I went to the Mall today to see Barack Obama take the oath of office. What I witnessed was something different. I saw America today ( Read more... )

First Mark Warner--now Barack! Barack picked up an endorsement from bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley--
listen to the radio ad!

She's seen Russia; He's seen the Subcontinent--
She's incompetent-- He? just incontinent.

As sympathetic as I am to the Democratic cause in the coming election, yesterday's bailout fiasco leaves me wondering--why should anyone in America want to return a Democratic majority to the House ( Read more... )

Via DC Blogs Live Feed, I stumbled upon a Clintonista screed among many on Sugar'N'Spice. Sugar writes:

FF, she were to accept a VP offer from the Obamazoid campaign, let's keep our wits about ourselves and realize that we don't have to and we shouldn't support the ticket. I fully and absolutely expect that if she accepts an offer, it's to get ( Read more... )

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At last, Barack Obama clinches the Democratic nomination--despite Hillary Clinton's non-concession.

[As an aside, I found Clinton's non-concession to be classless and undignified; it's this kind of behavior, not her gender, that prompts the visceral, negative reactions she keeps encountering ( Read more... )

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I know I'm a bit late, but I noticed something that should have been obvious.

President Bush's stuff has declined since 2001. No, I don't mean his political acumen or his popularity, although that certainly is the case. No, I mean his pitching form. Here he is throwing out the first pitch at the Nats' home opener:

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The President at the Nats' ( Read more... )

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It would appear that the forward march of globalization, aided and abetted by satellite television, has revealed that the world really is flat. Here, two Iraqis--a physicist and an exponent of "Koranic science"-- debate the proposition that the world is flat, and not round ( Read more... )

75% Chris Dodd
74% Barack Obama
70% Hillary Clinton
69% John Edwards
69% Bill Richardson
67% Joe Biden
66% Dennis Kucinich
65% Mike Gravel
58% John McCain
47% Ron Paul
46% Mike Huckabee
43% Rudy Giuliani
43% Mitt Romney
35% Tom Tancredo
33% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizDodd suffered a tremendous 1st-round knockout in Iowa. Intriguing ( Read more... )