For those of you who can't get enough Palin -- I've pretty much had enough, though, obviously, I'm still paying attention -- the L.A. Times has an interesting feature today on Palin's five-year, four-school, three-state college career. In short, she is "barely remembered at all," having "left behind few traces." I don't think you need to have attended, say, Harvard Law … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin’s College Daze
A Shift in the Political Reporting Winds
While it may sound odd, the one person I'm really feeling sorry for is Robert Gibbs. He's the communications director for Barack Obama and is generally the Go To Guy when any of the 24 hour news beast shows want to trot out somebody for a comment from the Obama campaign. Unlike Team McCain, who regularly send Rick Davis out into the lion's den, you rarely see David Plouffe … [Read more...] about A Shift in the Political Reporting Winds
Two Google Execs Endorse Obama; Who’s Up for USCTO?
While Google is officially neutral, CEO Eric Schmidt is campaigning this week on behalf of Barack Obama. This will be his "first time on the trail;" he says this is a "natural evolution" from his role as an informal adviser to the Obama campaign. At The Machinist Cyrus Farivar notes: Schmidt is the second high-ranking Googler to make such an endorsement, with Vint "I … [Read more...] about Two Google Execs Endorse Obama; Who’s Up for USCTO?
Wright Around the Corner
As HuffPo is reporting, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis -- he of Fannie and Freddie lobbying infamy -- told Hugh Hewitt yesterday, in what was surely a meeting of minds for the ages, that "he is reconsidering using Barack Obama's relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue during the election's closing weeks." It is apparently McCain himself, taking the … [Read more...] about Wright Around the Corner
Thank You, Sarah. Sort Of.
Sarah Palin has finally spoken out against incendiary shouts from audience members at her campaign rallies -- but of course with a disclaimer. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, John McCain's running mate said that: "We have heard through some mainstream media is that folks have hollered out some pretty atrocious and unacceptable things. We have … [Read more...] about Thank You, Sarah. Sort Of.
The Republicans You Won’t Read About
In recent days, a number of prominent Republicans have made the news by declaring they're crossing party lines to vote for Barack Obama. One after another, they've publicly stated their dissatisfaction with either the ticket, the direction of the GOP, or both -- and they're being pilloried for it. But the Colin Powells and Christopher Buckleys and Ken Adelmans of the … [Read more...] about The Republicans You Won’t Read About
Ken Adelman, Conservative Republican for Obama
Colin Powell's recent endorsement of Obama may not have come as much of a surprise -- and I'm generally not surprised that Obama has found supporters among Republicans, given the pathetic state of McCain's vicious and dirty campaign and the extremist state of the GOP these days -- but Ken Adelman... well, that's a different story altogether. If you don't know him, and not … [Read more...] about Ken Adelman, Conservative Republican for Obama
Further On Down The Road: The Historic Importance Of The Powell Endorsement
In my first encounter with General Colin Powell at the Pentagon, I could not take my eyes off of the ribbons cascading down the left breast of his dress greens. In my second encounter with Powell following a press briefing that he had given as President Reagan's national security adviser, there was the unmistakable sense that beneath his calm exterior burned a fire of great … [Read more...] about Further On Down The Road: The Historic Importance Of The Powell Endorsement
More Republicans Jumping Ship From McCain Campaign
More Republicans are jumping ship from the GOP Presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain. When former Secretary of State Colin Powell used both Meet The Press and a short press conference afterward to deliver what was, in effect, a regretfully but comprehensively voiced indictment of McCain's 2008 campaign in contrast to the McCain Powell knew for many years, the retired … [Read more...] about More Republicans Jumping Ship From McCain Campaign
McCain Palin Republican Happy Face
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Colin, John and Me
I look up to Colin Powell. He's a fellow black man that happens to be a moderate Republican like me. When there was speculation back in the mid-90s that he might run for president, I was hopeful. Here was a black man who had a real shot at the White House. When he became Secretary of State under Bush, I was excited that we had our first African American Secretary of State, … [Read more...] about Colin, John and Me
Colin Powell’s Revenge
As political observers parse The Endorsement, the unspoken element is the payback of Colin Powell, no matter how much he denies it, for the humiliation he suffered at the hands of Dick Cheney's gang in being forced to act as UN point man in justifying the invasion of Iraq with cooked intelligence. Yes, Powell gives Obama credibility as commander-in-chief and a leader who … [Read more...] about Colin Powell’s Revenge
How About a Web-Based Fact-Check Aggregator?
The Politico's Daniel Libit thinks we have so many different fact-checkers that they might be drowning each other out. They appear to have little effect on keeping the campaigns honest. What we really need now says Libit: ...is a way of kind of consolidating the fact-checking, and this gives an opportunity, maybe even for a website, to do what websites like … [Read more...] about How About a Web-Based Fact-Check Aggregator?
Obama Leaving the Campaign Trail Due to Grandmother’s Health
Just seen on MSNBC via The Rachel Maddow show, Senator Obama is leaving the campaign trail due to his grandmother's failing health: Obama to take break to see sick grandmother He is scheduled to fly to Hawaii Thursday and Friday to visit her From The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama is canceling nearly all his … [Read more...] about Obama Leaving the Campaign Trail Due to Grandmother’s Health
Blankity Blank Blanks (Guest Voice)
So who's to blame for the economic mess that could greatly impact Presidential campaign 2008? The conventional news media wisdom is the bulk of the blame should go to the Republicans. In this Guest Voice post, humorist Tom Purcell says that the "blankity blank blank" Ds have played a role as well. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily represent the view of TMV or its … [Read more...] about Blankity Blank Blanks (Guest Voice)
Barack the Fundraiser
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Andrew Sullivan: Blogging is to Writing as Jazz is to Music
When it comes to blogging, Andrew Sullivan is an old hand. And an indisputable expert. In the (redesigned) November Atlantic he has written a 5,000 word "dead-tree" essay, Why I Blog. In it, he tells of those early days grappling with what to write for an audience of only a few hundred back in the spring of 2000. He recalls how he was "technologically clueless" and used … [Read more...] about Andrew Sullivan: Blogging is to Writing as Jazz is to Music
Bachmann GOP Challenger Looks Forward to “Referendum”
Aubrey Immelman, the Republican challenger against US Representative Michelle Bachmann says his write-in campaign is about a referendum on the state of the GOP: He says one thing he will NOT do is ask Democrats to vote for him. He says he wants his candidacy to be a Republican referendum on Representative Bachmann and the direction the party has taken this country. I've … [Read more...] about Bachmann GOP Challenger Looks Forward to “Referendum”
What’s Worse … China’s Toxic Milk or Wall Street’s Toxic Debt?: The Global Geographic Times, China
Is there some kind of moral equivalency between Wall Street's 'toxic debt' disaster - which has terminated some of the world's largest investment banks - and China's now notorious scandal involving poisoned milk powder - which has killed an unknown number of innocent toddlers and sickened tens of thousands of others? According to this op-ed from China's government-controlled … [Read more...] about What’s Worse … China’s Toxic Milk or Wall Street’s Toxic Debt?: The Global Geographic Times, China
What Kristol Doesn’t Know About Media Elites
William Kristol in his Monday column in The New York Times says some things about media elites that cannot be left unchallenged. I take it personally, for one thing. I hate it when anyone, William Kristol included, goes off half-cocked about who I am. I am a media elite. After 35 years in the business, I know way too much about media to be anything but an elite. Call me … [Read more...] about What Kristol Doesn’t Know About Media Elites