For anyone who missed Obama's half-hour infomercial tonight -- it was really very nicely done. If you didn't see it and would like to, here it is -- yes, it's thirty minutes, so pop some popcorn and settle in ;)

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Honestly? I'm not one of those people who believes Obama's nothing like any other politician, thinks he's only running for office for ( Read more... )

A little over four years ago, I heard some buzz about a young Senator from Chicago who was slated to give the keynote speech at the Democratic convention. Word was that he was an exceptionally good speaker, an up-and-coming sort of guy with a funny name. I thought he sounded intriguing, so I made a point of watching. He had me absolutely spellbound ( Read more... )

From TIME magazine:

George W. Bush once promised that anyone in his Administration who broke the law would "be taken care of." At the time, he appeared to mean they would face the consequences of their actions.

President Bush on Thursday ordered a day of mourning for Ford next Tuesday, and all federal offices will be closed, except for those necessary for national security.Uh-oh. Does this mean no mail delivery on Tuesday? Three days in a row with no mail? Grumpity grump ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm happy that so many Democrats won yesterday. It needed to happen, and it did. There are still some viciously hateful Republicans who won (hello, Marilyn Musgrave in Colorado), and a lot of the Democrats who won are really pretty darned conservative (hello, Baron Hill). The pendulum is swinging, for sure. But so far, it's swinging towards ( Read more... )

From the Herald-Times breaking news:

With77% of precincts reporting, CNN and The Washington Post have declaredBaron Hill (D) the winner over Mike Sodrel (R) in the U.S. HouseDistrict 9 race.W00T ( Read more... )

I'm listening to NPR, watching TV coverage on one of the Indianapolis stations with the sound on mute, and occasionally checking the Herald-Times website to see if they have any new local results posted. I'm mainly interested in the neck-and-neck race between Baron Hill and Mike Sodrel for Congresscritter, but I'm also pretty interested in some of ( Read more... )