The more impressive you can make a speech look, the better, I suppose. Let the right wing bloggers bitch. After the "whitey tape" turned out to be a figment of Larry Johnson's imagination, they've been hurting for material. What can they say? "Oh look at me, I'm Obama, people actually want me to speak!" Consider the pressure a huge speech puts on McCain, who barely manages to read his teleprompter.

Posted at July 4, 2008 12:28 AM in response to Report: Obama Camp Considering Football Stadium For Acceptance Speech

Because the telecoms will henceforth be rendered immune to our American bullets. Or something.

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:50 PM in response to Obama Responds To FISA Group On His Web Site

Is FISA Cave Watch officially over now?

Posted at July 3, 2008 7:15 PM in response to Obama Responds To FISA Group On His Web Site

Pretty much.

Posted at July 3, 2008 3:57 PM in response to Obama Suggests He May "Continue To Refine" Iraq Policies

You really have to look at the political landscape and say, "Which candidate has the element of surprise on their side?" It's not the candidate that wrapped up the nomination and whose opponent conceded a month ago - it's the opponent who already conceded. The Republicans just wouldn't see a Clinton nomination coming (and neither would the Democrats), and that's what delegates should think about in Denver.

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:19 AM in response to Obama: Bill Clinton Told Me He's Bullish On My Chances In Colorado

Paging Joe Biden...

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:15 AM in response to Rudy Pops Up, Recites China-Cuba Oil Myth

The WSJ ran an opinion piece by the director of a Muslim American group who says Obama should embrace his Muslim roots. Toward the middle he states, without irony:

If Mr. Obama simply said, "Yes, there are Muslims in my family, and while I am and always have been a Christian, I embrace my family's religious diversity," then surely the vast majority of Americans would move on to the real issues in his campaign.

Hilarious.

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:04 AM in response to Obama: Bill Clinton Told Me He's Bullish On My Chances In Colorado

Well, who else are they going to nominate?

Posted at July 3, 2008 10:07 AM in response to Poll: Obama Leading In Red State Of Montana

Wonder how the membership of that "unity ticket" group is doing...we stopped getting updates on that one.

Posted at July 3, 2008 10:05 AM in response to Group Urging Obama To Oppose FISA Cave Now Biggest On His Web Site

The question of protest has a serious partisan divide -- Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to view it as a sign of patriotism.

To be a little fair to Republicans, it's possible this answer's results depends a bit on what party holds the White House. Also, the issue most associated with protest these days is probably the Iraq war.

Posted at July 3, 2008 9:29 AM in response to Election Central Morning Roundup