This basically speaks for itself WASHINGTON (AP) – The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch. It ain’t over until it’s over! ht Drudge
The silly season is here again. Polls are being touted as the infallible indicator of the actual electoral outcome. I think not. Now Obama could very well win. The fall financial crisis was a godsend to The One. But the race is surprisingly tight, and the infamous month of October is not done. Let’s take a look at some other poll predictions, Poll: Advantage Kerry | Read More »
Everyone knows by now that Joe the Plumber asked the most sizzling question of the 2008 campaign- how will Obama’s tax policy affect small business? This question was infinitely better than anything asked in any of the debates, their high priced moderators notwithstanding. Predictably, the MSM and lefty blogs, suspecting lèse majesté, went after him and all of a sudden it was Trash Joe Week. | Read More »
As one of America’s most respected generals, you were instrumental in torpedoing the Clinton Administration’s gays-in-the-military policy? What is Obama’s position on this subject? As one of America’s most respected generals, how do you feel about the far left’s assault on our military forces, and their support for Obama? As one of America’s more mediocre Secretaries of State, how do you feel about your sales | Read More »
Drudge is reporting that the two are in a statistical heat: 49 to 47 favor Obama. GALLUP’s ‘traditional’ likely voter model shows Obama with a two-point advantage over McCain on Thursday, 49% to 47%, this is within poll’s margin of error… Developing… Who knew that the recent investigations of ACORN would push the Obama percentage towards McCain’s so soon! When I find a link, I | Read More »
Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay – Home of John McCain’s hero, Teddy Roosevelt Contrary to popular opinion, John McCain does not need to score a so-called knockout tonight. He simply needs to be on message, and passionately so: Barack Obama is an unqualified tax-and-spender, who has displayed incredibly bad judgment in his associations, which range from the hard left to the corrupt. He has no experience | Read More »
First, the bad news. It is entirely possible that Barack Obama will be elected president of the United States (and there is a silver lining even in that). And now the good news. Obama’s advantage in the polls is relatively small and easily reversible given the general volatility of public opinion and the particular ambivalence of the public with respect to Obama personally. The polls | Read More »
While Hollywood is undoubtedly pro-Obama, we can take cheer in the fact that it has already produced an extremely useful film for our efforts to understand the Obama phenomenon. That would be the vastly entertaining musical Chicago. Here’s Billy Flynn, patron saint of all Chicago lawyers, giving a demo on how to turn a really bad case into solid gold! And even Ayers’ smoking gun | Read More »
h/t Drudge It does look like all that Annenberg money that Barack Obama and his pal William Ayers spent might have been diverted to, um, weapons of @$$ destruction. CBS Chicago reports on a scandal that has broken out involving physical abuse at Chicago pulic schools. CHICAGO (CBS) ? CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini exposed illegal corporal punishment in public schools, and the report is | Read More »
France has a longstanding tradition of realism in foreign policy, as well as an unapologetic resolve to protect her national interests. Both were on display recently as French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited Israel and succinctly warned that Israel will hit Iranian nuclear sites before Iran can finish its race to build nuclear weapons. “First, because you will hit them before. And this is the | Read More »
The VP debate turned into the ultimate victory of strategy over tactics. And Sarah Palin was the one with the strategy. She has mastered the art of deflecting loaded questions while giving substantive answers. She effectively hammered home the differences between McCain and Obama, never more so than when she highlighted the differences between Obama and Biden before Joe was selected by The One. Biden’s | Read More »
A mythology has grown up about presidential debates that needs to be debunked. Nixon didn’t lose the 1960 election because of a five o’clock shadow. Reagan didn’t nail 1980 with “there you go again”. Al Gore didn’t blow 2000 by treading on GWB’s space or showing up with the orange glop makeup. Debates are about impressions and revelations about the personae. Thus, they are important, | Read More »
h/t Drudge Apparently the hackers couldn’t abide O’Reilly’s criticism of Wikileaks and assorted pundits who were spreading the fairy tales about Sarah Palin: On Friday, Wikileaks issued the following press release : “Fox News demagogue, Bill O’Reilly, has been hacked and the details passed to Wikileaks. Wikileaks has been informed the hack was a response to the pundit’s scurrilous attacks over the Sarah Palin’s email | Read More »
In honor of the left’s attempt to get Sarah Palin via her family, a song celebrating her triumph. It didn’t work guys! It might be fun to invent our own lyrics in celebration of the left’s class and sophistication! “…. And Johnny came baaaaack to me!” Oh, and GREAT move, libs!
Both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator John Kerry (though his wife) have reported substantial holdings in AIG in their recent financial disclosure forms: Pelosi, in her most recent financial disclosure form, reported that her husband owned between $250,000 and $500,000 of stock in AIG, which ceded majority control to the U.S. government this week in exchange for $85 billion of loans. … Kerry, the | Read More »
While Messrs.Foley and Hinz ponder the fate of the nation in between floor shows, the TMR staff toils dutifully and unresentfully. We are running with an exclusive video of their trip on the new charter airline founded by Bill Clinton, which will be the prototype of any airline bailout once President John McCain reaches across the aisle to fix another ailing industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTDZzCyxstQ Update: we | Read More »
Obviously, I’m kidding. But you get the idea. In the end, the phenomenon behind the real estate bust is human nature – alternately fearful, greedy, imprudent or insanely optimistic. A few years ago I made my first trip back to my New York roots in some years, and visited colleagues on Wall Street. The buzz was about the hot condo market, and especially about one | Read More »
Have you noticed the increased whining coming out of the Obama camp? The meme is that the crafty McCain is responsible for Obama’s difficulty by putting unfair ads on the air and pandering to women by an unqualified female pick for VP. Ah, my dear Obamatrons. The problem is not in your stars, but in yourselves. And your STAR. No presidential election is a cakewalk. | Read More »
It began as a wonderful summer morning in New York- crisp and clear, with a touch of fall and its bounty. Unsuspecting travelers boarded aircraft, perhaps looking forward to flying in such beautiful weather and the stunning views to be had with a cup of coffee by the passenger window. It ended in fire and ash and tragedy. There were countless displays of courage under | Read More »
What a difference a few months make! Crude oil began the year at roughly $96 per barrel. It surged to $145 by mid-July, and has plummeted to near the $102 level today. Massive amounts of cash flowed into the commodity markets this year, looking for the next hot ticket after the debacle of the mortgage-backed and CDO markets. Prices, predictably, moved upwards. But the 50% | Read More »
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