Also, follow this link and see how just two years ago McCain was for talking with Hamas, effectively unraveling his entire smear campaign!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/15/
exclusive-video-mccain-wa_n_102031.html

This story is pretty front page on Huffington Post, so I didn't do any digging for it, but goddamn!  Is this a gem or what?!

please recommend this.  McCain needs to be unmasked for the hypocritical slime ball he is.  The spot light has been off of him for far too looooooooong.

Okay this is just too good to be ignored.  This needs to get more play on TPM.
The more that comes out about Gordon G. Liddy the more I am disturbed.
As sited in the Huffington Post article linked below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/g-gordon-liddy-
john-mccai_n_100134.html

McCain's connection with Liddy is about as good as, or in my opinion much better, than Obama's relationship with Ayers.  Obama has publicly repudiated Ayers' actions in the 1960's, but McCain on the other hand has been quoted in a radio interview with Liddy from last November saying:
"It's always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great."

Now there are several interesting little factoids about Liddy sited in the HuffPo article and the ChicTrib article that originally published the story.
1) Liddy was involved in the planning of breaking into Watergate during the Nixon administration.  He served four years in prison for his crime.
2) He was involved in a murder plot against a reporter that was never thankfully never carried through.
3) He was been quoted many times saying extremely inflammatory things.  I think my favorite one is this:

"When he listened to Hitler on the radio, it "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before," he explains. "Hitler's sheer animal confidence and power of will [entranced me]. He sent an electric current through my body."

Let's see how this plays out in the media.  Will they pick it up or let is slide?

Please recommend this if you enjoyed reading it.

I would really recommend looking at the latest CBS/NYtimes poll. 

Concerning Rev. Wright's coverage in the media the new poll sites that according to registered voters polled the attention paid has been:
Too Much-- 56%
Too Little-- 5%
About Right--34%

Interesting numbers.
I wonder how these results will play out in the GE.

If you enjoyed my post please recommend it.

Second try.
This is an article I found on Ben Smith's blog on Politico.  It's from the Chicago Tribune and brings up a very interesting point.
My reaction to the article: should we swift boat the swift boaters?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-
oped0504chapmanmay04,0,6061828.column

I found this on Ben Smith's Politico blog.  It's a Chicago Tribune article by Steve Chapman that makes a very compelling argument.  Should we swift the swift boaters?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0504chapmanmay04,0,6061828.column

please recommend this blog if you liked it.

    I'm going to be re-posting this regularly.  If anyone wants to help out volunteering in North Philly please contact Max Stahl at either mstahl@barackobama.com or (781) 540-9648.  We will find you volunteer housing if you are from out of state.  Right now I am staying with some really nice folks.
    Our area is one of the most important parts of PA.  Due to the large support for Barack in North Philly we need to get as much voter turn out as possible.  If voter turn out is high enough in Philadelphia it may swing the state for Barack.  Of course PA is still a rather steep uphill climb, but that is my area's strategy.
If you are a supporter and you read this post, please recommend it so it stays alive in the thread.  We need as many people to see this request as possible.

Also, on a completely separate note to anyone who is not a supporter:  I completely respect your decision for which ever candidate, so please don't leave disrespectful comments on my blog.  It's not very nice and detracts from the purpose of this Election.

Hey guys,
  If any of you are living in PA or can get to Philly and have been trying to volunteer through the main website, but haven't been able to get through, I have some direct information for you.
Right now I'm working in North Philly and we'd love volunteers.
If you want to come on over contact the Field Organizer Max Stahl at:
ph# (781) 540-9648
e-mail: mstahl@barackobama.com

We're setting up an office in the Germantown area this week and getting everything organized.  People are really enthusiastic and you'd be able to do some real good in our area.

I couple weeks ago my mom had a conversation with her friend, a black male college professor, about this primary.  He's a Hillary Clinton supporter and my mother, a white Jewish woman, is an Obama supporter.  She asked him what his reasons for supporting Hillary were and he told her this:

He said that Hillary Clinton is a more stable candidate, and while Obama is a potentially high benefits candidate he is still a high risk one.  The 2004 Kerry election also came up.  Basically, on this front, my mom's friend just doesn't want to lose AGAIN.

With this in mind I spoke with a very close friend of mine, who is a young female college student, and Ohio voter (she had a very hard time deciding who to vote for, and does not want her choice disclosed).  She also brought up concerns about 2004.  She was very active in Kerry's campaign and since the Democratic defeat she basically dislikes the whole political game and wants as little to do with it as possible.

So, with all the background explained, I wanted to ask the good people (not the kooky ones like Marginal Player) at TPM a question.  Now I don't mean to offend anyone.  I understand everyone has varying reasons for their primary choice.  I was just wondering, among HRC supporters, how instrumental was the 2004 Dem defeat in your decision this year?  Also, do you think Clinton is overall a safer choice and how much did that influence you?

This is meant to be a respectful inquiry, just to satisfy my own curiosity.
Thanks so much!

If you liked this post please recommend it.

Considering that there has been no news on TPM today, I went elsewhere for my political fix.
I just want to put this out there.
Quote by Time in Partnership with CNN:

My question is this: Just eight years after George W. Bush gained the White House by losing the popular vote and winning the Electoral College, isn't it a bit ironic that Hillary Clinton is arguing for Democrats to focus not on the popular vote but on the Electoral College?

Google has the answer. If you search for "hillary clinton electoral college," the first result is an article from November 10, 2000, "Hillary Clinton Calls For End to the Electoral College." As Clinton said at the time, "I believe strongly that in a democracy, we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it's time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president."

- the original post is by Michael Scherer