It's the last impression people will remember, and McCain was fantastic at the end, riding the waves of cheers and applause with his "Fight! Fight with me!" calls. It really was stirring. Finally. That crowd, lulled into a stupor by Cindy McCain, was desperate for something to cheer about. Luckily for them, McCain gave them something good ( Read more... )

Several of the latest! polls show Obama has stretched out to a big lead over McCain, especially in swing states like Minnesota and Iowa ( Read more... )

I missed the beginning of Rudy's keynote, but caught up with him part-way through. I was listening in my car radio, at 10:15 at night, on the way back home from my second job ( Read more... )

The rumormill was wrong! (gasp)

Everybody's confirming that McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. It's a great pick for him for lots of reasons. It's also a potential disaster for fewer reasons ( Read more... )

• Where are the Greek columns we kept hearing about? All I see are faux windows and an American flag sticking out of Obama's head ( Read more... )

OK, clearly the Dems forgot what the rest of us learned from Ronald Reagan:

Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" doesn't mean what you think it means.

I've said it before (though I can't find it), and I'll say it again: I (heart) Joe Biden.

There is no way McCain chooses either Joe Lieberman or Bobby Jindal for his VP slot, but both are great names to throw around for us to hear ( Read more... )

Voted this morning. There was a steady stream of 3-5 people in there a little after 8:30 ( Read more... )

I've lived in this apartment for about five years now, and somehow I've managed to avoid any appearance by any politician or petition or anything of the sort. Until this week.

A few days ago, a kid from Jim Martin's US Senate campaign* stopped by. He seemed completely taken aback and confused when I told him I was already planning on voting for ( Read more... )