Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are facing off in a one on one debate here in Los Angeles: The economy is likely to dominate Thursday’s debate, as both candidates look to appeal to supporters of Edwards and his brand of economic populism. Clinton and Obama have split victories in their parties’ early-voting states: Obama has won in Iowa and South Carolina, and Clinton has won in New Hampshire, Nevada, Michigan and Florida. But the Michigan and Florida contests awarded no...

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There’s a lot of “stupid goddamn journalism” going around lately. Via Sadly No!: Dear Dr. Atrios. I have a good Wanker of the Day nominee for you. His name is Jake Tapper and he’s (tragically) a senior national correspondent at ABC. He’s also apparently illiterate. Go read all of Brad’s post on Sadly No!… He speaks for me on this complete farce of professional journalism from Jake Tapper: … you should apologize for taking what was an absurdly clear statement...

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Does a younger population that wants to feel like they live in a young country elect an old warhawk for their leader? It would be bad enough in 2008 if McCain would not be the oldest President ever, but for him to promise to continue an experience of military adventurism that is unpopular in the extreme is going to be as counter productive as Goldwater talking about using nukes. In actuality McCain has the perfect Conservative credentials because he’ll...

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I know that I said, yesterday, that I am sick to death of politics. No…no, that wasn’t a lie. You see, the thing is, the main reason I put together this round-up, these days, is not so much for my own pleasure (narcissist, though I may be), but to give SSG Dizzy (currently serving his third rotation in Iraq until Feb. 2009), something to look forward to every day and keep him up on current events, since his schedule,...

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