Twenty-two million Americans tuned in to the Democratic Convention last night, four million more than party attracted to the opening days in Boston four years ago. The opening day was filled with highs, lows, and unusual choices, but the night should ultimately be a successful one for Democrats. The surprise appearance from Massachusetts Senator Ted [...]

Gotta love this down home folksy political wisdom for Billary… “Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. [...]

During the second quarter of this year, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index showed home prices tumbling by 15.4% as compared to the same quarter last year. This is the steepest drop ever recorded. During the mid-decade housing bubble, a lot of people purchased over-valued property. And while the value of your [...]

And so the tables have turned, at least for today. Of note, Obama hasn’t been at 44% for a LONG time. In fact, the last time was before he secured the nomination back in early June. The same goes for McCain, who hasn’t reached 46% since the same time period. My guess as to why? [...]

The Democratic National Convention should be Barack Obama’s shining hour. For one thing, he did what one year ago most pundits considered to be the improbable by becoming the nominee of the Democratic Party after one of the most grueling primary battles in recent political history. For another, he’s scheduled to accept the nomination of [...]

With leaners Obama – 46% McCain – 46% Without leaners Obama – 44% McCain – 44% Quite a swing today in McCain’s favor, as the Arizona senator makes up 3 and 4 points respectively in the numbers. These numbers now line up almost exactly with Gallup’s and show that Biden may have actually hurt Obama. [...]

Don’t tell me she didn’t know this was going to happen… If the 3 AM ad worked during the primaries, then this one will probably make a dent too. Although, ultimately, we all know what happened to Hillary. I wonder what’ll she think when she sees it.

John McCain is out with a new ad today that picks up on the 3:00am meme that HIllary Clinton started during her primary battle with Barack Obama, and continues the McCain campaign’s recent strategy of using Hillary’s own words against the man she now says she supports: Here’s the transcript: CLINTON AD: It’s 3 a.m. [...]

I held off on posting this until there was some type of confirmation, and I honestly didn’t think it would come from one of the suspects, but this story is pretty straightforward. From CBS 4 Denver: DENVER (CBS4/AP) ? CBS4 has learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot [...]

McCain makes fun of Obama and compares him to God, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Obama answers by pointing out how McCain doesn’t really know very much about economics. I agree with Doug… Although it’s done with tongue in cheek and in a deliberately cute manner, this is actually a pretty effective ad. It uses [...]

This is just odd… McCain is traveling with the U.N.’s World Food Programme, whose work she monitored in Southeast Asia and Africa this spring and summer. McCain plans to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and to visit wounded Georgian soldiers. She would also visit representatives of the HALO Trust, which works to remove land [...]

Courtesy of MSNBC. Tonight’s full schedule after the jump…

Over the years I’ve heard stories about people who’ve grown marijuana in their basement or their dorm room or even on land out in the middle of the country. However, I have never heard about anybody growing it…in a mall? MIAMI — The Drug Enforcement Administration discovered something unexpected in the Mall of the Americas. [...]

I wrote about Hillary supporter Debra Bartoshevich back in June when she decided to break from her party and support McCain instead. So what made her so special? Well, she was as an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention at the time. Understandably, she was quickly booted. Now she has popped up in a [...]

Joe Biden left the Presidential Race on January 3rd, adamantly refusing to consider the #2 spot on any ticket. But by June, he had reconsidered, telling NBC’s Meet the Press, “If the presidential nominee thought I could help him win — am I going to say to the first African-American candidate about to make history [...]

You can tell a lot about a person by their marital relations and the company he keeps… just ask John Edwards! Only, this story isn’t about John Edwards. (Don’t you know the media’s not allowed to speak of that?!) This story is about a supportive spouse, Jill Biden. Three years before she even met him personally, Jill [...]

As I’ve said frequently in the past year, Clinton and her team was not up to the task of running the country. Disagree with me if you like, but as numerous behind-the-scenes exposes come out that show just how dysfunctional the campaign was, Democrats everywhere should breathe a sigh of relief that they secured Obama [...]

That’s right. Nobody there. Let’s hope this ist true… BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Prime Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that an agreement had been reached in negotiations on a security pact with the United States to end any foreign military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011. “There is an agreement actually [...]