Stepping to the forefront in the name of public service is the right thing to do. Perfectly tailored physical specimen maybe even drinks the same liquid diet stuff some of the Skins and the Bears do to stay on top of their game. Everybody knew that Shrubby couldn’t run a business. And Lord Cheney knows […]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) have agreed that Lieberman will no longer attend Democrats’ weekly caucus lunches or the biweekly chairmen’s lunches used to formulate policy, senior Democratic aides said Tuesday.
From Roll Call

Courtesy of Josh Marshall, a great analysis of McCain’s campaign and Obama’s response to it. No doubt in my mind that Obama will be the third loser in a 12-year Dem presidential trifecta unless he and his campaign start kicking some serious ass. Some money quotes:
“As countless fact-checkers and tsk-tskers have maintained, the […]

The question is not how “soft” a science is “scientific polling” but how much Obama being “squishy soft” on “national security” will help America’s next “Reagan in waiting.” October surprise… how do you spell “trick or treat” in Farsi? Obama is not aking believers in “change you can believe in” to “get clean […]

Still feeling groovy about Obama? Maybe this a contest between flip-flopper McCain and flip-flopper Obama. Or maybe it’s just proof-positive that no Democrat is ready to be president. I’m sorry, but getting out of Iraq, unequivocally, is a bed rock issue for me and for about 80% of the electorate; this is […]

A handful of notes from the blogosphere on last night’s Democratic primaries:
Hilzoy at Obsidian Wings, pointing out that despite her embrace of the phony gas-tax holiday, Hillary lost North Carolina and won Indiana in a squeaker: “Senator Clinton gambled on the stupidity of the voters, and she lost. That is truly worth celebrating.” Hilzoy also […]

Based on early results, Obama takes NC by double-digits and pulls away from Hillary at least on the delegate count. Hilla takes Obama by potentially the same margin in Indiana, although the media seems reluctant to call the race with 35% of the vote in. A couple of things leap out: Rush’s […]

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve watched the McCain Misdirection America Tour take flight and have been really frustrated that neither of our “dream” candidates have taken the obvious opportunity to define McCain before he gets up and running. After all, this guy is as much bait and switch as Bush’s compassionate conservative […]

Headline this morning: “AP-Yahoo poll shows McCain winning back unhappy Republicans.” It’s a juicy headline that doesn’t accurately describe the story it’s attached to, which is largely about the way McCain is attracting swing voters and disgruntled Democrats. But if the Repug base is starting to feel better about McCain, the only surprise is that […]

I wanted to let the Jeremiah Wright issue ferment for a while before posting on it and on the campaign again (Sorry Groom, the coming global depression is going to be big news tomorrow ushered in by the fire sale of Bear Stearns to JP Morgan for (gasp!) $2/share. But it’s too, well, depressing.) […]