And the fact that there's an entire TV news network dedicated to getting and keeping the GOP in power. Notice I didn't say getting the GOP elected. 2000 proved that getting power doesn't depend on getting elected by a majority.

Posted at July 23, 2008 11:47 AM in response to Washington Post Editorial Falsely Claims Iraqi Political Leaders Don't Support Obama's Withdrawal Plan

No more Acela trips on Amtrak for GOPers who voted against rail funding.

Posted at July 22, 2008 4:30 PM in response to Whoops! GOPers Attack Obama For Flying In Aircraft He Criticized -- But McCain Did Same!

Ding ding! We have a winner!

Posted at July 22, 2008 4:28 PM in response to Whoops! GOPers Attack Obama For Flying In Aircraft He Criticized -- But McCain Did Same!

Compare this to McCain's muddled interview on GMA yesterday when he appeared groggy and clueless about geography (Iraq's border with Pakistan). All he could do was spout the same old tired Bush platitudes of "victory" and "defeat", with "defeat" meaning anything that Bush didn't propose, then claiming he understands what Iraqis want better than they do.
Obama's tour is accomplishing exactly what it was meant to do: show that Obama has the temperament and thoughtfulness to be president.
The only gaffes have been from McCain.
Meanwhile, an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune by Steven Calabresi, a McCain advisor, states that Obama isn't old enough for the job. It presents examples of other presidents under age 50- Teddy Roosevelt, JFK -who made decisions that later were wrong. It conveniently ignores mistakes made by elderly presidents like Reagan who napped through his second term as radicals like Oliver North took over his foreign policy.
Maybe the age card is all they have left.

Posted at July 22, 2008 12:16 PM in response to At Jordan Presser, Obama Keeps Co-Opting GOP Language On Terror

"Obama not afraid to engage GOP"
Meanwhile McCain's people have a woman wearing a shirt reading "McCain=Bush" ejected from a public place on pain of arrest.
What is McNasty afraid of? The same things Bush and Cheney were afraid of. Opposing opinions.

Posted at July 21, 2008 8:40 PM in response to Obama Not Afraid To Engage GOP On Foreign Policy

How about Crawford, Tx?

Posted at July 21, 2008 8:34 PM in response to Another GOP Oil-Drilling Myth Is Born!

The river, not the state. It starts in Minnesota.

Posted at July 21, 2008 8:33 PM in response to Another GOP Oil-Drilling Myth Is Born!

"Because I say so."
McCain says it. Bush says it. It's all the GOP has left.
And it's completely bogus.

Posted at July 21, 2008 8:32 PM in response to Another GOP Oil-Drilling Myth Is Born!

Sometimes it gets wacky. An otherwise liberal friend of mine who converted to Judaism was offended 2 years ago when Patti Smith said at Lollapalooza that Israel should stop bombing Lebanon. As far as he's concerned, if Israel was not allowed to bomb Lebanon, the next thing for all Jews would be boxcars to the gas chambers.

Posted at July 21, 2008 2:08 PM in response to Lieberman On Questioning Obama's Commitment To Israel: "Why Wouldn't I Do That?"

And this is after a weekend. He doesn't campaign on weekends, so he can't claim sleep deprivation.
He's pretty incoherent whenever he can't control the subject. Best recent example was the question about Viagra and birth control when he rubbed his face and rolled his eyes with a "beam me up" expression. The clip from that event could be used in a lot of attack ads. Clueless McCain.

Posted at July 21, 2008 10:47 AM in response to Iraqi Official Says He's Hopeful That U.S. Troops Can Leave By 2010