She’s Hillary Rodham Clinton and She Does Not Approve This Message

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[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?

This is Different

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[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…

Chuck Hagel Is Happy

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Senator Hagel just released this statement: "Joe Biden is the right partner for Barack Obama. His many years of distinguished service to America, his seasoned judgment and his vast experience…

Boots on the Ground

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Summering with a Hillary supporter has been trying, to say the least. However, sometimes between the "Obama has to throw a punch" and the constant citing of the doom and…

The POW Card

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Can McCain answer a question without referencing his time as a prisoner of war? I'm thinkin'... No. And it seems that some of the POW cards he's playing aren't even his…

Does he deserve it?

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Bill Clinton will be speaking at the Democratic Convention. Hardly shocking news and Obama's wise to do it, but after his performance this week does he deserve it?

David Gergen Points Out the Obvious

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That the McCain Camp is using coded language about Obama in the long tradition of repubs using coded language to demonize black people and fire up their low-information voters: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfXvK84MPqQ[/youtube]…

Yeah, He’s A Liar

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The Washington Post headline is not as strong as I might like, but it says what needs saying: McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence.

For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take reporters with him, despite no evidence that the charge is true.

And the WaPo is not alone — Time Magazine’s Karen Tumulty also notes that the McCain folks made up their accusation, as does (believe it or not) Andrea Mitchell, who on multiple MSNBC programs has pretty clearly stated that the McCain ad is utterly false: