The United States is seeking the extradition from Canada of an Israeli hacker known as The Analyzer over charges of masterminding a multimillion-dollar worldwide online fraud. Ehud Tenenbaum, 29, was arrested in late August over charges relating to a $1.8-million
Sudan criticized both U.S. vice-presidential contenders on Sunday for suggesting they might support a no-fly zone over Darfur, saying the plan showed they knew little about the conflict. United Nations officials, aid groups and rebels have repeatedly accused the Sudanese
Enough is known about the causes of breast cancer to make a vaccine or prophylactic drug a real possibility, a leading cancer expert said last night. Professor Valerie Beral of Oxford University, who leads the Million Womens Study into the
PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Bruce Springsteen called the Bush presidency a disaster and said many Americans have justifiably lost faith in the American dream...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Governments across Europe scrambled to save failing banks on Sunday, working largely on their own a day after leaders of the continents four biggest economies called for tighter regulation and coordinated response to the global meltdown...
The shocker is not that Palin was chosen, or that she turns on Rich Lowry. (Lets face it: Palin is incredibly attractive, she uses her sex appeal to make straight men wither, women have been using that strategy since Cleopatra,
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- Indian authorities in Kashmir placed the Himalayan region in an around-the-clock indefinite curfew early Sunday to scuttle a planned pro-independence rally...
In Thursdays vice presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin said she agrees with Dick Cheneys expansive view of the power of the executive branch and the vice presidency:...
Just a few months ago, Barack Obamas campaign announced that they were: ...adding 20 offices across Virginia, an unprecedented effort by a presidential candidate and another sign that he plans to compete vigorously in a state that has been on
Where will the candidates be today? Barack Obama No public events scheduled Joe Biden Cancelled due to death in the family Rochester, New Hampshire The American Legion Hall 10:00 am (EDT) Manchester, New Hampshire Southern New Hampshire University Athletics &
Todays Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 52-40, no change from yesterday. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with the R2K numbers from today (yesterdays numbers in parentheses) and the other
Monday punditry. McCain is losing and its just starting to sink in. Hugh Hewitt: Why McCain will win. My remarkably upbeat ignore the polls, shuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic world view, based on the American peoples innate fear
This evenings Rescue Ranger Krewe is yashua, PaintyKat, vcmvo2, a synthetic cubist, Got a Grip, and jlms qkw, with YatPundit driving the Editmobile, careful not to make a left-turn in front of a streetcar. Charley on the MTA reports his
PLEASE NOTE - This is not an open thread and is intended for diaries and discussion of downticket races. For all the introductory stuff and links to previous diaries in the series, please look below the fold... This Rescue Diary
The filibuster has returned to American politics with a vengeance. It’s taking place not on the Senate floor but on television, and not by gray-haired Senators seeking to kill a certain odious bill, but by a perky, winking political neophyte,
Senator Biden will be stepping off the campaign trail for a few days to mourn the passing of his mother in law, Bonny Jean Jacobs: ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden will spend Monday and Tuesday
Utter horseshit: WASHINGTON—The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obamas presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners. Ooooh .... scary stuff. Exceeding
On September 26, 2008, 61 Nobel laureates announced their endorsement of Barack Obama. Their letter of endorsement opens with (pdf): This years presidential election is among the most significant in our nations history. It continues: During the administration of George
(Note: Before I start this, I want to make it clear that Im not an economist, not a stock broker, not an expert on fiscal dealings of any kind. Im a dunderhead who just sat there and watched most of
One has to hand it to Michael Bloomberg; once again, Hizzoner has managed to outshine his legendary predecessor. That he should outshine Rudy Giuliani in terms of exhibiting historic public hubris and naked political cynicism is perhaps a dubious honor,
As discussed here earlier, with John McCain facing the prospect of getting his ass handed to him in November, he has decided that the mavericky thing to do is to swift boat Barack Obama by playing the guilt by association
It isnt just our own tracking poll or the internals or the Sunday shows or the pollster.com average. Va. GOP fears McCain could lose the state Virginia Republicans are warning that John McCains prospects for winning a state that has
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/30-10/1. Likely voters. MoE 5% (No trend lines) Kirk (R) 44 Seals (D) 38 O2B candidate Dan Seals is back for a rematch after coming up short by 53-47 in 2006. IL-10 is the fourth
John McCains brother, Joe, told a campaign rally that Democratic-leaning Northern Virginia is communist country. Thats pretty rich coming from a party with a penchant for secret torture prisons, rampant corruption, spying on citizens, and disastrous economic policies. (Credit to
Last cycle, the Secretary of State Project did tremendous work in raising money and awareness for several contested SoS races across the country. These unheralded but crucial state-level office-holders are crucial for protecting the voting franchise. Corrupt Republicans like Ken
We often say that John McCain is running for George Bushs third term, and yesterday we learned that he plans to it by running Bushs first campaign...the campaign where Bush assaulted John McCains character: Sen. John McCain and his Republican
Obamas coming out with a new ad Monday, and playing nice and reaching across the aisle wont be the themes of the day. Discussion of this ad and the Obama campaigns promise of a harder hitting stategy is underway in
Last month, when two of Wall Street’s major financial institutions collapsed, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) declared that he “still” believes that “the fundamentals of the economy are strong.” Since then, McCain’s handling of the crisis has at times appeared incoherent
Speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser on Sunday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) “fumbled” while praising U.S. soldiers in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, referring to Afghanistan as a “neighboring country”:“They are also building schools for the Afghan children so
“John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said,” a move that could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the programs. McCain “has said little about
Over the last several weeks Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has demonstrated a lack knowledge about critical public policy issues. She claimed that the recently approved Wall Street bailout would “help those who are concerned about health care reform,” could not
In Thursday’s vice presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin said she “agrees” with Dick Cheney’s expansive view of the power of the executive branch and the vice presidency:PALIN: I do agree with him that we have a lot of flexibility in
Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) defended Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) new comments that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is “someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country.”
During the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she “may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear.” In fact, “On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were
In its landmark habeas corpus decision in June, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees deserve to have their cases heard quickly because “the costs of delay can no longer be borne by those who are held in custody.”
Yesterday, Vice President Cheney spoke at the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, NV, claiming that the Bush administration has championed wildlife preservation: As all of you know very well, President Bush made wildlife conservation an
ABC News reports that the State Department has hired the private firm U.S. Investigations Services “to fill positions in the newly created Force Investigation Unit (FIU),” which was created after last year’s deadly Blackwater shooting to investigate possible crimes committed
Prior to and following the vice-presidential debates, conservatives on Fox News purported that the “mainstream media” has a preference for an Obama presidency. Bill Kristol, Kirsten Powers, and Jeffrey Goldberg all agreed in the “obvious fact” of the “transparent agenda”
Tonight on MSNBC, Countdown aired a video compilation showing the similarity in rhetoric between George W. Bush in 2000 and Sarah Palin in 2008. Keith Olbermann reported that “the people around
Today, DOJ Inspector General Glenn Fine testified about his recent report on the U.S. Attorney scandal. Harriet Miers, who defied a subpoena regarding her role in the scandal, refused to talk to Fine’s investigators. Fine said she ignored the IG
In an interview with the Denver Post yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attempted to explain why he voted for the Wall Street bailout, despite previously saying that a bill that included earmarks would be “unacceptable.” McCain remarked, “I talk to…economists
Earlier this week, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) gained widespread attention for her inability to name specifically which newspapers and magazines she regularly reads. “Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these
During the vice presidential debate last night, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said that she agreed with Vice President Cheney’s belief that there is “a lot of flexibility” in the Office of the Vice President and that she was “thankful the
Nielsen reports: On Tuesday night, 69.9 million viewers tuned in to watch the sole vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.The Biden-Palin matchup set a new V.P. debate TV audience record, beating the previous high of 56.7 million
Included in the massive $700 billion bailout bill Congress passed and President Bush signed today is a bipartisan mental health parity provision that gives employees the same treatment rights for mental illness as for other physical ailments. “Congress has given
This morning, the hosts of Fox and Friends discussed last night’s vice presidential debate, concluding that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) was the “big winner.” As evidence, they said that she looked “relaxed.” “You saw somebody who was talking to you
Prepare yourself for a shock — the New York Times article on Barack Obama’s associations with former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers did not tell the whole story: NY Times Confirms Ayers’ Role in Obama Appointment as Chair of the
They’re relentless.The latest Associated Press masterpiece of journalistic malpractice: a headline that goes right to the edge of saying Sarah Palin called Barack Obama a terrorist (which she did not): Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama.They’re parroting Obama campaign propaganda,
Barack Obama was much older than 8 when William Ayers was photographed stepping on a US flag in 2001, for an article in which Ayers said he had “No Regrets” for his violent actions in the Weather Underground.In fact, at
The Associated Press seems to sense, in some dim way, that they may have gone a little over the line with that ludicrous “analysis” by Douglass Daniel that tries to accuse Sarah Palin of racism for mentioning Barack Obama’s association
The latest change behind the scenes is huge, but hopefully you won’t even notice.Ever since LGF began, back in the Paleostinky Era, our main template has been based around a simple HTML table with three columns. No nested tables (gasp!)
The Associated Press article on Sarah Palin’s comments about William Ayers is a Category 7 jaw-dropper. Apparently, now even criticizing Obama’s associations with white violent radicals is racist: Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge.Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt
A great piece by Michael Malone at PJ Media: The End Of An Era.Living out here in Silicon Valley, the heartland of American innovation, it’s hard not to be appalled by the events taking place 3,000 miles away in the
Former member of the Weather Underground Naomi Jaffe is being promoted at the official Barack Obam blog site; she’s now teaching yoga classes, presumably sans C4 plastic explosive: Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Event |
Just a reminder: in 2001, for an article in Chicago Magazine, Barack Obama’s friend William Ayers proudly allowed himself to be photographed stepping on a United States flag:The article was appropriately titled: No Regrets, and
Following Sarah Palin’s debate performance, Kathleen Parker has crow for dinner: Bridge to Somewhere.What did they do with the other Sarah Palin?I mean the one who bases foreign-policy experience on the proximity of Russia to Alaska and who speaks cutely
Sarah Palin goes where John McCain refuses to tread: Palin Hits Obama on Ayers.Our opponent though is someone who sees America it seems as being so imperfect, imperfect enough that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own
The last time we posted a thread about O.J. Simpson, it got a record rating of -265: The Inevitable OJ Thread.So let’s go for another personal worst: Simpson convicted of robbing memorabilia dealers.LAS VEGAS – Thirteen years to the day
Coming soon to the most jihad-friendly university in America, UC Irvine: a leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, to spread disinformation about the Muslim Brotherhood’s efforts to achieve “democracy.”It’s an odd form of democracy they want—the freedom to vote in
Here’s a terrific, detailed review of one of the textbooks created by the Discovery Institute in order to sneak their “intelligent design” creationism into American science classrooms. John Timmer precisely identifies the slippery tactics of this dishonest organization: A biologist
We’ve posted five articles now about serious mistakes and/or outright lies in Joe Biden’s performance last night—but if you read what the mainstream media have written about the debate, you won’t find a single one of these falsehoods. The media
There’s at least one anti-jihad politician in Europe who refuses to join forces with fascists and white nationalists: Geert Wilders.(IsraelNN.com) Dutch legislator Geert Wilders, producer of the movie Fitna exposing the Koran’s incitement to violence, announced that a “Facing Jihad Conference”
George Gershwins Rhapsody In Blue from Seiji Ozawa - A Gershwin Night If the much-heralded first performance of this piece was anything like the one presented here, it was lush, beautiful and fantastic.
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather)David Brooks continues his journey as a conservative apostate. He no longer believes in the Republican Party
Over the course of the 2008 election, Barack Obamas campaign has leap-frogged John McCain online. As CBS, ABC and Politico (among others) have documented, Team Obama has far out-paced McCain in deploying web technology
Download | Play Download | PlayBill Maher has new rules for political soulmates, gay French ambassadors, Amy Winehouse and any American who is considering
Download | Play Download | PlayThis Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passings of folk singer Nick Reynolds, Newsweeks Osborn Elliott, civil rights attorney J.L.
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather)Chris Wallace starts FOX News Sunday off by asking Holy Joe why McCain attacking Obamas character so vehemently now. There
Download | Play Download | PlayTheres a whole lot of rationalizing going on in media circles over the laughable and admitted stump-speech-disguised-as-a-Vice-Presidential-debate last week. Moderator Gwen
On Friday, a car bomb blew up three civilians and eight Russian soldiers, including a senior officer, in the disputed South Ossetia region of Georgia. Russia blames the Georgian secret service for the
Download | Play Download | PlayI often wonder what its like to live in the simplistic black-and-white world of your typical Republican bobblehead. Are their
Obama played in a Philly voter registration event. An American Reclamation project. Springsteen: After the disastrous administration of the past 8 years. What we really need is, we need somebody to lead us in an American Reclamation project. Ive continued
Buck Naked Politics: Best political ad ever Al Franken Hates PuppiesDiscourse.net: Palin plants shiv in McCains ribs - starts 2012 campaignalicublog: Intrepid mutts pinpoint cause of financial crisis: ManloveProse Before Hos: But he drives a Hybrid! What an elitist. This
Obama has a lead in all the national polls and has made significant progress in the battleground states at this point. So I think if he wants to cement his run to the White House, he should come out with
Jonathan Schwarz at A Tiny Revolution tells a story I didn’t know, one that would have made some difference to my opinions had I done so. Back in 2000, when Hank Paulson was CEO of Goldman Sachs, he testified in
Shorter Arnold: Help Me!Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a letter Thursday night to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said that with credit markets essentially frozen, the state, like a slew of others and local governments nationwide, had no access to
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather)Based on her performance with Katie Couric, it’s no surprise that the McCain campaign has kept Sarah Palin off MSNBC news shows where she wouldn’t get the Hannity kid glove treatment. But the campaign has also quite
Scroll down for updates…11:44am Eastern Flip-flop count = 2 3 4 (R’s: Wamp, Biggert, Coble, Barrett) 5 (D: Edwards) 18 (see below for full list as of 12:29pm Eastern)…and make sure you scroll down for Maxine Waters’ remarks bragging about
A PARTY HACK.... The last time we heard Joe Lieberman talking about Sarah Palin, he sounded like a reluctant supporter. Asked if he believes Palin in prepared to lead if something should happen to John McCain, Lieberman told NBC, Well,...
ALL OF BUSHS IDEAS ARE NECESSARILY GREAT.... The presidents odd combination of ignorance and arrogance has always been fascinating. Newsweek reported a few years ago, Its a standing joke among the presidents top aides: who gets to deliver the bad...
DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.... In July, John McCain got confused and started talking about the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border. Iraq and Pakistan, of course, dont share a border. Yesterday, McCains running mate got even more confused about geography....
DISHONORABLE.... If media reports are accurate, the game-plan for the McCain campaign is to start going after Barack Obama for his tenuous associations mid-week. In the meantime, though, theyve decided to rehash 15-month-old smears. Heres a new ad unveiled this...
THE COMPANY THAT HE KEEPS.... Heres John McCains latest line of attack: Americans need to ask themselves if theyve ever befriended an unrepentant terrorist, or had a convicted felon help them buy their house. Substantively, this is ridiculous, of course,...
GUILT BY GUILT.... As my friend Hilzoy explained very well overnight, the Obama campaign, which has been exceedingly cautious about tackling the Keating Five scandal and John McCains role in it, will broach the subject this week, principally in response...
People Who Live In Seven Glass Houses... Politico: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished...
He Denied It Was Racist For the most part, I try to steer away from accusations of racism. Im usually more interested in changing peoples minds, and that tends not to happen when I call them racists, since they suddenly...
ALL HEALTHCARE, ALL THE TIME.... With the passage of the bailout package this week, the two presidential campaigns are looking at the next step of the race in two very different ways. For McCain, its a chance to change the...
TURN THE PAGE.... Explaining the campaigns intention to shift from policy to personal attacks, Greg Strimple, one of John McCains top advisers, told the Washingtn Post that the campaign is looking forward to turning a page on this financial crisis....
THE FINE ART OF BLOWING OFF A MODERATOR.... If you happened to catch Saturday Night Live, which has suddenly become politically relevant again, you might have noticed a great bit on Thursdays debate, most notably the fact that Tina Feys...
HEALTH QUESTIONS GO MAINSTREAM?.... The McCain campaign originally promised to release the senators medical records in 2007, during the Republican primaries. Soon after, aides quietly changed their minds. In early March, McCain sat down with 60 Minutes, and was asked...
PALIN LOVES THE NEW YORK TIMES.... Sometimes, an erratic campaign just doesnt think things through. Ms. Palin seized on their relationship after the campaign of Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, said it planned to shift its strategy and...
OBAMAS PREEMPTIVE ATTACK.... The McCain campaign has publicly indicated its plan to shift the campaign discussion away from substantive issues, and towards William Ayers and Tony Rezko. The plan, apparently, is to begin a fresh round of baseless attack ads...
THE ECONOMY ISNT GOING AWAY.... The Washington Post had a widely-read item yesterday about the McCain campaigns intention to drag the campaign even deeper into the gutter. According to McCain aides, the goal is to shift the publics attention away...
by hilzoy From The Economist: A survey of academic economists by The Economist finds the majority -- at times by overwhelming margins -- believe Mr Obama has the superior economic plan, a firmer grasp of economics and will appoint better...
Mark To Market One of the stranger aspects of the debate over the bailout was the way both progressives and conservatives latched onto the idea of suspending mark to market accounting. (The final bailout bill (pdf) reiterated that the head...
YES, PALIN CAN GET WORSE.... Now, I know what youre thinking, because Ive been thinking it, too: theres just no way Sarah Palin can get any more ridiculous. We were wrong. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused...
MY SWEET COCONUT.... As far as the McCain campaign is concerned, being the governor of a state near a foreign country necessarily offers foreign policy experience. It stands to reason, then, that having a foreign love interest a half-century ago...
CHENEYS HEIR.... This weeks debate featured plenty of what weve come to expect from debates: soundbites, quips, evasive answers, etc. But there was arguably a little news, too, when Sarah Palin shed some light on her perspective about Dick Cheney...
The survivalists are getting ready, financial wizard and California congresswoman Laura Richardson nearly lost three houses to foreclosure, Terminator Hillary is now hunting Obama in Puerto Rico, but...
The response to Hillary Clintons wacky but Obama might get assassinated like Bobby Kennedy comments has been swift, massive, and hilarious. Or depressing. Swift, massive, and depressing. Or...
BEST IDEA EVER: While you terrible humans have been out on your beaches and patios drinking Corona and eating ribs, hilarious Clinton lawyer-friend Lanny Davis has been delivering the best Michigan...
Wonkette operative Eric sends us this screen shot of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the college website Facebook.com, where she currently has 666 supporters. 666 is, of course, Satans favorite number,...
Heres how John McCain opened a speech on nonproliferation today: For much of our history, the world considered the United States a young country. Today, we are the worlds oldest constitutional...
Silly Barry Obama. He thought he could hop to Puerto Rico and say all sorts of stupid crap without us REAL AMERICANS ever hearing about it, and mocking him. But we have the teevee on our Internet, so...
Of course the biggest news this weekend was Bob Barr winning the Libertarian nomination for president at the partys craziest convention in a while. For some brilliant on-the-scene coverage, check...
Last week Americas Princess Diplomat took a dream trip to the magical land of Google with gaunt diplozombie David Miliband. And look! Its our old friends, the Condi Hand Turkeys, to act as special...
Here is Your Barry pinch-hitting for Ted Kennedy at the Wesleyan commencement this weekend. He talked about how you should serve your country and have big ambitions. Be sure to watch all the way...
REPORTER BRAVELY EMPTIES POCKETS OF OBAMAS BODY MAN: When Mr. Obama dropped food on his tie while eating in the car between stops, Mr. Love was ready with a Tide pen. He always carries one, along...
The name of gun-toting incest pornographer and former Republican Jim Webb keeps coming up when people talk about who will be Barack Obamas vice president, mostly because the nomination of a Sexist...
George W. Bush will appear at his boyfriend John McCains fundraiser in Arizona today. McCain is so proud of Bushs support that the nations 43rd president will appear briefly, in the dark, with a...
Another reason we will all be starving soon: with no more illegal immigrants to pick crops, upstate New York farmers arent planting as much food anymore. Compounding the problem is...
The White House has issued a Papal Bull in response to former press secretary Scott McClellans new book, in which he makes bland accusations about the Bush administration like they may not have...
Way back in the early 1990s, America learned the hard way that strange e-mails from people with AOL e-mail addresses like krazi hott lucey are not hott even if they are krazi. In other words,...
John McCain is doing his best to romance The Hollywoods, but he has found few wealthy gay liberals willing to listen to his uplifting message of war without end. As a result, he has only been able to...
Heres Barry Obamas latest pitch to the Puerto Ricans, which he delivers in their native language. He seems to be mentioning, once again, that he was born on an island too. And then he says that...
Things havent gotten much better since we last checked in on Kwame Kilpatrick, the comical mayor of Detroit and a leading contender for Barack Obamas black vice presidency. You may recall that his...
Hey people, if you are in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area, you might stop by Studio 13 Creative Skin Design and ask Ryan Hadley for one of these sweet Barack Obama tattoos. Now GO GO GO, FIND US PHOTOS...
For weeks, many of you have been asking me, why havent the Democrats been bringing up McCains history as a member of the Keating Five? Especially since it ties so clearly into todays financial crisis, his wifes companys ties to
Palin hops on the Race-Bait Express and rides it hard. Even the AP sees it ...By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is palling around with terrorists and doesnt see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted
John McCains campaign surrogate and brother Joe McCain this weekend called Northern Virginia communist country.Apparently on orders from the campaign, he later apologized.
John McCain being interviewed by Mother Jones magazine in the Nov/Dec 1998 issue (emphasis added) ...MJ: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now,
From WaPo ...Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obamas character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrats judgment, honesty and
Sarah Palin is accusing Barack Obama of palling around with terrorists. But isnt her husband a former member of a political party which has treason against the United States as its central tenet? Answer: yes.
Republican state legislators, at the behest of the McCain campaign, have now filed an emergency appeal with the Alaska Supreme Court trying to shutdown the Troopergate investigation. The plaintiffs (echoing the Bush v. Gore decision) claim the plaintiffs and Alaskans
From TPM Reader PM ...Speaking of McCains temper, does anybody remember the whole 2006 ethics reform matter. I have been thinking about this for days, ever since the first debate. I didnt remember all the details at first, only that
Im curious to hear from economists and/or state finance experts on the precise significance of this. But it does not sound good. According to the LA Times, Gov. Schwarzenegger has written to Secy. Paulson saying that the state of California
An interesting case brewing in Michigan. A local GOP official there just filed suit against an indy media outlet for libel for reporting last month that the GOP was going to use foreclosure rolls to disqualify potential voters in November.
The Obama camp already has a TV ad up using footage from last nights debate where Joe Biden is ripping on McCains health care tax. That and the days other political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup.
From the you cant make this up file, a McCain foreign policy adviser claimed today that the candidates decades-long interest in Latin America is exemplified by the fact that he had a girlfriend in Brazil 50 years ago while he
So absurd.SAN FRANCISCO - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin called Afghanistan “our neighboring country” on Sunday in a speech that could revive questions over her tendency to stumble into linguistic knots.rtx95kp.jpgThree days after a mostly gaffe-free debate performance, the
Tom Brokaw agreed this was ancient history that happened when John McCain was in his 50s.MR. YEPSEN: This is where the primary has been useful to Barack Obama. We’ve heard about William Ayers. We heard about it from the Clinton
And another exciting week begins.Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for a third day, led by financial companies, after the global credit crisis deepened in Europe and the U.S. lost the most jobs in five years.
Just in case youre a Pennsylvanian who has neglected to register to vote, tomorrow is your last day.Wasnt all that long ago I realized I needed to re-register because Id moved.
I admit to not really paying attention to this Senate race except to watch the increasing number of polls showing doom for Dole. Politico has a McCain person predicting that shell lose.A top official in the McCain camp told us
With 1639 screens and a decent amount of marketing (at least in my market), conservatives cant whine that their hilarious vision was censored by the evil liberals in Hollywood.
My experience with economists (as a group) is that they tend to be Democrats who sympathize with Republican rhetoric on economic issues but know that theyre full of shit about everything.
Because Minnesota has been a cause of worry.Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a commanding lead in Minnesota over Republican John McCain, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.The poll, conducted last week among 1,084 likely voters,
Document the atrocities.•ABC’s “This Week,” 9:30 a.m. on Channel 9, 9 a.m. on Channel 49 — Guests: Gov. Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania Democrat; Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Republican; Sen. Mel Martinez, Florida Republican; Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat.•CBS’ “Face the Nation,”
I rather liked this ad Al Franken is running. And maybe its working.Addendum: Musical interlude.Update: Oh, wait, this ad is even better.Signed,Not Atrios
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has convened approximately 70 researchers such as ex-Klansman David Duke to discuss their doubts about the extent of the Holocaust,
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to the American people. Here is your chance to respond.MRB:Dear President Ahmadinejad and Noble Iranians,Thank you for
Even before the election results were final, Republicans began voicing their outrage at the possibility that Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., might become Chairman of
President Bush has mainly been talking about economic and diplomatic isolation, however, the administration is also leaving open the option of military action. The
While the rest of the world is adding tougher regulations to curb the abuses of unregulated stock exchanges, China is going in the opposite direction. Allowing short sales on the market could help pump extra money into the system (though
Painful. Asia fell due to fears in the banking sector and overall global economy after the US experienced its worst week in seven years. German bank Hypo Real Estate required urgent financial assistance and countries across Europe have started to
Shes baaaaaaaaack! And for your bonus moment of zen, Sarah Palin says she went to campaign in Nebraska today not because it was strategically significant or anything - no - she went to Nebraska because she just really wanted to
Keating Economics: John McCain and a Financial CrisisBarack Obama is taking Sarah Palin and John McCain at their words. All weekend McCain sent the head of his ticket, Sarah Palin, out to talk about Barack Obamas associations. What she meant
Give me a break. Gwen Awful is now telling Tom GOP liaison Brokaw that Sarah Palin blew her off and she didnt even answer ten of the questions during the debate. Yeah, uh huh. 69.9 million people figured that one
Who said this?Oh when Im the president, when Im the president, I wont talk on the radio when Im the president. Oh when Im the president, ha ha, when Im the president, Ill show ya how Ill run the House
NYTThe second bit of predebate news, percolating under the radar, involved the still-unanswered questions about McCain’s health. Back in May, you will recall, the McCain campaign allowed a select group of 20 reporters to spend a mere three hours examining
Sarah Palin is not on any of the Sunday shows -- again. Sarah Palin will never appear on any of the Sunday shows. She cant bring her note cards and shell get follow up questions. Enough said.There are a lot
After years of missing the village pistou gathering Joelle and I managed to be in the village this past August to catch the event. In 1467 the village of Roquebrune managed to avoid the plague that devastated the region and
Lets not forget, John McCain was involved in the Keating Five scandal when he was 54 years old. Barack Obama is 47. That means McCain was 7 years OLDER than Obama when he had his Keating Five ethics scandal. Thats
Sarah Palin just says whatever is on her note cards or her coffee cup. Facts dont matter. So, she launched a new attack on Obama yesterday over William Ayers. No credible news organization has ever found a link between Obama
Sarah Palin shouldnt talk about special places in hell for women who dont support other women. I think the city of Wasilla, Alaska charging rape victims for their own forensic exams under Mayor Sarah Palin rates pretty high up in
Now we know why Sarah Palin doesnt read newspapers. She learns stuff from her Starbucks cup: Palin regaled the cheering crowd with a story about how she was reading her Starbucks mocha cup yesterday, which featured a quotation from former
George Will made an excellent point this morning on ABCs THIS WEEK. Americans are about to get a mailing that is going to do wonders for Obamas campaign. Theyre going to be getting their quarterly statements from their 401ks and
Every day funtil November -- and in person in next Tuesdays debate -- McCain and his people are going to raise one smear of Obama after another. Will Obama respond effectively and keep his lead? A lot is at stake
Calling the Anti-Defamation League, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, David Brooks, and other defenders of Jewish people against slime artists of all political persuasions:Sean Hannitys Fox News Sunday night kitchen-sink sewer job on Barack Obama, complete with a sound-track cribbed from
This is surprising, coming from the AP especially.It raises an issue I have never considered. If McCain wins by race-baiting Obama, would it even be possible for him to govern? Think about it. Half the country will be enraged. African-Americans,
Sarah Palin in Colorado yesterday: I was reading my copy of todays New York Times and I was interested to read about Baracks friends from Chicago....Turns out one of Baracks earliest supporters is a man who, according to the New
When I heard about the flap regarding Governor Palins inability to cite a Supreme Court case, I paused to reflect on how many case names I could come up with. After a period of some duration, which on television would
At first, Jewish rightwingers tried to portray Barack Obama as anti-Israel. That fizzled after he delivered a speech to AIPAC, picked Joe Biden for Vice President, and when the anti-Obama machine could find no evidence whatsoever that he was unfriendly,
Sarah Palins ridiculous performance in the debate only underscores our need to know if John McCain can survive four years in the White House. Not that I think hes more qualified than she is, its just that if Palin will
From WaPo:Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obamas character....Were going to get a little tougher, a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming.
The good news is that Sarah Palin lost the debate to Joe Biden. The bad news is that she didnt self-destruct in the way she had in the Katie Couric interviews. It was observed by many of the post-debate analysts
As my friends know, I cant stand Charles Krauthammer. First, hes a neocon who has about as much regard for American interests as Nick Sarkozy (i.e, he likes America. He just doesnt identify with it). Second, (stop me if I
Astonishing. Women are more than half the population. Yet the vice-presidential debate, which featured a woman running for the VP, and moderated by a respected female journalist, barely even mentioned any of the issues that concern female voters. Amazingly, it
On Friday, I watched as the two presidential candidates squared off for their first debate. As an Iraq veteran and as the Executive Director of the nations first and largest group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
In the debate, Sarah Palin promised that she would never allow another Holocaust. John Mc Cain has repeatedly said he would not permit a second Holocaust.What offensive bull! There is not going to be another Holocaust for a host of
Senator McCain says hell lead us out of this crisis by freezing federal spending on everything but defense and entitlements. He will (and this now seems just a corollary) end earmarks as we know them: no new spending on schools
Dear Café Clatch--Thank you so much for joining me. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, you can be on my truth commission, if I can be on yours.I wanted to leave you with the final thought, borrowed from Hannah
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