McCain’s surprise choice of Governor Palin as his VP has dominated the post-DNC news cycle. Does the pick represent McCain trying his hand at identity politics; little more than a shameless attempt to attract disaffected Hillary supporters by simply picking a woman? Has McCain found a political soul-mate in Palin as [...]

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Biggest Loser: The Media. Anyone who watched the hype for this event was exposed to talking head after talking head drooling over the prospect that evangelicals had abandoned non-negotiable issues, like life and marriage, in favor of a big government approach to things like health-care and poverty, and might even be persuaded to ditch the GOP for Obama.

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Since the end of the Cold War the only bear most Americans have had to worry about has been the occassional bad market striking at their 401k’s. With this past week’s invasion of Georgia, however, and today’s threat (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missile_defense) against Poland, an aggressive Russia may be a reality again. Poland is a [...]

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A couple weeks ago the McCain campaign started to air attack ads focused on Obama’s celebrity. The first one, famously featuring Paris Hilton, was pretty stupid but drove the news cycle for the whole week. The second one, called “the one,” was actually funny. This latest ad, called “Fan Club,” is incredibly stupid. Did they [...]

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Sen. McCaskill vs Carly Fiorina on Meet The Press this morning. The contrast between a politician and a business executive was stark. McCaskill preached the unhappy gospel of class warfare and overregulation. When asked how Obama planned to pay for his proposed middle class tax cuts she explained that they would be taken from that [...]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/us/politics/12obama.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=todayspaper&adxnnlx=1215893032-ceMOLJ2mKolZnvn8vq7qlQ
The organizers of a televised town hall at a military base have gone public to pressure Obama to accept their invitation. He really has no good options on this one. He can show up to a town hall, McCain’s favorite format, about the war in Iraq, McCain’s favorite subject, full of active duty soldiers and [...]

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Of course, anytime I write something nice about Sen. Obama it probably means the Left is getting uneasy, some people want hope and change back without the moderate policies it takes to win:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/opinion/08herbert.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/obama_leaves_blue_women_seeing.html

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Senator Obama and his campaign are threatening to quash the hopes of conservative critics, myself included, who speculated that an untested idealist with radical ties and vacuous positions might wilt in the spotlight. He is thriving on the trail and his organization is making a mockery of their Republican counterparts. Obama has undergone [...]

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James Kirchick’s piece on Politico today noted the seemingly coordinated criticism of McCain’s military record by Obama supporters or surrogates: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11463.html
I can’t believe that this is, as Kirchick suggests, something being done at the behest of the campaign. Why on earth would Obama, leading in every poll, change the message of the campaign [...]

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This past Tuesday the Boston Celtics finally got done playing Ronald Reagan to the Los Angeles Lakers Walter Mondale. For the week and a half that the series lasted the Celtics did everything right. They played tougher defense, they competed with a higher level of intensity, they executed their offense better, they hit the [...]

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