It’s 8:30pm CDT in Chicago and Obama’s victory party at the Hyatt in downtown Chicago is just starting to fill up. Most of the select attendees are long time volunteers or donors. After a messy South Carolina victory party where hundreds of people, including many press, were locked out by the fire marshal, the campaign [...]
I leave you in the capable hands of the rest of the Swampizens. For now: • “I know many of you labor hard to believe that there’s such a thing as an unbiased journalist (especially when said journalist mostly agrees with you)…Mine happens to be — are you sitting down for this — Republican… At [...]
Conventional wisdom — and, who knows, maybe it’s the truth — has it that a close night tonight for McCain will be due to talk radio. Fine. But does a not-as-good-as-it-should-be* result for McCain necessarily bode well for Mitt Romney? I couldn’t help but notice the way the nets have been slugging the story:
For days now, the national media has treated Mike Huckabee as a third wheel, the extra man on a two-person contest between John McCain and Mitt Romney. “The problem we have had to fight over the last week and a half is every major media pundit saying it’s a two man race,” says Chip Saltsman, [...]
Clearly, it’s all part of a master plan. It’s just that they sound so much … lamer when you call them “talking points.” But, hey, at least they’re honest! TALKING POINTS February 5, 2008 OKLAHOMA / TENNESSEE TALKING POINTS OKLAHOMA / TENNESSEE We’re very excited by our strong victories in Oklahoma and Tennessee. These are [...]
This might be just a super subtle framing tactic to make reporters think they’re getting the inside scoop, but the Clinton campaign just sent this out to their media mailing list. Alternate theory: cutting out the middle man! Brand new spin for less!: Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: Surrogate Points SUPER TUESDAY [...]
• Exits that I take no responsibility for but present simply as data that exists out there: Dems, Rs. • They’re not going to Disney World. Unless that means something different for them: “We have a lot of mail,” he said to reporters as his wife Ann stood at his side. “And you know, a [...]
Earlier, I posted about the response of the Hillary Clinton campaign to a question about why they were accepting an invitation to a Fox News debate, having “led” a high-profile boycott last year. I was typing up another part of my post when the Q&A occured, and, clearly, wasn’t paying sufficient attention: Josh Gerstein, NY [...]
• “Vote vote vote, Like a baby stoat, stoat stoat stoat, cast a leetle vote! DO EET!” [Cute Overload] • Toll-free number to report election fraud: 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683). [Threat Level] • Blog posts titles we have loved: “Pop music = crap.” I mean, why go on? Like haiku for culture war alarmists. [Michelle Malkin] • [...]
