Marc Ambinder calls it an ObamaPollSplosion. I don’t know what to call it. Or if it will last. But the polls are definitely moving. (Disclaimer: The race is by no means over. Polling five weeks out is never a sure predictor of final results.) It is, however, newsworthy that Obama is breaking 50 percent all [...]
In this new ad from the McCain campaign, the Republican nominee seeks the non-partisan high ground. There are so many contradictory messages emanating from this campaign now that it’s hard to keep track of them all. “What a week,” McCain says, and he’s right. It was a week (make that two) that Republicans would love [...]
Me and Maddow, together again:
Pass the Excedrin… and quick. 33 more days.
There’s been a shakeup in Pakistan’s feared and reprehensible Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), reports Time’s Omar Waraich. Historically, the ISI supported–arguably created–the Taliban (and Al Qaeda) as a counter to India’s power in Afghanistan. But the new boss, General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha, seems more pro-American and anti-terrorist–a reflection of his boss’s fear that the U.S [...]
As a former general in the GOP, I get a lot of emails from various operative types around the country. Many are old comrades from the forgotten wars of old Republican statewide campaigns. Unlike the well meaning but under-experienced six month wonders who seem to populate most of the GOP campaign apparat in Washington of [...]
In a remarkable series of exchanges with the Des Moines Register editorial board Tuesday, McCain took personal affront to the widely-accepted notion that his campaign has departed from the facts in describing Obama. It makes fascinating viewing, not just for what he said, but how he says it.
