Just turned on Hardball and heard Matthews note that the Republican party has not won a Presidential election without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928, and that reminded me that I forgot to mention that I voted today. I will be traveling on the 4th, so I figured I might as well …
Pure, Concentrated Ornery
I just woke Tunch from a nap and snapped some photos. That is his futon, which has sort of become his bed. At any rate, I have given up trying to keep him off it and just vacuum it all the time now instead. He looks evil in this close-up, but he is really just …
Make an Ad
Both Andrew Sullivan and Kevin Drum are calling on Barack Obama to make an ad opposing California’s hateful Proposition 8, which would strip marriage rights from gay Californians. Sullivan: Black Californians back the anti-gay measure by a margin of 20 points, 58 – 38, in the SUSA poll. No other ethnic group comes close to …
Open Thread
Via Josh Marshall: If Sarah Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe had a life of its own, it would get a tax cut from a President Obama. Vent.
Let’s See WorldNetDaily Cover This
Remember this? John McCain’s campaign is seizing on a Hamas adviser’s recent “endorsement” of Barack Obama[*], trying to suggest that the Democratic front-runner brought the unsavory praise on himself. In a fund-raising letter sent out Friday, the McCain campaign excerpted the words of Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef, who in an interview Sunday with WABC …
At Least They Weren’t Earth Tones
This election keeps getting better and better: The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth …
Hold Up on The Gloating
Sullivan asks if anyone will ever hire Steve Schmidt again, which of course elicits the obvious response- Bob Shrum. So, yes, sadly, Steve Schmidt will work again. Beyond that, though, this election is not over. I am terrified of premature triumphalism. ActBlue is to the right, there. Go knock on doors. Drive people to early …