That redoubtable pillar of American journalism, Karl Rove, has produced an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal titled “Can Barack Buy the Presidency?” Apparently, if you raise a lot more money than your opponent, and you win, you have bought the presidency. So that’s what George W. Bush did in 2000 and […]
Here’s a lesson in Journalistic Logic from Fox News. This is Steve Harrigan explaining why it’s reasonable to assume (and therefore report; that’s the Fox News creed: “I assume, therefore I report!”) that John MCain had a hand in securing the release of 15 hostages yesterday — including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt […]
Guess who’s weighing in on the presidential race? The right honorable Dan Quayle:
Former Vice President Dan Quayle didn’t think John McCain would make it this far in his quest for the White House – and he’s pessimistic about his fall chances against Barack Obama.
“Polls show most people want change and change wins a lot […]
Even though reality may be different for many of us, there is a make-believe marketing world where, when you’re shopping for a mortgage, lenders compete and you-the-borrower win.
Some venerable Senators were recently found living in this make-believe world. Now it turns out that Barack Obama also benefited from unusual competition amongst lenders:
Shortly after joining […]
(1) What they tell us
AP:
People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
While many are still deciding who should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Obama than McCain to their summer cookout, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Wednesday.
And just in case you prefer […]
For the last nine months, when retroactive immunity has surfaced, we have been able to delay its passage.
We were able to stop it in December because I had an army behind me.
Two months later, it stalled again — this time in the House.
And last week, we managed to delay action one last time.
But when the […]
AP: Obama to expand Bush’s faith based programs
Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — support some ability to hire and fire based on faith.
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He also planned […]
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If, despite everything he has done, over and over again, to make himself unelectable, John McCain is somehow still elected President in November, it is the most devoted segment of his base, the media, that will be responsible.
The underlying dynamic — which constitutes a campaign asset worth many tens of millions to the McCain campaign […]
This, my friends, is perfectly priceless.
John McCain has rolled out one of the original Swift Boat liars to defend McCain’s military record (against General Wesley Clark’s imaginary attack):
Today the McCain campaign held a conference call unveiling a new “truth squad” Web site designed to defend McCain from attacks on his military record.
This was in response […]
General Wesley Clark criticized John McCain on CBS’s “Face the Nation” yesterday for lacking executive experience.
Clark said that “in the matters of national security policy making, it’s a matter of understanding risk, it’s a matter of gauging your opponents and it’s a matter of being held accountable. John McCain’s never done any of that in […]
