Kevin Smokler (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week The New Yorker has devoted the entirety of its Talk of the Town section to endorsing Barack Obama for president. This will surprise no one (I'll throw another zinger. Eve Ensler doesn't like the Republicans either!) but it...
ac360blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
John P. Avlon Author, Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics The biggest political news last week was not the Biden-Palin VP debate, but a comparatively little noticed announcement with much farther reaching implications: McCain's campaign is pulling out of Michigan – essentially conceding the nation's 8th largest state and its 17-delegates.
justbarkingmad.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
America had a serious recession, almost a depression, that began in 1973 and roughly ended in the forth quarter of 1975. High energy prices and a tight money market caused growth to barely crawl above the positive mark. Then Jimmy Carter came in and the magical misery index was used to beat Gerald [...]
The Hill's Pundit Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
At the end of the vice presidential debate Thursday night, most objective pundits declared that Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) did better on substance but Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was effective on style, approaching her poised performance in her convention speech. Every objective national poll showed that more people thought Mr. Biden had “won” — whatever [...]
ShrinkWrapped (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Last night's debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden offered an interesting opportunity to watch the process by which people learn and change. Partisans will find a multitude of reasons to believe their candidate won the debate. For the partisan,...
KickingTires (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Hold up! Whatever you do, do not vote this November! Canadian researchers recently found that traffic deaths spiked on Election Day, based on an analysis of presidential elections dating back to 1976, when Jimmy Carter faced down Gerald Ford. An...
The Satirical Political Report (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
“JOHN McCAIN IS NOT UNDER BUSHIAN DOMINATION.”
The American Conservative (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
John McCain may have just let slip his last best chance to be president of the United States. When he flew back to Washington to address the banking crisis, McCain could have seized the hottest issue in America by taking the side of his countrymen who were enraged by the Paulson Plan to bail out a [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
If Barack Obama is elected president, the Supreme Court will stay pretty much the way it is. If John McCain is elected, Katie bar the door.
Tariq Nelson (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Gerald Ford famously said that there was no Soviet presence in Eastern Europe: “You’re no Jack Kennedy”: Admiral Stockdale (I felt sorry for the guy): The spotlight is on Her Majesty Queen Palin to see if she has a big gaffe. I am not betting on it, but it would be nice… Prediction: No matter what happens tonight, the [...]
Blowin' In The Wind (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Barack Obama will not only be the first African American president if he wins on November 4. He will also be the first elected president in 45 years who is neither a Southerner nor a Westerner. The last elected president...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
It's easy to overstate the importance of presidential or vice presidential debates as make-or-break points in a campaign. This is true in spite of how political observers can quickly tick off the gaffes.
The Satirical Political Report (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
“TODAY, GERALD FORD WAS EATEN BY WOLVES, AND I WAS BEATEN INTO SUBMISSION BY FOX NEWS AND THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN, WHO WANTED MSNBC TO RID CHRIS MATTHEWS AND OLBERMANN FROM THE ANCHOR CHAIRS.” Story at Huffington Post.
DBKP (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Have the Mainstream Media turned the corner from bias into voter suppression. Is the MSM, through bias, skewed polls and other questionable tactics, actively engaged in voter suppression of conservative voters? The difference in Election 2008: all pretenses of journalism and ethics have seemingly been dropped.
Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. It seems Friday is a bad day to hold a debate. Last weeks presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama was the least watched televised debate in modern history, according to Nielsen Media Research. Just 52.4 million people tuned in to watch the first presidential debate. The second lowest was the 1976 debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter...
