It’s Friday, the weather is supposed to be good (they’re actually saying “balmy” — a pretty funny term on the muggy Gulf Coast), and yesterday’s posts sucked my brain dry. So I’m loading up the camera gear and heading out to… somewhere.
Since I’m utterly disinclined to opine on much of anything, I’ll share […]
In the context of a debate, there’s an argument to be made for tenacity with an original question. Staying on topic and requiring direct answers is A Good Thing.
But when a moderator absolutely will not let go of a question, even though it was answered more forcefully than required, one has to wonder: Is he […]
Lots of folks are unimpressed this morning with NBC’s Tim Russert, who’s role in last night’s debate seemed to be a cross between a pit bull and a fight promoter. Digby articulates it very clearly:
From tax returns to Farrakhan to footage shown by “mistake” to the endless, trivial, gotcha bullshit, this […]
Barack Obama’s volunteers in Houston haven’t done him any favors here:
Does Obama know his Houston supporters honor a terrorist in his campaign office? I’m sure he doesn’t. However, it would behoove him to ensure that the flag gets taken down and that he renounces any affinity for Che and the Fidel Castro regime.
Nope. I’m […]
The AP is reporting that John Edwards will announce his withdrawal from the Democratic nomination process today at 1pm:
The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m. EST event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty, […]
Making the rounds of my “(Usually) Politically Sane” links this evening, I encountered an odd Google ad over at Donklephant. It said,
“Barack Obama: Muslim?
Do Barack’s Muslim roots make him a ‘bad guy’ for many Americans?”
The ad linked to an Obama smear piece from April 2007, published by The First Post — an online UK […]