McCain, Don't You Think A Surge Might Have Been Better BEFORE People Voted?
Good for John McCain to finally start defending the states he needs to win. But don't you think it would have been better to do so before a quarter of voters in those states had already voted?
Did I Mention Bush Is Preparing His Pardon Pen?
John McCain has called on Uncle Toobz to resign (ignoring, of course, that he may be guilty of the same crime himself), Mitch McConnell has piled on, and even Sarah Palin has decided it is safe to take on her mentor.
But the Bush Administration? Dana Perino's no comment sounds remarkably like the "no comment"s we got just before Bush commuted Scooter Libby's sentence.
BREAKING NEWS: Arizona Officially Within Two Points!
Well, the preliminary word is in from Dr. Bruce Merrill, the last word in Arizona polling. Hold onto your hats folks, we got us a neck and neck horserace! The new poll, in it's entirety, is to be released tonight at 7:00 pm local Arizona time and has McCain up by two little itty bitty points: McCain 46% Obama 44%
McCain Only Wants to Sit with the Cool Kids on the Bus
Robert Draper's blog on the McCain campaign offers more delectable morsels than his NYT piece.
Yes, County Clerks Do Make House Campus Calls
A Democratic County Clerk is driving across the state of Michigan to make sure college kids form her county will be able to vote this year.
Will McCain Declare His Gambling Winnings or Follow Stevens Down the Toobz?
In addition to Ted Stevens, there's another Senator who appears to be in violation of Senate Disclosure Rules: John McCain has never declared any of his gambling winnings.
Why Barack Obama Needs To Come To Arizona
Six days left in a campaign that feels like it has been going on for years; why would Barack Obama want to expend any of his fleeting time remaining going to Arizona, his opponent's home state? Because you play the game to win the game. That is why. And Senator Obama can win Arizona.
Sarah Sends Uncle Toobz to His Room without Any Dinner
Sarah Palin seems to suggest Uncle Toobz ought not pay for his crimes. I wonder if that betrays worry that she'll get busted for some of the same crimes?
Down Goes Toobz! Down Goes Toobz!
Where is Howard Cosell when you need him? The Hulk has been smashed by a guilty verdict on all counts in his corruption trial. This is good news for all those that have fought Stevens, Alaskan corruption (Palin is not really one of them either), and the GOP lions that have laid waste to the United States Senate for so long. I have a different take however.
GOP Civil War: WardrobeGate Edition
How did Palin's $150,000 wardrobe malfunction become the center of the spat between McCain and Palin?
Bush Prepares His Pardon Pen
Former US Pardon Attorney Margaret Love warns that Bush's avalanche of pardons is about to begin.
FBI: Yes We Still Have Our Anthrax Shiny Object
In an article on the anthrax case, Joby Warrick lets the FBI once against show off its shiny object of new foresnics, without providing answers to many of the outstanding questions in the case.
EW's Trash Talk - JoePa Is Washed Up; Long Live JoePa!
A good deal of bloviating, hand wrenching and general tut tutting was done in the previous off season for NCAA football over Joe Paterno. He is old. He has lost it. His team is out of control. The Nittany Lions are mediocre and must move on to a new era. Oops, JoePa ain't dead yet!
Arizona 407
Wouldn't it be great if Obama went over 400 electoral votes by winning Arizona?
BREAKING!!! Hillary to Deliver Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
Jeebus our press corps does some crappy reporting.
Palin Family Values: No Relationship of Trust with Her Family?!?!?
A McCain advisor not only called Palin a diva, but he suggests that Palin doesn't trust her husband. Whew. This is getting fun.
They Don't Make Ratfuckers Like They Used To
The friend whose house Ashley Todd went to after she carved a backwards-B on her face took the picture of her and gave it to the College Republicans.
When "Mavericks" Clash
Sarah Palin partisans have just announced she's going to ignore the McCain campaign for the rest of this campaign.
Compare and Contrast: Two Allegations of Campaign Violence
I spent a good chunk of the day chasing down this story (which was first noted here) and related details that suggest Sarah Palin, at least, may have called Ashley Todd before her story broke in its full disgusting glory. But I stopped, partly because I found at least one incidence in which the cops used the inflammatory phrase cited by the McCain campaign--"teach her a lesson"--and because aside from the
Erratic McCain Chicanery On "Victory" Party
Although the red faced McCain Campaign is now walking the story back and claiming it was all a misunderstanding, the report over numerous press sources this afternoon was that John McCain's election night watch party might be missing John McCain. He was going to appear by a video feed, because there was not enough space in the ballroom. That is absurd duplicity.