53-40 in New Mexico is 'tight'? Has any poll shown Obama with a 13-point lead in New Mexico before? (Not even close.)

Posted at August 27, 2008 5:06 PM in response to Polls: Race Remains Tight In Five Key Battlegrounds

Distracting from the DNC with bogus terror alerts, are we? No no, Bush's FBI would never do that.

Posted at August 25, 2008 9:01 PM in response to Report: Law Enforcement Sources Say They're Probing Possible Obama Assassination Plot

I think Biden makes it a lot less likely that Romney will be the pick.

Posted at August 23, 2008 11:28 AM in response to Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks

Exactly -- Obama needs the votes of a lot of people who are thinking the same things right now that Biden was saying the beginning of the year. Biden is better suited to convince the voters who are skeptical of Obama's inexperience than would be someone who's been with Obama from the start.

It seems like McCain has made a major blunder by highlighting Biden's change of heart, since convincing voters to make that same change is essential to Obama's success.

Posted at August 23, 2008 11:25 AM in response to Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks

Oh, my favorite part of that article:

There is an even more basic problem with McCain's progress report, and it goes to the heart of the choice we face in Iraq. Whatever tactical progress we may be making will amount to nothing if it is not serving a larger strategy for success.

I think this is a good attack because it hits at McCain's perceived strengths: Sure, he was right about the tactics of the surge, but he's unfit to lead because he can't see past that to the strategy. And deciding tactics are not the President's job -- deciding strategy is.

Posted at August 23, 2008 11:03 AM in response to Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks

One hopes against hope that there aren't examples lurking in the archives of Biden praising McCain's national security credentials.

Oh, there are. He's praised McCain quite a bit, but more in the 'velvet hammer' way, especially recently.

The Real Surge Story, by Joe Biden, April 2007

Sen. John McCain[" The War You're Not Reading About," op-ed, April 8] is right to warn about the consequences of failure in Iraq. But he is fundamentally wrong when he argues that those potential consequences require us to stick with a failing strategy.

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I cannot guarantee that my plan for Iraq (detailed at http://www.planforiraq.com) will work. But I can guarantee that the course we're on -- the course that a man I admire, John McCain, urges us to continue -- is a road to nowhere.

Posted at August 23, 2008 11:00 AM in response to Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks

Wow, they really did hit a sore spot. This ad is practically incomprehensible and terribly off-key.

"Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems."

Yeah, that's why he's polling way ahead on the economy.

"Now that's a housing problem."

No, in fact, that has nothing to do with the housing crisis, but it does show that you're a lot more interested in tearing down your opponent than in solving people's problems.

Please run this ad as much as possible. During the Olympics, even.

Posted at August 21, 2008 6:54 PM in response to New McCain Ad: It's Obama Who Has A "Housing Problem"

Yes, I think it's definitely time for this video to get a new airing.

Posted at August 21, 2008 3:31 PM in response to McCains Bought Second Beach Condo At Around Time McCain Said Struggling Homeowners Needed To Skip Vacations

If going to prison is such valuable leadership experience, why is the GOP adamantly opposed to restoring voting rights to felons?

Posted at August 21, 2008 2:14 PM in response to McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!

By the way: More like this, please -- Obama can really get under McCain's skin.

Posted at August 21, 2008 12:13 PM in response to McCain Campaign Response: Obama Worries About Arugula, Vacations In Hawaii