Numbers That Ought to Terrify Barack Obama

    One reason that Barack Obama’s campaign is experiencing such trouble right now is that the independent voters who will decide this election have more faith in John McCain than Barack Obama. Take a look at the latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics survey. Independents trust McCain over Obama by a margin of 58%-30% on Iraq; by 62%-25% on the War on Terror; by 46%-35% on energy independence; | Read More »

    Before Bristol Palin, Liberals Defended Kids’ Privacy

    How many remember the story of Graeme Frost — the 12-year old boy selected by Democrats last year to deliver a radio address on children’s health insurance? The Left went absolutely bonkers over the efforts of conservative bloggers to learn more about Frost and his family, to better determine whether Frost lacked health insurance because his family couldn’t afford it, or because they chose not | Read More »

    How Palin Activates the Evangelical Vote

    Sarah Palin is proving so popular with the Republican base, it’s hard to imagine that John McCain realized just how great an asset he was bringing on board. Right now at least — before any gaffes or problems that may develop — Palin seems to be the more popular with Republican true believers than anyone since Ronald Magnus (Reagan, to the rest of you). The | Read More »

    Democrats Demand Experience in the White House

    Jonathan Singer of MyDD responds to Barack Obama’s speech last night: It has been forty years since someone as inexperienced… has been put on a national ticket snip Do we really need to put another wildly inexperienced, purely political choice into the White House?

    Stevens’ Collateral Damage

    If there’s one person who’s likely to lose his job as a result of the indictment of Ted Stevens, it’s Congressman Don Young (R-AK). Young is under investigation by the FBI over his ties to Veco, as Stevens is. It would be no surprise at all if Young is indicted, too. And while Stevens is blessed to face a slew of challengers in the primary | Read More »