UPDATE: I’m Less Confused

Maybe this is the new message discipline they have been promising with Steve Schmidt at the helm. The McCain campaign has issued a statement on Obama’s comments today that–unlike the RNC’s–is somewhat consistent with what they were saying yesterday: ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today released the following statement from McCain [...]

I’m Confused

Just yesterday, the McCain campaign was criticizing Barack Obama for not changing his troop withdrawal plan for Iraq: Representative Eric Cantor: “My concern has to do with Barack Obama’s National Co-Chair Claire McCaskill’s statements on the news shows this week, responding to a question about whether Barack Obama was going to be changing his Iraq [...]

Who Loves America Now, Punk?

John McCain and Barack Obama are both spending the 4th in the western part of the States (Phoenix and Montana). I’m sure it means nothing. Meanwhile, on this sort of fake work day, I leave you for the long weekend with some thoughts from a fake worker: First, you wake up and immediately eat an [...]

Candidates of Chance

Michael Weisskopf and I have a story in the next newsstand issue of TIME about John McCain’s multi-thousand dollar dice hobby and Barack Obama’s formative poker playing game in Illinois. Incidentally, here is the only public picture I have found that shows McCain at the tables, the work of an anonymous SMS blogger with a [...]