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The Boss Warms Up

The Boss, Bruce Springsteen was caught on warming up at Lincoln Memorial for tomorrow’s big “welcome concert on the Mall”:
Other performers for the free concert tomorrow were also warming up today, including John Mellencamp, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce and Mary J. Blige.
The WaPo reports that “HBO purchased the rights to air Sunday’s all-star kickoff concert at the Lincoln [...]

I’m So Sick Of A Parody Of Spinning and Lies

I’ve been a Communications Director. I’ve been in the back of the room restating my candidates words to best effect. I’m good at it. Sorry. That’s not modest yet I believe it true. I’ve sure had a lot of practice trying to bring voters to my candidates point of view or candidacy either in an [...]

Quote Of The Day

The press corps on Joe Biden’s campaign plane decided to have a little fun on Sunday by sticking a cardboard cut-out of mcCain on the plane. David Wade, Biden’s spokesman responded to the joke with this retort “Biden’s campaign plane taxied to the runway, headed for Montana”:
“You realize you could’ve made history,” Wade said. “If [...]

Kerry Spokesman David Wade Joins Obama Team

It seems in blogging less I missed the news that David Wade, longtime aide to Senator John Kerry, has taken a leave absence to work for the Obama campaign. David has been tapped to be “the spokesman for whoever presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) taps as his running mate.”
Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun [...]

Late Night: And So It Begins…

The headlines say it all:

New RNC Ads Go After Obama on Energy
$3 million ad targets Obama on energy

Watch the ad here:
Oh, the irony… As if John McCain would do better by America on energy and gas prices. I can’t help but LMAO…
Via Marc Ambinder:

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AP News vs Bloggers Over Fair Use

Over the weekend I put up a quick reference link to a growing controversy involving AP News and the blogosphere. Rogers Cadenhead, publisher of the Drudge Retort sent out an email to fellow liberal bloggers late last week stating that he had received a “letter to the Drudge Retort asking it to remove seven items [...]

Kerry Questions McCain’s Grasp of Facts on Iraq, Criticizes McCain’s Use of Petraeus Photo

Earlier today on a Obama campaign conference call with reporters Senator John Kerry questioned ”Republican presumptive nominee John McCain’s judgment and grasp of the facts about what’s going on Iraq.”
Yesterday, McCain said that U.S. forces in Iraq have “drawn down to pre-surge levels.” Kerry, citing figures that show the opposite, skewered his friend, fellow Vietnam War veteran and [...]

Rep. Heath Shuler to Back Clinton

The Raleigh News & Observer reports today that “U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is pledging his support to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to a spokesman.”
Shuler, a superdelegate to the National Democratic Convention, had said he would back the candidate who carried his 11th congressional district in Western North Carolina.
Clinton carried the district by 13 [...]

Obama Takes a Hit from Sharpton

Good gracious… The hits just keep coming for Barack Obama…
Enter Al Sharpton who has accused Obama “of trying to “grandstand in front of white people,”” because Obama “made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict.”
During what a source described as a “heated” phone call yesterday, Sharpton told Obama he was [...]

The Donations are Rolling In

The donations are rolling in to HillaryClinton.com tonight after Hillary’s victory in Pennsylvania:
E-mails Clinton spokesman Phil Singer:
As of 11:30 p.m. tonight, we are at nearly $2.5 million since PA was called for HRC — 80% of that money is coming from new donors to the campaign. It’s our best night ever.

Keep it coming… CONTRIBUTE!
UPDATE: From [...]