Pandora’s Prediction

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I predict that last night's debate ends up helping Obama in the polls. I base this prediction on Hillary's win in New Hampshire, the Rev. Wright controversy, and bitter-gate. Any…

College Tour?

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The first two "Hardball" questions posed to McCain from Villa Nova students were: 1. Do you consider yourself an "average white person"? 2. Did you see HRC doing shots, do…

Adventures in Maverickyness — Does He Know Where He Is? Edition

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John McCain has had some trouble recently in breaking through the news — given the still fiercely pitched Dem primary fight — these days (and the fundraising is pretty anemic — $15M?) too. But there are interesting bits that are being reported here and there that we ought to take a good hard look at as examples of that prized quality of McCain’s — maverickyness. Of course, McCain abandoned any pretense to being a maverick when he decided to start pandering to the Christian Nationalists and neocons of the wingnut right as his path to the White House. This does mean, of course, that he has set himself up to run for the third term of BushCo, of which something like 28% of Americans are ready to buy again. So join me for a quick survey of the maverickyness here: