“Loves It”

With no further comment, I post: UPDATE: Actually, I lied. I do have a comment: “Hey Factcheck.org people, I dare ya.” UPDATE 2: “Due to the extraordinary number of inquiries,” the McCain campaign responds: “It sounds like Paris Hilton supports John McCain’s ‘all of the above’ approach to America’s energy crisis – including both alternatives [...]

Campaign Spam: A Peek

It’s Michael that usually handles the conveying the gist of the enormous amounts of email people on the campaigns’ press lists get every day. But cleaning out my in box this morning, I was struck by the almost absurdist quality the missives can take on, especially when viewed en masse: ICYMI, “Fact check: Broken,” and [...]

The Hook and Bullet Crowd

Remember in 2004 when John Kerry got ridiculed for his awkward duck-hunting trip in Ohio just before the election? There’s a good reason why Kerry went hunting: the hook and bullet crowd – as they often tongue-in-cheek call themselves – are a hugely important swing vote in a lot of crucial states. According to the [...]

The Wrecking Crew Comes to You

Friend of Swampland, or at least friend of Swampland commenters and my husband, Tom Frank will be reading from his brand-new book, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, tonight at Politics and Prose, here in Washington. I can promise from previous experience that he is an extremely entertaining performer, a kind of natural-born monologist and [...]

Clinton to Campaign for Obama

Amid reports that the Clintons’ are none-too-keen on Obama right now, the campaign announced that Hillary will campaign for Obama in Nevada this Friday and Florida later in the month. These will be the first public events Clinton will do for Obama since their Unity, New Hampshire rally. Clinton, who will be in south Florida [...]

Clinton to Campaign for Obama

Her first two appearances will be in swing states that she won during the primary season.*: Chicago, IL—The Obama campaign today announced that Senator Hillary Clinton will campaign for Senator Obama in Nevada and Florida later this month. Senator Clinton will host Campaign for Change rallies and voter registration events in Las Vegas, Nevada on [...]

Debate Moderators Announced

The Commission on Presidential Debates has just announced the lineup of moderators for the three presidential debates and the vice presidential one: First presidential debate Friday, September 26 The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. Jim Lehrer Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS Vice presidential debate Thursday, October 2 Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. [...]

More Hot Air

A webstory today about all the hot air in the energy debate. Also, interestingly, a scoop from Politico’s Martin Kady II and Patrick O’Connor about how Pelosi behind the scenes is encouraging her members to defect, banking on passing legislation next year. Dana Milbank has loads more color on the House protest. And here’s a [...]

McCain Pool Report: “A woman lying horizontally over a bike in what looked like an uncomfortable position”

McCain’s Sturgis trip was supposed to be colorful. I think it was. Your pool was kept company by a crew of bikers on a balcony above the temporary stores, shouting a host of things (some nice, some not). They threw a few strands of beads our way, encouraging the reporters to perform activity a lá [...]

Who’s Playing the “Race Card”?

The debate continues. Terry Neal, who was at the Washington Post when the two of us covered the 2000 campaign, has an interesting piece over at TheRoot.com accusing McCain and the Republicans of exploiting resentment of “uppity” African-Americans. Note: Before you assume you’ve heard this argument already, you should know that Neal declares unequivocally that [...]