’re […]