Republicans
Ballots sold for crack?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008To what depths won’t folks sink in an election year? How easy is it for corrupt election handlers to get in bed with the likes of downtrodden drug addicts? It seems that in Alabama a desperate crack feind can apply for an absentee ballot for free and then turn it over for cash from underhanded [...]
RP Asks: Will Going Negative Hurt McCain?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The New York Times published a scathing editorial criticizing John McCain for letting Karl Rove’s operatives into his campaign, and in so doing adopting a more negative tone in his contest against Barack Obama. In recent weeks McCain has falsely accused Obama of turning his back on soldiers and being an opponent of energy, and absurdly [...]
Add Sen. Ted Stevens to the list
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Another one bites the dust. The GOP’s chances of holding onto crucial Senate and House seats dwindled further today with the indictment of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens on corruption charges. This is the same guy responsible for building the so-called bridge to nowhere, now being exposed for being in bed with oil companies. There’s coverage [...]
Kevin Tracy Nominates Bill Frist for McCain’s VP
Monday, July 28th, 2008Kevin Tracy’s treatment of Bill Frist in this post is rather amusing. I agree with Kevin that Frist, or anyone else would be a better VP selection for McCain than Mitt Romney, but am unconvinced whether Frist has the fire that McCain’s campaign needs to put up a good fight in this race. I’m convinced [...]
The Right Is Where We Go Wrong
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008There has been a lot of discussion recently about Barack Obama’s move to “the center.” The concern as Ariana Huffington explains in a post on HuffPost is that by doing so Obama threatens to alienate his core supporters, legitimizes many of the right-wing policies that have bankrupted this nation, and most pressingly, this approach [...]
Jesse Helms is dead… ding dong
Friday, July 4th, 2008Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina
I just want to make an observation about the coverage of this news today. I know the big editors are out of the office today but since news organizations usually have a couple of obituaries to write each week, then obits should be old hat (believe me, plenty [...]
Color Lines Magazine: Race and Election Coverage 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Color Lines Magazine’s recurring assessments of Race and 2008’s Election coverage always brings to light issues that are not covered by the MSM. For example, while many have discussed Missouri’s importance as a battleground state, and the prospects of Missouri Governor as a vice-presidential candidate has also garnered adequate attention, there has been no debate [...]
Robert Novak: “Obamacons on the Rise”
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Writing a special column for RCP, Robert Novak assays the insurgent “Obamacon” movement where conservatives are crossing party lines to support Barack Obama. Novak writes:
The prototypical Obamacon may be Larry Hunter, familiar inside the Washington Beltway as an ardent supply-sider. When it became known recently that Hunter supports Obama, fellow conservatives were stunned…Explaining his support [...]
Ari Berman: “John McCain’s Voodoo Reformism”
Friday, June 27th, 2008One of the biggest surprises of this campaign is that it is McCain, the candidate touting his experience in office, who actually has had more trouble shaping his identity. Labeled as everything from a hero to a maverick, McCain the senator and Republican presidential nominee has found it difficult living up to these iconic signatures, [...]
What Ever Happened to the Republicans
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Jeff, I do not know about you, I’m still open to public-financing, as are a lot of artist-practictioners throughout this country who could use some of the financial support thrown behind Barack Obama during this campaign season. In an ideal world the money turned down by Obama and potentially McCain would be re-distributed to fund [...]
