In the Arena

Another Obama Ad

This one, I think, is tougher–and more effective–than the others they’ve been using.

Obama’s “Sarcasm”

Not as cheeky as the “Celeb” or “The One” ads, but the tinkly background music makes it pretty wry:

Re: That Palin Debate

Yes, Ana, it’s true. I did spend my Sunday night watching that old Palin gubernatorial debate on C-Span, along with a number of our commenters. And it was impressive. We saw last week that she knows how to wrestle with a TelePrompTer and a prepared text, but Sarah Palin is also very good on her [...]

David Gregory Has the Conch

Liberal bloggers are very much up in arms over the replacement of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann as election night anchors by the more “straight” — or at least taller! — David Gregory. Glenn posits that it can’t be sheer profit motives that prompted the decision, and we’d have to agree: Profit motives would have [...]

That Palin Gubernatorial Debate

Here. A primary debate here (direct Real Video link). Byron York of the Corner was impressed by the latter. If you’ve seen other reviews (of either), or have them yourself, please post in the comments. I’ll be watching by the pool later… UPDATE: Sorry, commenters: I saw KT posted a link to the announcement of [...]

OMGOMGOMG TEH POLLZ TEH POLLZ!

It’s like these people have never heard of a convention bounce before. Everyone settle. The “poll of polls” is still a more important number. Also, it’s Gallup. Incredibly sensitive to enthusiasm , hence the word “tracking.”.* Concerned Dems should look at the battleground polls. Which, well, okay, they’re kinda split (hence the word “battleground,” maybe?)… [...]

Franny + Freddie Sounds Like a Depression-Era Buddy Movie

The sleep deprivation must have finally gotten to me: I’m watching “Morning Joe” and Jim Kramer seems to be making sense about the mortgage bailout. Specifically, his somewhat rhetorical question:* Why do the CEOs of these organizations still have their jobs? Plus severance! I’ll have to ask Justin to explain further. You can stop shouting [...]