A totally biased and unreasonable list of blogs that I think you might enjoy reading.
A new Time article about the state of the Presidential election in Virginia is getting a lot of play in the blogosphere, thanks largely to something RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick is quoted as saying:
No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Virginia since 1964, and most election years both campaigns pretty much ignore the state. This time, [...]
Continue reading " Just What Was Jeff Frederick Thinking ? "
Sunday’s tracking polls are out and there are signs that the race may have narrowed slightly over the past several days.
In the Rasmussen poll, Obama maintains a six point lead over McCain for the second day:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows Barack Obama attracting 51% of the vote while John McCain [...]
Continue reading " Sunday Tracking Poll Update: A Slightly Tighter Race ? "
While Republicans are eager to place the blame for the subprime mortgage crisis and the subsequent credit crisis on Democrats, perhaps they’d better do a little research before running that ball down the field.
Consider, for example this speech from 2002:
I believe owning something is a part of the American Dream, as well. I believe when [...]
Continue reading " The Sub-Prime Crisis Is A Bipartisan Disaster "
Reason Magazine explains why the results of the Presidential election aren’t all that important:
This much seems certain: Whoever wins, “Free Minds and Free Markets” lose.
Once again, we get to choose between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.
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Continue reading " Quote Of the Day: We’re All Screwed Edition "
Sarah Palin got a not-so-friendly reception at the Flyer’s game last night:
It’s hard to blame Sarah Palin for her booing on the ice in Philadelphia this evening. It’s almost a truism of politics that if you send a pol to a sporting event, he’s going to get booed. Politicians, as a class, aren’t all that [...]
Continue reading " If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Stay Out Of Philly "
Today’s Washington Post notes that the bailout plan is beginning to become an issue in down-ticket races:
On the evening of Sept. 30, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) helped unveil a bipartisan deal that would open the door to massive government intervention in the financial markets, calling it “one of the finer moments in the [...]
Exhibit A: Barack Obama’s favorable/unfavorable numbers:
Exhibit B: John McCain’s favorable/unfavorable numbers:
Any questions ?
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Continue reading " Memo To McCain: The Ayers Gambit Isn’t Working "
The Times of London reports on signs of dissension within the McCain campaign:
With his electoral prospects fading by the day, Senator John McCain has fallen out with his vice-presidential running mate about the direction of his White House campaign.
McCain has become alarmed about the fury unleashed by Sarah Palin, the moose-hunting “pitbull in lipstick”, against [...]
Still no sign that Tuesday’s debate moved the needle in the Presidential election.
Rasmussen has Obama leading McCain by seven points:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama attracting 52% of the vote while John McCain earns 45%. This is the first update based entirely on interviews conducted after the second Presidential [...]
Continue reading " Saturday Tracking Poll Update: Same News, Different Day "
Sean Combs/Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Diddy apparently thinks that Frank Sinatra hangs out with him:
There’s nights in Vegas when I have my Frankie baby with me. That’s right, Frank Sinatra is with me. Call me crazy. I’m not afraid to say I have imaginary friends,” Diddy quips. “And Frank is one of them.”
A tuxedoed Diddy hosts a [...]
Continue reading " Sorry Diddy, But Frank Was Way Too Cool To Hang Out With You "
Three videos from Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty on the causes of the financial crisis and what we need to do to fix it.
Restoring confidence in the markets:
The dollar problem that nobody is talking about:
Is this the end of capitalism ?:
H/T: Liberty Maven
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Continue reading " Ron Paul On The Financial Crisis And How To Fix It "
When you look at statistics like this, it’s no wonder that McCain is losing:
Barack Obama spent $3.3 million on TV ads on Monday alone—a remarkable one-day expenditure that more than doubled rival John McCain’s spending that day, according to the ad tracking firm, Campaign Media Analysis Group.
The Obama campaign has been ratcheting up its ad [...]
Continue reading " Election Fact Of The Day: Obama Is Burying McCain In Ads "
It’s beginning to sound like John McCain is regretting the fact that his negative campaign has exposed some very raw emotions:
LAKEVILLE, Minn., Oct. 10 — At the end of perhaps the most charged and negative week of the presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain sought to tone down his rhetoric toward Sen. Barack Obama even as [...]
Continue reading " John McCain Calls Off The Rabid Wolves, Or Does He ? "
Ron Paul spoke on Fox Business Channel about Henry Paulson’s plan to have the government buy ownership stakes in US banks:
Where’s the rest of the GOP on this one ? Where’s John McCain ?
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Dateline Pakistan:
Here’s an alarming thought: Pakistan is in even scarier shape than most of the so-called experts are willing to admit.
This nuclear-armed state of 168 million is no stranger to political upheaval, of course. But this time, things are different. Today’s ongoing crisis — marked by a rash of suicide bombings, the assassination of former [...]
General Motors and Chrysler are talking about merging:
DETROIT — General Motors is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with Chrysler, a deal that could drastically remake the landscape of the auto industry by reducing the Big Three of Detroit automakers to the Big Two.
The talks between G.M. and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity [...]
Continue reading " The Big Three About To Become The Big Two ? "
Late yesterday, a panel of Alaska Legislature released a report finding that Governor Palin had abused her power in seeking to fire a state official:
An Alaska state legislative investigator found yesterday that Gov. Sarah Palin abused executive power when she and her husband engaged in a campaign to oust her former brother-in-law from the state [...]
Continue reading " Alaska Legislature Finds Palin Abused Power In Troopergate Scandal "
Heh
H/T: Club For Growth
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According to a new Gallup Poll, any hope that 2008 would be a break-out election for third-party candidates appears to have fallen away:
PRINCETON, NJ — A recent Gallup Poll in which four third-party candidates were explicitly listed for voters along with the two major-party candidates found only minimal support for any candidate other than John [...]
Continue reading " Polls Indicate Another Disappointing Year For Third-Party Candidates "
It was, perhaps inevitable, but it looks like Sarah Palin will be appearing on Saturday Night Live:
SOCCER moms and Joe Sixpacks, listen up. Get your beer, mooseburgers and caribou dips ready. Sarah Palin is doing “Saturday Night Live.” Not Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin doing “Saturday Night Live.” But the Sarah Herself. She has already [...]