Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Ruh roh, Ronald Reagan has formally endorsed Barack Obama for president! Okay, it is the non-zombie Reagan, Ron Jr., but still, coming on the heels of President Reagan’s Chief of Staff, Ken Duberstein, endorsing Obama, it has to hurt. In other news, John McCain continues his dishonorable, fraudulent and shameless claim on Barry Goldwater’s legacy.
Put a fork in ’em. John Sidney McCain III and the Republican Grand Old Party have nothing left in the tank except for tired platitudes, creaky rhetoric, moldy and discredited policies, racism and anger. They have absolutely nothing positive or helpful to offer up to the American people in these troubled times. Just four years ago, the right wing GOP was full of hubris and bellowing of their dominion over American politics; now they are just a collective freak show caught in a time warp.
As Rachel Maddow would say, Marcy has “talked me down”. I am resigned to the fact that senator Obama will not be coming to Arizona. Now, what I can do, and what you all can do as well, is work hard, donate, call, talk to neighbors – anything, everything, between now and the close of the polls on Tuesday to keep the progressive and Obama wave alive and rolling. The finish line is in sight; no time for coasting – peddle to the metal baby!
I’m listening to an Obama campaign conference call on the state of the race. Some of the eye-popping details:
Sporadic and First-Time Voters Are Voting Early
I’ve been focusing on the early voting numbers, though the McCain team has questioned whether or not the high Democratic turnout really just amounts to voters who would have voted anyway coming out early.
No.
The Obama campaign is quite confident that at least one fifth of these early