MONDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....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: * Joe Biden's mother-in(...)
In February, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz defended his previous remarks dismissing global warming as a “total crock of shit.” “My thoughts on what has or hasn’t been the cause of climate cha(...)
Since the McCain campaign settled on the strategy of keeping Sarah Palin from any member of the media not safely in the back pocket of the Republican Party, they have only let her speak to carefu(...)
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/29-10/1. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines) Chambliss (R) 45 Martin (D) 44 This was a late addition to our polling list, added in response to polls from Ras(...)
Sarah Palin's calling out of Barack Obama over the Bill Ayers connection has finally caused some mainstream outlets to report...
WRIGHT IS OFF AND ON THE TABLE.... John McCain has said, repeatedly and publicly, that he doesn't approve of attacking Barack Obama over the former pastor of his former church. In April, when the(...)
Wall Street joined a “selloff around the world” today, with the Dow Jones dropping more than 400 points and falling to below 10,000 for the first time in four years. As the AP reports(...)
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 t(...)
ALL OF BUSH'S IDEAS ARE NECESSARILY GREAT.... The president's odd combination of ignorance and arrogance has always been fascinating. Newsweek reported a few years ago, "It's a standing joke amon(...)
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 econo(...)