John McCain will attend tonight’s Presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi. McCain has an opportunity to take Obama out, and it looks like he is going to go for it. The way he can do this is to run against the “politics as usual” in Washington. His dangerous political gambit this week can pay off for [...]
Apparently Sen. Biden’s knowledge of American history is a bit shaky. Of course, had Gov. Palin said something like this, the media would be making all sort of accusations about her competency. But given the way that the media covers for anyone with a D next to their name, most people will never here the [...]
It seems as though everyone has seized on Barack Obama’s comment about “putting lipstick on a pig” yesterday&mash;and Glenn Reynolds has the links to prove it. At first, I figured that there was no way that Obama could have been that stupid—he would never be dumb enough to make that big a gaffe. But in [...]
The first batch of post-RNC polls are out, and they contain good news for John McCain.. In the Gallup Tracking poll, McCain is up 3% against Obama. In the Rassmussen Tracking poll, McCain is tied 48% to 48%. These polls show that McCain did get a bounce from the RNC, and that this race is [...]
The RealClearPolitics polling average shows a typical 6–8% convention bounce for Barack Obama. These polls may be right, but note that all of them are polls conducted over a weekend—and there is anecdotal evidence that weekend polls favor Democrats. Even though the evidence is far from conclusive, Obama’s “bounce” is just that—a bounce. The dynamics [...]
I’ve long said that Barack Obama is one of America’s most gifted orators. The man knows how to turn a phrase. He can inspire. He can speak. That Obama was barely on the stage tonight. Instead of soaring rhetoric, we got attacks. Instead of a compelling vision, we got what Obama is not. Instead of [...]
I haven’t done a liveblog in ages, so what the heck. I was thinking of taking a drink every time the word “change” is uttered, but I’m starting to think that may result in a liver transplant. I haven’t read any of the excerpts of Obama’s speech, but I’m guessing that it will be 90% [...]