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McCain’s Experience Message Is Gone
When John picked Sarah, he took his campaign’s strongest asset off the table in favor of a wild card. And apparently the McCain camp didn’t like how the following interview went so much so that they canceled an appearance on Larry King Li
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McCain’s Convention Bounce Or Bust?
We won’t know the full extent of McCain’s bounce until Monday, but Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight had this to say yesterday… From what best I can tell (and this is not an exact science) the one-night results from yesterday’s
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Quote Of The Day
“I am not denying that Sarah Palin may have great skills. She may well. I am insisting that neither you, nor I, nor John McCain has any valid reason to believe that she does. This is not an argument about the attributes she lacks. It’s an
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A pervasive public mood for change. Or not.
In their acceptance speeches both candidates endeavored to define and promote the “change” they represent. Obama offered an unremarkable litany of liberal Democratic policy positions. McCain offered an unremarkable litany of conservative Republic
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Misleading Statements Coming From All Sides
While Justin is keeping us abreast of the lies, misstatements and fudges coming from Republicans, I thought I’d take a moment for a little site balancing and remind everyone that obfuscation is congenital not to any particular party but to the enti
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Non-Americans Explain America
Interested in how others throughout the world are viewing our presidential election? Here’s an editorial from the Times of London trying to explain how it is actually possible for John McCain to win the election. Interesting read.
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Palin Misleading Statement #3?
#1 was the Bridge to Nowhere. I mean, that was just blatant, and I’m not sure why she keeps claiming she opposed it because that’s obviously false. Even Alaskan Republicans don’t back her up on that one. #2 is the claim she’s
- September 5th, 2008
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Why Is McCain Hiding Palin From The Press?
As noted to Marc Ambinder… “despite the gaggle of requests and pressure from the media, Gov. Sarah Palin won’t submit to a formal interview anytime soon. She may take some questions from local news entities in Alaska, but until she&
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ABC Reveals More On Palin’s TrooperGate
There seems to be a lot of “there” there. No wonder she hired a lawyer. Tell me what you think. UPDATE: Looks like the subpoenas are being issued now and the investigation is expected to conclude by early October instead of October 31st.
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Gallup: Obama Up By 4
A big drop today of 3 points, as evidence of a McCain bounce is surfacing in Gallup and Rasmussen’s numbers. The details… Support for Obama since just before the Democratic National Convention kicked off on Aug. 25 has ranged from 44% to
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Palin Viewed More Favorably Than Biden
Proving that Americans love a new face, Sarah Palin’s favorable ratings trump her counterpart’s ratings by 10%. Palin scores a 58% favorability rating in the most recent Ramussen poll conducted after her big speech. Joe Biden gets a 48% while bot
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This Is The POW Story I Was Waiting For
First things first… McCain’s speech last night was probably one of the best I’ve ever seen him give. But having said that it still wasn’t a well delivered speech. Much like Kerry in 2004 and Gore in 2000, he just doesn’t
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McCain Camp: We’ll Tell You What You Need To Know About Palin
If Palin can’t stand on her own two feet and face the exact same public vetting that Obama and McCain and Biden have gone through, how can any of you honestly tell me that she’s ready for this job? Jay Carney from TIME weighs in: Accordi
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Mike Murphy On The Palin Strategy
You’ve heard him off the record, now hear him on it… After last night’s smash, Republicans are in deep love. Nothing thrills ‘em like a good “us vs. them” speech. But I’d guess that most Democrats had the opposite reaction. In
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Sarah Palin: the Woman, the Myth, the Legend
It’s easy to get caught up in the aura of Sarah Palin, which is exciting in a Barack Obama-as-the-first-Black-President sort of way. Her effervescence is approachable, friendly and warm as she mouths out her “Thank Yous” to those who pay homage
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Rasmussen: Obama Up By 2, 2
With leaners Obama - 48% McCain - 46% Without leaners Obama - 46% McCain - 45% Bigger movement today in the numbers as the RNC finishes and the McCain/Palin bounce apparently begins in earnest. Also news today, Palin is polling better than McCain and
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Is the Maverick Back?
I should have loved John McCain’s speech. He promised an administration focused on good ideas rather than partisan ideas. He promised to appoint Democrats and independents to his cabinet. He reminded us of all the special interests and entrenched p
- September 4th, 2008
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The Road Ahead For The Presidential Contenders
You want some dates? I got your dates! And I got your links too! September 11 - Obama, McCain talk at the ServiceNation Summit in New York City September 26 - First Presidential Debate in Oxford, Mississippi October 2 - Vice Presidential Debate in St
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Independents and Palin.
Reading Justin’s post this morning, it seemed clear that independents were singularly unmoved by Sarah Palin’s speech last night. I was surprised by this result, but facts are facts. Four independent voters were interviewed by the Fair &#
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Quote Of The Day
“Everything is f**king spin.” - John McCain talking about the Bush White House in Bob Woodward’s new book. Now that is the type of stuff I wish I heard publicly from McCain. Because if he spoke out like this more often (maybe not as
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Unintended Consequences
Looks like Palin is a cash cow. The only problem is that its Obama who is reaping the rewards...Obama's coffers have been filling since Sarah Palin attacked him repeatedly in St. Paul last night.An Obama aide confirms Drudge's report that Obama has r
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Political Theater
After a sluggish start to their convention in the Twin Cities–day one was lost to Hurricane Gustav and day two was spent focusing on John McCain’s service–Republicans showed their teeth early on Wednesday and didn’t let up. W
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Jon Stewart On Right Wing Surrogates And Palin
It is devastating. Rove’s comments about Tim Kaine are classic. Because we now know that Rove thinks Palin, who has less experience than Tim Kaine, is woefully unprepared for the job. We also know that her pick apparently “intensely poli
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Palin’s Speech Seen By 37.2M Viewers
By contrast, Obama’s speech pulled in 38.3 million viewers. So all eyes were definitely on her as folks tried to gain some insight into the who, what, why, where and how of Palin. Here’s more… That’s 55% higher than Day 3 of t
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The Media Apologizes To Sarah Palin
And Roger Simon does the honors… First, we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like how she likes mooseburgers and hit an important free throw at her high school basketball tournament even though she had a stress fracture. Secon
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Sarah…Decent Speech, But A Big Strategic Mistake
My questions…as addressed to Sarah Palin… Why give a speech that was really designed to rally the Republican base when John McCain consistently gets more Republican support than Obama gets Democratic support? Why go on the attack with p
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Gallup: Obama Up By 7
The Obama/Biden ticket has maintained a pretty significant lead the past 8 days since the DNC really began in earnest and Gallup was tracking the response. So it’s telling that after 3 days of the RNC, there’s pretty much no change in the
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Rasmussen: Obama Up By 5, 4
With leaners Obama - 50% McCain - 45% Without leaners Obama - 47% McCain - 43% The Palin speech has been playing well today, so the lead Obama/Biden could evaporate in the coming days. Personally, I don’t think the speech really addressed what
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Sponsored Review: PoliWatch.org
Hey all, this is another review I’m doing via the site ReviewMe.com. As mentioned in the title, the site I’ll be taking a look at today is PoliWatch.org. It bills itself as being a site that features “Political Watch Blogs” w
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Still Liking Our Choices
After praising Sarah Palin’s speech, I realized that I’ve had a positive reaction to all three of the major speeches at this year’s conventions. I guess it’s now up to John McCain to make it a clean sweep of solid performances. Even if McCain
