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I really really thought he was above the local baseball team pander gambit: Such disappointment. Well, the Teflon is off.  The sheen is sullied.  Maybe he really is a Muslim socialist terrorist not from "real America" after all. Too bad I already early-voted for him. UPDATE:  I didn't realize the TDS hit on this last night.And how about that Sarah … Read More

Two weeks out. TPM reminds us that Obama is sitting on a solid 259 electoral votes, which means he only needs 11 more to win.  There are a number of ways he can get there, and (obviously), they don't necessarily include winning in Ohio and/or Florida.  That is what is making this race significantly different that 2000 and 2004. Specifically, … Read More

It's one man's opinion, but illuminiating nonetheless.  I'm talking about Nate Silver's reviews of the eight daily tracking polls out there (i.e., their strengths and weaknesses). For example, Zogby's daily tracking polls assume that the voter turnout for Democrats and Republicans will be the same as it was in 2004 (where Dems and Reps voted in roughly equal numbers).  But … Read More

How embarrassing for her. Iin July of this year, before she was selected to be McCain's running mate, she asked herself (during a TV interview) what is exactly was that the vice-president does. Back then, Palin didn't seem to know: “As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for … Read More

…expect any and all of the following excuses: (1)  McCain received unfair press from the lie-beral media, which was "in the tank" for Obama.  For example, the media never fully exposed the Obama-Ayers connection. (2)  The pollsters (all of them) were pro-Obama. (3)  The polls were inaccurate; they made people think Obama was winning, and that caused discouraged Republicans to stay … Read More

The latest… Ken Adelman: Ken Adelman is a lifelong conservative Republican. Campaigned for Goldwater, was hired by Rumsfeld at the Office of Economic Opportunity under Nixon, was assistant to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld under Ford, served as Reagan’s director of arms control, and joined the Defense Policy Board for Rumsfeld’s second go-round at the Pentagon, in 2001. Adelman’s friendship with Rumsfeld, … Read More

Yes, there are some, and watch how they take on an anti-Muslim McCain supporter at a McCain rally…

Of course, all we know is the party affiliations of North Carolina early voters, and not how they actually vote. Still this bodes well: As of this morning [Monday, October 20], over 340,000 North Carolinians have cast general election ballots, with the vast majority taking advantage of the state's early in-person absentee voting, dubbed "One Stop" by Tar Heels. Over six … Read More

It's the intolerance, stupid: I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really … Read More

There are at least 200 people here in line at the Clemmons Library at 10:30. The early polls voting opened at 10:00. A mixed bag of young and old, black and white…. More people pouring in. Haven't made it inside the library yet….

Not entirely unexpected…. On ABC, CNN’s David Gergen called it the “most important” endorsement of the 2008 campaign thus far.