Category Campaign 2008

I’ve heard a number of my fellow Democrats comment of late that McCain “wouldn’t be so bad.” First let me say this: the Republican party supports an exclusionary and hate-filled platform and any nominee of that party must support its…

So one John McCain gave a speech yesterday outlining his economic agenda should he be elected this fall. Much of what he said will add nicely to this McCain Flip Flop List. Check out this nonsense. It’s all well and…

You just have to wonder sometimes. I’ve wondered for a long time about Chris Matthews. His penchant for analyzing politicians based on how they’re dressed or their tone of voice (rather than their policies) is renowned. However, recently he’s begun…

The New York Times reported this morning that “as many as 20 mortar shells were fired Sunday at the heavily fortified Green Zone, one of the fiercest and most sustained attacks on the area in the last year.” I am…

Bill Richardson has endorsed Barack Obama. As it’s very clear that Richardson is hoping to get the Veep nod, the endorsement strike me as highly significant. Hillary has tried to slough it off, but I believe that this is the…

Answer: 7 I thought as a specimen of rhetoric it was masterful. But I can’t go higher than 7 because of his unwillingness to throw his pastor under the bus. I appreciate that he was trying to thread the needle…