Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The McCain campaing has been pulling some really ugly stuff out of the old Rovian playbook in the past couple of days. The NY Times Editorial Board explains more:
The presumptive Republican nominee has embarked on a bare-knuckled barrage of negative advertising aimed at belittling Mr. Obama. The most recent ad compares the presumptive Democratic nominee [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential vetting process “has moved into a new stage in which a larger than previously reported group of candidates is being exposed to a ‘deeper dig’ into their backgrounds,” according to the Washington Post.
“The hard vetting involves follow-ups to lingering questions about candidates’ backgrounds and clarifications of their stands on issues. [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
While the odds of an Obama/Clinton ticket seems to have dimmed in the last few days, my own opposition to this ticket is well-known. I believe a guest post by psychodrew at Taylor Marsh is, if not ‘definitive’, a least more detailed than most. The Case Against An Obama-Clinton Ticket
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Yesterday, I posted here about a NY Times editorial on John McCain taking the “low-road,” in his attacks on Barack Obama. The Times isn’t the only editorial board noticing:
The Straight Talk Express has taken a nasty turn into the gutter. Sen. John McCain has resorted to lies and distortions in what sounds like an increasingly desperate [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Some of us think this is long overdue:
Democrats on both sides of the Capitol assailed the administration’s handling of the Justice Department yet again on Wednesday, and a House committee recommended contempt charges against Karl Rove, who was President Bush’s top political adviser.
The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines, 20 to 14, to cite [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
In all the publicity about the ‘veep’ list, a few names continue to surface other then Hillary Clinton. We’ve heard about Tim Kaine (BTW: who the hell is he?), Evan Bayh, a couple of Republicans (screw ‘em) and then the one other name that keeps popping up: Joe Biden.
My personal take is that Joe Biden [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Politico reported today that “Governor Bill Richardson is set to announce today that he’s hosting a pair of fundraising events for Hillary Clinton in New Mexico August 17, which is being cast as one of the higher-profile installments of Obama’s effort to help Clinton retire her debt.”
This is a gracious move on Richardson’s part as [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
There’s no more “straight talk express” from John McCain, instead he’s signed up for a one way ticket on the “low-road express” with “disciples of Karl Rove from the 2004 campaign and the Bush White House,” heading up the efforts as the conductors of “low-minded and uncivil” political plays and tactics. Should we have expected [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
A federal grand jury indicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska today, on “on seven felony counts alleging that he lied to conceal his acceptance of $250,000 in gifts and services from a now-defunct Alaska oil services and construction company.”
Stevens notified senior Republicans that he’d abide by a Senate Republican rule and temporarily step down from [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Just a quick note - We just had a 5.8 here in Los Angeles. It was quite a ride…
I was sitting at my desk in my 2nd floor apartment when it hit. I usually feel large trucks when they come by, but the minute it jolted I knew it wasn’t a truck. It’s been so [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Yesterday, Stuart noted here that there may be some Obama Veep news soon. This morning Marc Ambinder is reporting that the short list down to four:
The following three Democrats are being vetted by Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy and there is independent evidence that Obama is taking a serious look at them:Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Gov. [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Mayo on McCain’s Cheek… AP News has more: Candidate, who has suffered from skin cancer in past, saw doctor today.
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