How Much Time Should She Do?
The Winning Message Action Fund, the issue/advocacy arm of the National Institute for Reproductive Health is running a powerful new ad in Ohion that every women watch before voting. Hair flip to the adorable Jill Miller Zimon at WritesLikeSheTalks:
From the press release:
“The McCain/Palin ticket has made clear its opposition to abortion access. But we [...]
Hey Pat Buchanan, Sarah Palin IS McCain’s Biggest Albatross
I know Rachel Maddow is dying to watch Pat Buchanan’s head explode as he finally has to admit that Sarah Palin was a bad choice for a running mate. That’s right, the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll found that more than half of the respondents found “harbor doubts” about Palin’s readiness:
The poll also found that [...]
David Brooks Confronts Modern Conservatives
You won’t find me saying this very often, but David Brooks is right in his editorial on what is really the death of modern conservatism–”social class warfare:”
What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals slipped into a disdain for the educated class as a whole. The liberals had coastal condescension, so the conservatives developed [...]
Revenge of Carly Fiorina
My theory? Fiorina resents that fact that McCain named Palin as his running mate. And honestly, who wouldn’t be insulted–even Fiorina who doesn’t exactly have the best track record as a CEO of a major company. I bet Fiorina got tired of claiming the SNL Palin/Clinton skit was sexist.
McCain’s Choice of Running Mate Reflects His Erratic And Impulsive Nature
Josh Marshall is reporting that the McCain campaign did almost no vetting of Palin before selecting her as his running mate. Okay, seriously. What kind of presidential candidate behaves this way? Palin’s “Troopergate” story had been covered by TPM for weeks so it shouldn’t be a new story to most people in political [...]
