Here is a basic shift that has occurred in the news business: Because of the Internet, you, the reader, no longer have to buy information in pre-fabricated packages like “newspapers.” You can just go online and individually select the articles you want to read. And there are lots of websites and blogs to help you out. Every day, Matt …
Everyone tracks the presidential candidates campaign finance reports, but only rarely do we look behind the totals. On Friday, the Campaign Finance Institute put out a stark analysis of presidential fundraising so far this cycle. Some of the highlights, or lowlights, depending on your party affiliation:
1. As we know, Democrats are …
The Clinton Campaign has a growing problem: The media referees in the ring are itching to call the Democratic bout.
First we got the big Kahuna, New York Times chief political sage Adam Nagourney, weighing in A1-style yesterday on Clinton’s diminishing chances to ever win the nomination. “If there is a road to victory for Mrs. Clinton, …
The ongoing saga of the McCain Campaign’s effort to keep the political discourse respectful added another chapter today. As reported by Jon Martin, the campaign has suspended a junior staffer, Soren Dayton, a conservative blogger/consultant who worked in McCain’s political department.
His crime: Distributing, via Twitter, a smarmy …
In less than two days, Barack Obama’s speech on race has been viewed more the 2 million times on YouTube. By comparison, consider that MSNBC’s Hardball averaged about 420,000 in the 7 p.m. hour last November. CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 pulled in 589,000 at 10 p.m.
Another comparison: John McCain’s mesmerizing spaceflight video has been …
But since it is Friday afternoon, he must admit that the ones he has seen are pretty funny.
(Click the links, and then click the text.)
John McCain Wears Sneakers With Velcro.
Barack Obama Left A Comment On Your Blog.
Hillary Clinton Is Sticking Her Finger In The Peanut Butter.
(Apologies if you have seen before, and thanks to …
This one is about McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. There are, perhaps regrettably, no nebulae or Teddy Roosevelt quotes like in the last one.
In the post below, I raised the question of whether or not the McCain campaign made a mistake by sending out an attack article on Obama to reporters this morning. I published the post before a McCain aide was able to get back to me to answer that question. (Such are the perils of the blog-cycle. My old newspaper editors would be …
Three weeks ago, John McCain took a strong public stand against those of his allies who would attack Barack Obama for his middle name. “I want to disassociate myself with any disparaging remarks,” McCain told the press, after a radio talk show host distastefully used Obama’s middle name Hussein.
Then this week, McCain’s campaign …
Earlier today, Eric Woolson, the former Iowa campaign manager for Mike Huckabee, sent out an informal email to some people, including a bunch of reporters. He had meant it as a funny thing that we would all keep private. But he made a horrific error. He got funny. To wit:
It comes as no surprise to most of you who know me: My office is
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Public officials do bad things. They take bribes, sleep with prostitutes, make racially insensitive jokes and take positions over which you, the voter, can justifiably be upset. These are first-degree political sins committed by first-degree political sinners that lead to first-degree political scandals. And they are clearly …
Thanks to the Internet, SNL no longer has a monopoly on political sketch comedy. This is from an LA-based troupe called the Public Service Administration.
If anyone knows a similarly good sketch attacking the Obama campaign, let me know in the comments, and in the interest of equal time, I will post.
Also: Geraldine Ferraro resigned …
Over the course of my public life, I have insisted, I believe correctly, that people, regardless of their position or power, take responsibility for their conduct. I can and will ask no less of myself. For this reason, I am resigning from the office of governor.
Full statement here.
