That exactly right. Powell is utter scum. Always has been. Always will be. Anybody who ever respected him is like those who ever respected McCain—koolaid drinkers the whole of 'em.

Posted at October 10, 2008 11:05 PM in response to Colin Powell Vouches for "Sterling" Sen. Stevens

Also, remember that most of the key swing states are now controlled in part or whole by Dems (OH, NM, PA, CO, and VA). It's a lot easier to cheat when the fox is guarding the hen house.

Posted at October 3, 2008 4:13 PM in response to Obama's Lead Keeps Growing In Tracking Polls

I never heard of Gwen Ifill before last night, but she is a disgrace to her profession. She asked few difficult questions of Palin and didn't follow-up to ask for specifics on any of her canned responses. As a result, Palin actually appeared superficially competent. Thankfully, the American public was smart enough to see through the ruse, it seems.

Posted at October 3, 2008 5:47 AM in response to Biden Won, Because He Made Forceful Case Against McCain

One more try. Too many beers tonite, I guess: electoral-vote.com

Posted at October 1, 2008 8:53 PM in response to McCain Campaign Again Blames Obama For Bailout Collapse While Calling For End To Fingerpointing

I mean electoralvote-com.

Posted at October 1, 2008 8:50 PM in response to McCain Campaign Again Blames Obama For Bailout Collapse While Calling For End To Fingerpointing

Actually, the democratic challenger to the incumbent senator in GA is within striking distance. Check out electoral-vote.com.

Posted at October 1, 2008 8:46 PM in response to McCain Campaign Again Blames Obama For Bailout Collapse While Calling For End To Fingerpointing

Actually, this plan is bogus, even with safeguards. All reputable economists seems to agree on that. Obama is a fool to support it when the public does not. Obama should get behind the Galbraith plan between now and tonight's debate or risk a plummet in the polls if McCain succeeds in derailing it. One caveat: McCain derails the bailout and wall street crashes before the election.

Posted at September 26, 2008 7:20 AM in response to Obama: Congress "Close To A Deal" On Bailout Package

Boy, talk about being stuck between a rock and hard place. On one hand, I say let Wall Street crash and burn. The federal government does not have a single dime to spend right now, much less a trillion dollars. If this money is authorized, you can basically kiss goodbye everything Obama planned to do in his first term. Plus, the Chinese will completely own us after this. OTOH, many average Americans (including me) have some amount of money invested in Wall Street. If they crash and burn, there goes the rest of middle America's nest egg (adding insult to injury after losing the equity in their homes over the past two years).

There is only one fair way to implement this bailout that will not destroy our country. Add the provisions Barney Frank has proposed (among which I believe is a 10% tax surcharge on those earning over $500,000 per year until the debt is paid—and this on top of rescinding the Bush tax cuts, IMO.) Sadly, I can almost guarantee that the Dems will cave and accept a watered down bill that dumps the burden on generations to come. In such a case, there will be no "change" in this country regardless of who gets elected. Now, if global warming would just speed up, I could consider moving to Canada (a bit nippy there for my tastes, right now.) ;-)

Posted at September 24, 2008 5:38 AM in response to Conservative GOPers Release Alternative Plan on Financial Crisis

The intrades have really tightened since the conventions, too.

Posted at September 9, 2008 5:25 AM in response to Polls Show Close Presidential Race In The Swing States

If we hold PA and all other Kerry states and take NM, NV, and CO (all pretty likely), it's game over for McCain. I think it's pretty interesting that Obama is either up or there has been no movement in most of the swing states since the repub convention. Having lived in the southwest for a little while, my experience suggests that Palin wouldn't score many points there. While there is a strong republican credo there, it is most decidedly of the libertarian streak. Most folks I met have no use for the fundie crowd. It's starting to look more and more like the national bounce has mostly to do with McCain shoring up his support in red states that would have voted for him anyway. OH has a huge evangelical population and getting them off the sidelines has probably caused movement for McCain in that state. In general, though, I have to imagine that pollsters in states with large black populations (like OH) are not really capturing representative samples of likely voters if they are basing their survey targets on turnout in years past.

Posted at September 9, 2008 4:49 AM in response to Polls Show Close Presidential Race In The Swing States