“Everything is f**king spin.”
- John McCain talking about the Bush White House in Bob Woodward’s new book.
Now that is the type of stuff I wish I heard publicly from McCain. Because if he spoke out like this more often (maybe not as harshly) he’d probably lose some of the base, but how many independents would [...]

“I have never suggested that Senator McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because I believe that he genuinely wants to serve America’s national interest. Now, it’s time for him to acknowledge that I want to do the same.”
- Obama addressing veterans yesterday at [...]

“I think the American people have had enough of inflexibility and stubbornness in national security policy.”
- McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann on how Obama is like…Bush?
I guess Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Malki is like Bush too since he’s insisting on a timetable?
Ahh, politics…

“A black man will be his party’s nominee to be president of the United States. If you were a betting man and you had to place a bet on who is going to win in November, you would be prudent to place it on him. He is a problematic candidate, but not because of his [...]

“If I had to make a prediction right now, I’d say Barack Obama is going to be the next president. I will be stunned if he’s not the next president of the United States.”
- Missouri’s 5th district congressman, and Hillary-backer, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Maybe this is his way of supporting Obama without supporting him?

“Only a fool or a fraud sentimentalizes the merciless reality of war.”
- A phrase from John McCain’s foreign policy speech today, which some say is a direct response to Bush’s recent statements romanticizing war.
Here’s more from the speech…
“Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we [...]

“If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that’s not capitalism, that’s socialism for the rich.”
- Jim Rogers, CEO of Rogers Holdings on CNBC today
Here’s some background:
Last week, it was a $200 billion cash-for-bond swap for the banks.
This week, it was a $200 billion bond-for-bond swap for the big investment houses.
If they [...]

“The doors open at 7 and they close at 7:15. It would be tragic if Hillary were to win this election in the daytime and somebody were to come in at night and take it away.”
- Bill Clinton, continuing to push the campaign’s meme that caucuses are unfair.
Does he have a point?
Discuss.

“Look, it’s not us making this charge. It’s the media.”
- Hillary on the plagiarism charges against Obama
Politico has more.

“This feels good. It’s just like I imagined it when I was talking to my Kindergarten teacher.”
- Obama this morning at a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

“I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim. There’s a billion people on the planet that are Muslims, and I think that experience is a big deal.”
- Former Senator Bob Kerrey “praising” the Illinois Senator, while at [...]

“Whoever imagined that you would hear from the United States and from Britain the same arguments for detention without trial that were used by the apartheid government.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the gravity of our policies

“What does it say about your party when people are deemed unelectable because they oppose torture?”
- John Cole talking about Republicans’ problems with Mike Huckabee

“The euro, worth 83 cents in the early George W. Bush years, is at $1.45. The British pound is back up over $2, the highest level since the Carter era. The Canadian dollar, which used to be worth 65 cents, is worth more than the U.S. dollar for the first time in half a century. [...]

Why paragraph? Well, it’s much more than just a quote…
“Mother Teresa’s agonies of doubt are surely not all that unusual. What is unusual is that she put them in writing and now they are being revealed to the world, in spite of her explicit wish that they be destroyed. I get mail all the time [...]

“So 2745 out of 302,703,731 in the past ten years have died in terrorist attacks, and we are getting our knickers in a twist about an arrow made of flour in the IKEA parking lot?”
- John Cole on this story.
Why do you hate American John?

“If America were a stock, it would be a “buyâ€Â?: an undervalued market leader, in need of new management. But that points to its last great strength. More than any rival, America corrects itself.”
- Economist article entitled ‘Still No.1′

“Despite dire predictions, there has been no adverse societal impact from this decision and most people now express little concern about same gender marriage.”
- Massachusetts State Senator Gale D. Candaras (D), who voted for a same sex ban in January, but changed her vote this week.

Suddenly, they’re everywhere.

“Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course,â€Â? George. We have been â€â€? we will complete the mission, we will do our job, and help achieve the goal, but we’re constantly adjusting to tactics. Constantly.”
- George W. Bush on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos