Palin calls for Senator Stevens resignation"After being found guilty on seven felony counts, I had hoped Senator Stevens would take the opportunity to do the statesman-like thing and erase the cloud that is covering his Senate seat," she said in the statement. "He has not done so. Alaskans are grateful for his decades of public service but the time ( Read more... )

A reporter uses a Karl Marx quote and asks Joe Biden how Obama's policies are not Marxist. Watch Joe's response here (it's fantastic).

Obama from childhood till now

Biden

Race for the Presidency

All links are from MSNBC. (They also have McCain and Palin if you're interested. My apologies if these have been posted before).

Also- this week in political cartoons

My girlfriend received an email from Biden this morning, but deleted it before I got to read it (assuming that it would also have been emailed to me, but it wasn't). It was something about his wife and education- does anyone have the text of that email?

ETA: the text of the email is in the first comment for anyone interested

One of the top stories on Yahoo's main page is "Palin, Biden agree on gay rights at debate." (link) The article reads:

In an otherwise contentious debate, both Biden and Palin said they did not support civil marriages for same-sex couples, but both backed a range of other legal protections.

"No one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin ( Read more... )

Hot off the "presses" from last night's VP debate!  This is really a excellent new ad on healthcare from Obama.

This really struck me when it happend during the debate.  After reading this, it makes me ponder that the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, and the subsequent rasing of his two sons as a single dad for so many years.  I think that experience put Joe Biden in the unique position of understanding better than most about why equality for women in ( Read more... )

Palin was vague, lacked specifics, but was very good at spinning the "folksy" b.s. Biden had many specifics, had a command of the discussion that she lacked, but was slightly long-winded at times ( Read more... )

Police Organizations back Obama-Biden
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:03 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Biden accepted the endorsement of the National Association of Police Organizations this morning on behalf of the Democratic ticket, pledging to again provide a seat at the table for local law enforcement.

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So the source may be Fox but I think this is actually favorable to Obama/Biden, despite their weird couching...

Biden is pro 2nd amendment!I did not know that; from ontheissues I thought Biden was very pro gun control. But apparently he owns two shotguns, likes shooting skeet, and thinks any other law-abiding citizen should be able to do that too ( Read more... )