First, one of the best breaks it down…

After watching this I’m reminded of the parallels to the Democratic primary season. Much like Hillary, McCain is now going to employ the “kitchen sink” strategy and thus run a big risk of looking extremely partisan. And no doubt it’ll drive up Obama’s negatives and close the gap [...]

She keeps on stumbling…

Doug breaks it down…
Palin’s statement is particularly interesting mostly because it ends up becoming a fundamental misreading of what Jefferson meant when he said that the First Amendment had erected a “wall of separation” between the political and clerical worlds — namely his assertion, widely accepted during the Founding Era, that true [...]

Early today I shared a bunch of new swing state poll numbers and at the time I said that these were significant not only for the fact that Obama had cracked the 50% mark in most of them, but also for the fact that at this point in the election voters preferences usually don’t change [...]

Reprinted in full…
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. This is an extraordinary period for America’s economy. Over the past few weeks, many Americans have felt anxiety about their finances and their future. I understand their worry and their frustration. We’ve seen triple-digit swings in the stock market. Major financial institutions have [...]

It’s at the very first part of the interview, and then it launches into other specifics of the campaign.
Do note that these are just clips cut together. Clinton did voice his support for Obama even though he complimented McCain quite a bit.

I actually buy that she didn’t want the spot since being VP is pretty [...]

The author David Foster Wallace was found dead two days go from a suicide.
Many of you probably know him as the mind behind “Infinite Jest,” but in 2000 he wrote a piece for The Rolling Stone about John McCain and his run for the White House.
Trust me, it’s a must read…especially for observations like [...]

She just can’t admit that she’s not being honest…

Here’s the truth…
Actually, Congress put the kibosh on the Bridge to Nowhere back in November 2005. Since Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was then head of the Senate Appropriations Committee he was able to force a compromise in which the earmark for the bridge was killed but Alaska [...]

The hits just keep on coming…
NEW YORK - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday defended two debunked television ads attacking Democrat Barack Obama and claimed erroneously that running mate Sarah Palin never sought money for lawmakers’ pet projects as Alaska governor.
Palin sought $197 million in so-called “earmarks” for 2009. In the previous budget year, [...]

Remembering those we lost.

So you know that ethics bill that Palin touts on the trail as being one of her biggest accomplishments during her tenure as Governor? Well, the guy who helped develop a key part of that legislation also had some free advice for Sarah and her husband regarding TrooperGate.
From Wall Street Journal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An informal [...]

We know she asked the librarian what the process was to ban books from the public library. We know that the librarian was fired a few weeks later. And Palin rehired her after Wasilla residents demanded it.
So what happened?
ABC takes a look…

So the question remains…why was the librarian fired? Unfortunately we still don’t know, so [...]

The more you dig, the goofier it gets…
Some background…
In June, Andrée McLeod, a self-described independent government watchdog in Alaska, sent an open records act request to the office of Governor Sarah Palin. She requested copies of all the emails that had been sent and received by Ivy Frye and Frank Bailey, two top aides [...]

In particular, play Part Three and note at the 1:10 mark how a lifelong Democrat and a Hillary supporters praises Palin as a “breath of fresh air” and suggests that she could be a problem for the Dems if she’s on McCain’s ticket.
Part One

Part Two

Part Three

More as it develops…

C-SPAN has it.
I’m only about 20 minutes into the 1.5 hr debate, but she seems like a very normal politician so far. However, the questions haven’t really been hard hitting, so we’ll see if anything challenging pops up.
Anybody want to place bets now that she’ll probably do a decent job in her debate with [...]

Yes, either way it’ll be history.
But what will history write in its book?

There seems to be a lot of “there” there. No wonder she hired a lawyer.

Tell me what you think.
UPDATE:
Looks like the subpoenas are being issued now and the investigation is expected to conclude by early October instead of October 31st.
Stay tuned…

Video provided by MSNBC.

What impressed me so much about this speech is Obama essentially reframed the American Dream tonight as something we can all share if we believe in the liberal traditions of fairness and equality.
So call him a fake and a phony all you want. But tonight he called upon the middle class to [...]

This is it folks…
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To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and [...]

45 years ago…

How’s the dream holding up today?

I have obtained a partial transcript of the Barack Obama acceptance speech to be delivered at Invesco Field on Thursday and I can report tht it is truly great.