The most stirring compliment Michael Cooper dug up for this profile of the McCain campaign manager that took over from ousted Terry Nerlson is this: “Mr. Davis deserved credit for keeping the operation afloat.” That is probably a lot harder than it sounds. Indeed, McCain has collected a string of coups, from minor to middling, [...]

A brief look at some recent outbursts from John Edwards, spring-boarding off of this excellent Joe Trippi profile in today’s WP. It’s difficult in a ‘Cast to get into the specific charges Edwards makes against Clinton in his “rapid-response” releases that I refer to, but I’ve included excerpts here. Mostly, they hammer her with as [...]

A new survey by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press finds this about the 2008 presidential campaign: The public’s overall impression of the presidential campaign is that it is too long and not very interesting. Overall, 66% say the campaign is too long, while 55% describe it as dull. Just 37% [...]

In its effort to convince Ted Stevens to reconsider running for re-election to the Senate next year, the Alaska Democratic Party has launched a website — RetireTed.com — devoted to the ethical cloud hovering over the six-term Republican. Despite being under investigation by the FBI and the IRS in a corruption probe that has also [...]

Republicans have long insisted that their party holds potential appeal for black voters. In 2005, then-GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman went before the NAACP to apologize for the party’s past exploitation of racial strife for political advantage, and asked African-Americans to “take another look at the party of Lincoln.” But that kind of outreach does not [...]

Why am I not surprised by this? Update: Commenter Sleestak notes: Maybe because Karen posted the same thing 45 minutes ago? Credit where credit is due. Kudos to Karen…

If it is true, as the New York Times strongly hints today, that the U.S. is supporting the Kurdish guerrillas who are making lethal cross-border against the Iranian army, how is that different from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps al-Quds brigade providing lethal munitions for the Mahdi Army Special Groups in Iraq? Not saying that [...]

Received a correction to the ‘Cast from Hillaryland this ayem. My apologies for the inaccurate depiction of Mayberry’s relationship with Clinton.

This from Mark Naymik at the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s political blog: Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has seen a UFO, writes Shirley MacLaine in her new book, “Sage-Ing While Age-Ing.” Kucinich, she writes on page143-144 of the book, “had a close sighting over my home in Graham, Washington, when I lived there. Dennis found his [...]