Today’s Double Standards in Patriotism
Remember how conservatives were oh so offended by Michelle Obama's "proud of her country" remarks? So when do these same conservatives get offended by the fact that Sarah Palin's husband…
McCain’s Campaign Manager Doesn’t Think Palin Has National Security Credentials
"[Sarah Palin is] going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he'll be around at least that…
When Did Minneapolis Become a Chinese Police State?
Seriously, what the heck is going on up there? The best summary of the action that I can find is McJoan's on dKos. Glenn Greenwald has been reporting furiously on…
Frank Luntz Focus Groups Palin
And the results aren't promising: ...with some bad news for John McCain: they don't like the choice of Sarah Palin for vice president. Only one person said Palin made him…
Gustav
The hurricane hit around noon as a Category 2 storm 70 miles SE of New Orleans. Apparently, when it hit NO, it was classified as Category 1, which is a…
Scaling It Back
or no 38 million viewers for you! The RNC has decided to scale back its convention next week, they say to make it a call to service rather than a…
Ronstock 08!
That’s what they are calling it — next week’s rally by Ron Paul (failed Presidential candidate) supporters meeting across the river from the RNC St. Paul event.
So have any of you heard about this? They’ve sold 9800 tickets to this thing and today is the first I’ve heard of it. If this had been 9800 Hillary supporters rallying in Boulder, this would have replaced huge chunks of the coverage of the DNC convention. And the news organizations would be following some group of these folks for the rest of the political season, with primo seats at the talking head desks to continue to air their grievances. (And be sure to email your network and cable news providers to specifically ask for this coverage now!)
Prescient Commentary
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIX4P0fApmA[/youtube] This talking head is a repub operative who was clearly impressed by Obama's speech last night AND was just as clearly overwhelmed by what it means for the state…
Updated:What if You Named a VP and Nobody Came?
Today is the day that McCain picks his VP candidate at a rally in Dayton, OH. EDIT: VC was right, it really is Palin. How desperate is that? Update: Kos…
She’s Hillary Rodham Clinton and She Does Not Approve This Message
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4z702qezWQ[/youtube]
This is good, and I bet you hear this alot over the next few days (maybe weeks). The crowd is clearly receptive to her message of support for Obama and the crowd clearly boos the fact that the McCain camp is using her supporters against Obama and the Party. I wonder if the Obama folks can figure out how to make this into a real ad?
The WaPo Picks Up the Biden Succession Question
In an article in the Tuesday edition, the WaPo picks up on a conversation had here at Delaware Liberal over the weekend. Maybe they even read us? Early betting in…
Thoughts On The Coons/Gordon NCCo Executive Race
(The following is my opinion on the state of play of this race.)
Mike Matthews from DWA liveblogged the last debate from the Widener Law School that I also attended with one of my neighbors. I took a lot of notes from that debate, mainly to be able to recount here what happened – the differences on issues and direction for the County that I expected to be discussed. As I kept looking over these notes (and in trying to recover from a bad head cold), it seemed awfully clear that issues and direction was certainly no where to be found in this debate. And, for at least one candidate, issues and future direction were not even on the agenda for the debate.
This is Different
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9LypdiQFo[/youtube] An attack ad with a lighter tone! This makes good use of one of McCain's more astute self- assessments ("The issue of economics is not something I've understood as…