• Re: Palin’s wardrobe: “For all this, the funny part is that there’s really not that much to say.” [Jezebel] • The good news? Michelle Bachmann can devote more time to persuing the real anti-Americans: “The National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled out of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann’s district.” [Politico] • Or, you know, make [...]
A few things Scherer and I have heard re PersonalShopperGate: You’ll be shocked to learn that no one at the campaign is happy about this. You’ll be equally shocked to learn that lots of Republicans outside the campaign are ripped about it. “What a stunning display of incompetence!” one railed to me. “It’s the kind [...]
Current TV’s Mariana van Zeller and Darren Foster have a new 25-minute documentary looking at the question of whether the United States has been edging towards a proxy war with Iran. The answer remains unclear. (The anti-Iranian forces on camera deny any U.S. support, though a former CIA agent says otherwise.) But the piece is [...]
John McCain’s campaign may spend a lot on clothes, but they are a much better bargain on election night. Where Barack Obama’s campaign is charging the media $935 for a basic setup (table space, phone, internet, food) at Chicago’s Grant Park, the figure being quoted by the McCain campaign is $695 for essentially the same [...]
The Big Ten polling consortium has some shock-and-awe numbers this morning favoring Obama in the midwest, particularly in states like Ohio (+12), Michigan (+22), Minnesota (+19), Wisconsin (+13) and Indiana (+10). (And no, the Indiana number is not a typo!) If these numbers are real and not outliers, they foreshadow a landslide for Obama. As [...]
There are many surprisingly tight House and Senate races this year, but nearly all of them involve formerly safe Republicans. Now, via Politico, we hear that a nationally prominent Democrat who made some nasty comments about his own constituents may have a fight on his hands: A new poll released today shows longtime Democratic congressman [...]
I have some concluding thoughts about the Obama campaign and an extensive interview with the candidate in the print edition this week. Here are some excerpts from the interview. I’ll post more from the interview here on Swampland later in the day.
