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McCain’s Color Problem

The atrocious background colors displayed on the silly jumbotron during John McCain’s convention speech shouldn’t have been difficult to avoid. As BestWeekEver sadly illustrates, almost anything would have been an improvement. The solid pastel blue and green backgrounds made their … Continue reading

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A Fine Figure of a Republican

The title is what Time Magazine labeled New Jersey’s Senator William Warren Barbour in 1940. The expression takes on a better curve for Sarah Palin, but it fits the occasion of a very partisan and frankly rather phenomenal speech tonight … Continue reading

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Bush Mentions at the Convention

According to ThinkProgress’ count President Bush went completely unmentioned last night at the convention. Rather sad and rather weak. There are plenty of defensible polices of the administration (if there seem to be an equal number of indefensible ones). Avoiding … Continue reading

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Making McCain’s Platform

A bit of a departure from the Bush/Cheney experience in 2000 and 2004.

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An Unacceptable Acceptance

Well, here is an embarrassing prospect. It seems the Republican leadership may boycott the Republican convention in Minnesota, for fear of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The top elected Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was already boycotting. But now … Continue reading

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Everything is Marketing

Positive LibertyDA Ridgely on staged events.

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Biden Blues

A majority of voters approve of Obama’s selection of Joe Biden in CNN’s first poll after the tap. Unfortunately for Obama and his new Veep, the choice appears to have further angered and alienated Hillary’s sad little village. Thus, Obama … Continue reading

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Mark Sanford for Veep?

Jason notices that a significant name is missing from the speaking lineup at the Republican convention. The libertarian South Carolina governor and longtime McCain backer would be an unexpected and welcome selection.

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Delegating it to the Superdelegates

Steven Taylor takes a look at Paul Kane‘s conclusion that it is now mathematically impossible for either Obama or Clinton to win the nomination with pledged delegates, and notes that a super-delegate decided nominee represents an enormous political problem for … Continue reading

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Lieberman Stripped of Superdelegate Status

Because of his support/endorsement of McCain. The Dems made a rule (because of Zell Miller and his endorsement of Bush in 04) that any democrat crossing the lines to endorse a republican (or presumably 3rd party too) candidate would be … Continue reading

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