John McCain is the Eddie Haskell of politics.

So observes Bob Neuman, aide to the late great Arizona Congressman Mo Udall, in Amy Silverman's devastating article on John McCain. Silverman, a fifteen year veteran of Arizona newspapers and long time McCain observer, arrays stunning evidence in support of the...

A seventh grade civics teacher in Marianna, Florida decided to illustrate the concept of "change" by writing

Come Help A N----r Get Elected

on the white board in front of his class, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. The class had seventeen white students, six black students and one Asian.

It's still a long shot, but for the first time Democratic activists are talking about the possibility of turning Senate seats in Texas and Georgia blue.

Burnt Orange Report, which consistently nailed coverage during the Democratic primary, points to a new poll showing Democrat Rick Noriega within...

I do not know which genius in the House Republican messaging department decided to suggest that their members voted "nay" on the bailout because Speaker Pelosi was mean to them.

But whoever it was will be receiving holiday cards from Speaker Pelosi and her successor for a long time. Yes,...

Huffington Post's Rachel Weiner highlighted for us Obama's dead on impression of Marlon Brando. Now compare it to Obama's reaction to McCain's effort to postpone the debate, captured on video for the first time.

Obama as Brando:

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Is John McCain's stated desire to suspend the campaign and postpone the first debate a cynical move made of desperation or a genuine response to the economic crisis? Yes.

McCain's appeal is a cynical move based on a genuine economic crisis. Not the economic crisis in Washington. The financial crisis...

There's been some concern in Democratic circles about how tepid Bill Clinton has been in his support of Barack Obama. However, as this diary on MyDD observes, there's a method to the madness.

The diary makes several important observations. Consider the role of the former President, his target audience,...

...and then go out and change the world.

If that kind of energy and enthusiasm can be generated in Texas, what can you do in your home town?

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Lynn Forester De Rothschild wants to take her ball and go home. The former Hillary backer is expected to announce her support for John McCain today. See if you can parse her public statements and make sense of her motivations.

On Logical Consistency

"Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a...

My good friend Dr. Laursen writes in with some advice for Barack Obama on how to seize back the narrative. Check out what Hans has to say:

Democratic Gamechanger

Barack Obama's campaign is currently in a bit of a funk right now, with the gamechanging event that occurred with...

I'll admit it. I thought about voting for John McCain. I'm a lifelong Democrat. But in 2000, if McCain had won the Republican nomination, I think I would have had a tough choice. Like many, I was charmed by McCain's personal story, his ideological independence, and willingness to say tough...

Update: Now there's a website. Moose in Headlights.

Update 2: Daily Kos takes up the meme. Times displaying on my computer as 6:30ish...

Bill Clinton said today that Barack Obama will win the Presidency and he will win "pretty handily." Can we believe him? Yes we can.

McCain's dirty, sleazy ads and his unprincipled pick of Sarah Palin--a pure gambit aimed at stoking the cultural wars with absolute disregard for the...

Update: So I am behind the times: Huffington Post blogger Eric Schmeltzer has already posted about this. Check out what he wrote.

Update 2: CNN picks up the story.

A new ABC poll shows white women shifting twenty points towards McCain/Palin. Are white women charmed by...

Saw all the polls showing McCain up? Had a big gulp when Gallup showed McCain way up? Relax. Jonah Goldberg helpfully reminds us why McCain is going to lose in the end.

Every presidential candidate since 1960 has gotten a "bump" or "bounce" . . . except George...

In a typically astute post about the McCain camp's crocodile tears over Sarah Palin's post-facto media vetting, Josh Marshall observes that for all the McCain campaign's complaints, few stories were written about the more scurrilous rumors swirling around Sarah Palin.

It's also notable that while virtually all the...

"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return.

'John McCain said 'No.'" -- Fred Thompson, RNC, 9-2-08

"I said, 'O.K., I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital.'" -- John McCain, May 14,...

When you live in a small town, your business is everyone's business. That is clear from this interesting article by a Wasilla resident that mixes praise and criticism for the local girl made good, Sarah Palin. Sure, some of it is petty sounding stuff, but there's a lot of...

However minimal Sarah Palin's qualifications for high office may be, she does have one proven Track record. And a Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig record.

I hereby nominate Sarah Palin for Official Hurricane Namer of the United States (or of the Universe, I am not sure of the jurisdictional issues)....

Insect Messiah at Daily Kos points us in this wonderful direction: what conservative reaction could be to the Bristol Palin pregnancy. Well, if it was intellectually consistent, that is. Ha! I kid.

Here's Debbie Schussel on that tawdry harlot and demon princess of the left, Jamie Lynn Spears....