Yesterday, the blogosphere was buzzing over the latest story to give the race-baiting Matt Drudge a furious erection.  A black man in a sketchy neighborhood in Pittsburgh robbed Ashley Todd, 20, an out-of-town Southern white woman– who also happened to be a McCain volunteer– at knifepoint. According to Todd, the man then became enraged when he [...]

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On November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed, these leaflets were being handed out on the streets of Dallas: Today, in 2008, these mailers are being sent to households across America by John McCain: Do we even need to discuss the plane imagery– a deliberate and visceral link to 9/11? I’ve already written in [...]

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Better known as Madelyn Payne Dunham.  You know she has to be seriously ill for Obama to leave the campaign trail two weeks before election day.  I read about the close relationship between her and Barack in Dreams From My Father.  I was touched by his loving mention of her in his race speech in [...]

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I wrote yesterday about Rush Limbaugh playing the race card to marginalize and downplay General Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama.  Today, we get video of two more conservatives, George Will and Pat Buchanan, using the exact same tacticts.  Here’s what George Will had to say about Powell’s endorsement Sunday on ABC’s This Week: It seems to [...]

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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo wrote a post yesterday that is well worth reading in its entirety about the final two weeks of John McCain’s campaign and why Obama supporters should be afraid: If you’re thinking to yourself that there’s little more than two weeks before election day and Obama has a solid lead [...]

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In the midst of his endorsement of Barack Obama yesterday, Colin Powell made some remarks about the religious bigotry of some McCain/Palin supporters– including GOP officials– that I would like to strongly associate myself with: Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is no. That’s not America. Is there something [...]

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Politico’s Jonathan Martin reports on Limbaugh’s latest display of bigotry: Rush Limbaugh said Colin Powell’s decision to get behind Barack Obama appeared to be very much tied to Obama’s status as the first African-American with a chance to become president. “Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race,” Limbaugh wrote in an e-mail. “OK, fine. I am now researching [...]

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If you have any grasp at all of the history of American politics, this video should terrify you. Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota channels Joe McCarthy in calling for an investigation of “anti-American” members of Congress: And The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel responds more eloquently on the fly than I could in print: The [...]

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I know Barack Obama doesn’t want his supporters to get overconfident, warning last week that “For those of you who are feeling giddy or cocky or think this is all set, I just have two words for you: New Hampshire.”  But I have to admit today, I’m feeling pretty giddy and cocky and I’m thinking [...]

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FiveThirtyEight– for my money, the most indispensible political blog out there– visited the area I grew up in today and posted a fascinating account of the challenges both Barack Obama and John McCain face in Western Pennsylvania: So a canvasser goes to a woman’s door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she’s planning to vote [...]

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Here’s last night’s SNL sketch of the final debate, mostly focused on John McCain’s obsession with Joe the Plumber.  The notion that Joe is McCain’s imaginary friend actually isn’t too far from the truth.  McCain thought Joe was a plumber making over $250,000 who would pay higher taxes under Obama’s plan, and an upstanding, tax-paying, unbiased [...]

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Here’s the videos of Barack Obama and John McCain roasting each other at last night’s Al Smith Dinner. A refreshing, and surprisingly entertaining, mental health break before the final stretch. Obama’s best shot at himself: Many of you know that I got my name “Barack” from my father.  What you may not know is “Barack” [...]

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At a fundraiser in New York today, Barack Obama warned supporters not to let his insurmountable advantage in the polls, the money race, the ground game, the air wars, the current political dynamic, the shifting American demographics, and the electoral college go to our heads: “For those of you who are feeling giddy or cocky or [...]

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This is a real picture taken at last night’s debate.  One of these men will be the next President of the United States.  Does anything more really need to be said?

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According to Mike Allen at Politico, John McCain’s advisors are practically begging him to attack Barack Obama on his relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and several top campaign officials see a sharp attack on Wright as the best — and perhaps last — chance to rattle Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill. ) and force [...]

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