As a clear campaign ploy, McCain has proposed a gasoline tax “holiday” during the summer driving season. Basically, it means that federal taxes will be cut from the cost at the pump, thus making gas cheaper. Senator Clinton has endorsed a similar plan. Good idea? Nope: But economists and energy analysts say it would have little impact on mitigating the … Read More
Wright? Riiiiight.
So it seems that black pastor Jeremiah Wright gave a speech at the NAACP and to the National Press Club this morning, and said some controversial stuff. So I’ve decided I’m not going to vote for him if he runs for President. Now can we get back to the issues?
Ignominious Honor
Gallup: President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the … Read More
Morons In South Carolina
Ugh: A sign is causing heated arguments outside of a church in Jonesville. Pastor Roger Byrd of Jonesville Church of God put the sign up which reads "Obama Osama humm are they brothers?" Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. "His name is so close to Osama I … Read More
For The Love Of God, Stop It
The newest Election 2008 scandal? Obama supposedly gave Hillary the middle finger. Here’s the clip: You see that? He scratched his face while talking about Hillary yesterday in Raleigh, and he used his middle finger. This is going to be the controversy now for the next day or two. No wonder people get turned off to politics. (Other versions of … Read More
Debate Wrapup
The New York Times: “Clinton did not let an opportunity pass as she repeatedly challenged Mr. Obama on his record and views — assisted, as it turned out, by vigorous questioning by the two moderators from ABC News, Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolous. The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances. He at times appeared annoyed as … Read More
Gonzales Can’t Get Hired
Heh: Alberto Gonzales can’t find a job. The former attorney general has been on the market for more than six months, but The New York Times reports that he has yet to find a full-time gig in the private sector. "The greatest impediment to Mr. Gonzales’s being offered the kind of high-salary job being snagged these days by lesser Justice … Read More
“Bitter”
I haven’t been paying attention to politics, but I can’t seem to get my head around this whole Obama ‘bitter" thing. For those of you who (like me) don’t have a program to the latest controversy, apparently Obama was speaking at a San Fran fundraiser a few days ago, and opined that "bitterness" is the reason small town voters in … Read More
Clinton’s Lead In PA Shrinking
Time: Clinton has a 6 point lead in PA, and adds: One in five Pennsylvania Democrats has yet to pick a favorite candidate; and roughly one in six voters who told TIME they favor either Obama or Clinton said they could change their minds in the next two weeks. Notes Stanley Feldman, the SUNY Stonybrook political scientist who analyzed the … Read More
Liberals Are Annoying And Ignorant
According to this non-annoying and non-ignorant person. PART I PART II
Obama Leads Even Bigger In North Carolina
Rasmusson: In North Carolina, Barack Obama has opened up a twenty-three percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Obama attracts 56% of the vote while Clinton earns 33%. A month ago, Obama’s lead was just seven percentage points. Also, according to the new Gallup: Barack Obama has extended his lead over Hillary Clinton … Read More
Wrong Track
This is a very astounding number: Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll. In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." That’s … Read More
Is North Carolina The End?
The front page of USA Today: “‘I really believe May 6 has the potential to be everything,’ says Joe Trippi… ‘Every day you see increased pressure on Hillary Clinton about why she’s staying in, and if she could win in North Carolina it would shut down that kind of talk and open up the possibility she could get there’ to … Read More
And Now Obama Is In The Lead In PA
…according to one stunning poll at least: Barack Obama has taken the lead in Pennsylvania, a remarkable turnaround after trailing Hillary Clinton by 26 points in a PPP poll in the state just two and a half weeks ago. Obama’s steep rise could be a reflection of a growing sense among Democratic voters that a continued divisive nomination process will … Read More