Archive for October, 2008

Tightening!

In Gallup’s old likely voter model – the most McCain friendly projection – Obama has moved his lead back up to 5%.
One thing I’ve noticed is that in many swing states – Colorado, Virginia, and in some polls Nevada – Obama is over 50%. Back in 2004, that was not the case with Sen. Kerry. [...]

McCain Has Joe The Plumber Fail

Looking for his latest campaign crutch, McCain manages to look more pathetic than usual. They can’t run a campaign, but we should trust them to run the country.

The Mask Slips Sometimes

Conservative blogger Dan Riehl:
Anyone watch the afro-mercial last night?
Yeah, really.

Florida, North Carolina

Black vote turning out like gangbusters. Somehow, I don’t think they’re voting for Sen. McCain.

5 Days To Freedom

“I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don’t fit the typical pedigree, and I haven’t spent my career in the halls of Washington.
But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the naysayers don’t understand is that this election has never been about me; [...]

If Obama Is Elected, Expect 4-8 Years Of This From The Right

They use the same playbook, they just update the players.

The Underminer

Sarah Palin told a news organization she’d be interested in taking over the GOP after a possible McCain loss. That left the McCain folks speechless.
Man, Sen. Biden may stick his foot in his mouth, but you don’t hear him going around plotting Machiavelli style to take over the party.

Retread

McCain is trying yet again to hit Obama on experience. It hasn’t worked in the general election. It didn’t work for Sen. Clinton in the primaries. Why the heck do they think it will work now?

American Stories, American Solutions

Sen. Obama’s really good primetime commercial is now online:

Sally Ride For Obama

As OW.com readers know, we place a special value on people who have gone into space. Sally Ride went into space. And she endorses Obama.
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, endorsed the Democratic candidate on Wednesday in an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel.
Comparing Obama’s inspirational capabilities to those of JFK, she writes, [...]

Hey, Fat Lady, Start Warming Up

John McCain is running robocalls… in Arizona.
I’m not, repeat, not declaring victory. But come on.

Take This To The Bank

I don’t like making predictions, but I think this is one worth making. Sen. Obama will win Pennsylvania. The right wing blogs are constantly atwitter about secret McCain polls showing the race there as “close” but for whatever faults state polls might have, not a single one in Pennsylvania has shown a McCain lead there [...]

Obama On McCain’s Socialist Attack

Score.

Dennis Prager Says Equality Is Not An American Value

The braniacs of the right continue to illuminate our world with their nonsense. No wonder it is so easy for the right to wipe their butts with the constitution – they have no idea what it actually says.

New Obama Ad Is Win

The forensics on the Sarah Palin pick are going to go down in history.

6 Days To Change

The Democratic Party has learned two vitally important lessons since 2000.
1. Stand up for what you believe in. If you’re going to be Republican Lite, people will just vote Republican.
2. Show up. You concede to the other side when you don’t even try.
After 148 years, a Democratic candidate is showing up in Harrisonburg, VA. His [...]

Polls Tightening!! 2

… in Indiana, which went for President Bush by 20% in 2004 and 15% in 2000. Even Bob Dole won Indiana.

Charles Johnson Of Little Green Footballs Tries To Walk Back His Defense Of Segregation

If you see increased stupid in the comments here, its because Charles Johnson has sent over his readers – who have referred to Arabs as “sand ticks” – to defend the indefensible. Johnson:
as bad as segregation was (and it was terrible), to compare America during the time of Brown vs. the BOE (when we were [...]

The Right & “The Bradley Effect”

You know that when the right cites this in polls where Sen. Obama is ahead, they’re basically gambling that racism will deliver them votes, right? It’s not about whether Sen. McCain can campaign effectively enough to win over voters. It’s just praying that enough racists vote against the black guy.
Okay.

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