2008 Presidential Contest

It didn’t work in the Soviet Union. So why is Obama advocating it as his economic plan?

According to wikipedia, “several political systems are designed to redistribute wealth including Communism, Socialism, and Welfare Capitalism.” Can anyone point to one of those systems as providing a sustainable economic engine?
No. Not really.
So then, why is Barack Obama suggesting it become the model for his vision of America?  According to multiple media sources (in this [...]


One correspondent intended to mock Palin.. And found herself walking away with the truth.

I had the duty this afternoon of playing chauffeur to several teenage Republicans for a meeting this afternoon. But as “the Dad,” my daughter forcibly recruited me to sit and wait for the speaker, which I did.
Apparently, no matter how “noteworthy a political blogger” I supposedly get to be, I’m still not tres’ cool enough [...]


THE interview. Now that the dust of Palin’s big national interview is settling, what’s the real impact of it?

With all the spin over the last few days on Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, you’d think we were in the middle of a funnel cloud. The moveon.org type attacks were relentless. Even on this website, Democrats who already hated her were badgering me with “when are you going to [...]


Obama refers to Palin as a pig… And backtracks like the wind.

From ABC News, Obama makes a great big gaffe:
“That’s not change,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said of what Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is offering.
“You know, you can put lipstick on a pig,” Obama said, “but it’s still a pig.”
The crowd rose and applauded, some of them no doubt thinking he may have been alluding to [...]


McCain/Palin gets nice post convention bounce.

According to Zogby’s, the GOP ticket received a nice post-convention bounce. Read it and weep, Dems:

The McCain/Palin ticket wins 49.7% support, compared to 45.9% backing for the Obama/Biden ticket, this latest online survey shows. Another 4.4% either favored someone else or were unsure.

The Ticket Horserace
9-5/6
8-29/30

McCain-Palin

49.7%
47.1%

Obama-Biden

45.9%
44.6%

Others/Not sure

4.4%
8.3%

and…
Pollster John Zogby: “Clearly, Palin [...]