A single data point telling me Obama is toast

    I have a long time friend, who is a lifetime Democrat. He and his wife are both San Francisco liberals suffering through living in Red State Florida. We normally don’t discuss politics, but it actually came up yesterday. His comment was that he was unsure who to vote for (are you kidding me?). He was thinking about McCain but was troubled by the Palin pick | Read More »

    A theory, based on observation

    Forgive me for offering a completely wild guess about the current state of the presidential race. I tend to notice different threads of data and try to mesh them together into an analysis of how they interrelate to form a cohesive story. Here is my theory. The Obama campaign believes that it is losing

    Like his speeches, Barack’s commercials suck

    Last night I finally had to sit through one of Obama’s commercials running in Florida. Here is the flow of the ad: Opening scene – Picture of a gas pump with prices over $4.50 [Actually a picture from California, Floridians have never seen prices that high] Announcer – We are in a crisis of energy Next scene – Picture of John McCain walking out of | Read More »

    Deconstructing Obama’s Iraq Plan

    Let me give a hat tip to Andy McCarthy at NRO. He posted a link and excerpt from a blog post by Steve Schippert at ThreatsWatch.org. This article is a very important analysis of what really happened in Iraq, and explains why Obama’s narrative from this week is worse than simple political spin. It is dangerously naive and dead wrong. Obama’s 2007 “plan” would have | Read More »