BREAKING: AP Poll shows Obama and McCain Basically Tied

    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

    Debate Night! And Some Notes On Long Island

    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 »

    Attention All Poll-a-holic Sourpusses: Being Down 6 Points Is a Nothingburger

    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 »

    VP Debate: Sarah Reels In The Big Fish

    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 »

    This Debate Wasn’t “The One”, But Johnny Mac Did Good

    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 »

    Obama’s Ageing, Tiresome Narrative

    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 »

    Humor Break: Jib-Jab Strikes Again

    We take our hits, but the section on Obama is a hoot! The Clinton parts are pretty funny, too. They’re giving Johnny Mac the old Bob Dole treatment. Which of course you know they would. The jib-jab guys are marketing this as a sendable e-card with interactive features. This tech stuff just gets cooler and cooler! link to jib-jab sendable card

    Change- It’s Biting Obama In the, Well, You Know

    Change #1- The Republicans finally make “The Ten Commandments” a winner in political debate- through John McCain, no less! For all the hype about change, Obama has reconnected the Democrats with their Inner Bourbon- they learn nothing and forget nothing. Obama’s astonishing summer reveals a party trapped in the freeze frame of their mid-term election triumphs, oblivious to the rapid pace of change since then.