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It has been a good ride. This blog has been in existance for about 2 and a half years, and I'd like to think I contributed a little bit to the blogosphere, in a small way. I tried [...]
Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term "uppity" to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday.
Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech with reporters outside the House chamber and was asked to compare [...]
When asked during a campaign event in Deerfield Beach, Florida, whether he would "pursue the violations that have been made against our Constitution by the present administration", Biden answered in the affirmative.
"We will not be stopped from pursuing any [...]
Republican National Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan used a quick gavel to adopt a [...]
Wolf Blitzer just reported that the campaign has canceled a scheduled interview with Larry King due to an unfriendly segment last [...]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, canceling most opening-day activities and positioning himself as above mere politics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans.
"This is a [...]
Most people would acknowledge that, regardless of her charm and good intentions, Palin is not ready for the top job. McCain seems to have put his political interests ahead of the nation's when he created the possibility that she might fill [...]
Update : Paul Begala picks apart Palin and McCain. I agree 100% with Begala's question.. Is McCain out of his mind?This is a shocking choice :
Sen. John McCain on Friday announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate, calling her "the running mate who [...]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) had one line redacted from his speech, which suggested some conservatives need to serve time in prison. The original line read: “They’re asking for another four years — in a just world, they’d get 10 to 20.”That was a [...]
BECK: Why are we spending all this money in New Orleans? We shouldn’t spend a [...]
Update : Keith responds to the NY Post article via DailyKos.I love MSNBC, its the only cable news I can stand to watch these days, but the infighting is getting a bit out of control. First it was Brokaw vs. Olbermann/Matthews. Then it was Olbermann vs. [...]
Denver's U.S. [...]
"I think Keith has gone too far. I think Chris has gone too far," the veteran NBC newsman said at a forum sponsored by Harvard's Shorenstein press center. But Brokaw said that they are "commentators" [...]
News circulated fast late Tuesday afternoon that back in 1986, during his initial run for the Senate, John McCain allegedly told a crude joke about rape involving a woman's affection for an ape.
The story, which was [...]
[...] Russia threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer.
The threat followed quickly on from the announcement that Condoleezza Rice signed a formal agreement with the Czech Republic to host [...]
An AP-Yahoo poll asked Americans what word comes to mind when they think of the two presidential candidates. Although both had roughly the same favorable-unfavorable split, the specific images [...]
''If bin Laden takes over and becomes king of Saudi Arabia, he'd turn off the tap,'' said Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, a consulting firm in Washington. [...]
But the real flaw in Hillary's presidential campaign was the lack of any clear lines of authority. Her "team of rivals," as she thought approvingly of them, assured she would remain in total top-down [...]
In April, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) became the most absent member of the Senate. According to the Washington Post’s votes database, McCain has “missed 367 votes (61.4%) during [...]
I think if they [Israel] are to do anything, the most [...]
A new NEWSWEEK Poll shows that he has a substantial double-digit lead, 51 percent to 36 percent, over McCain among registered voters nationwide.
The latest numbers [...]
"I present to you the next president of the United States, Barack Obama!" Gore said in a brief introduction of Obama at a Detroit fundraiser. He planned a later appearance with Obama at a 20,000-person [...]
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest [...]
WASHINGTON — Motorists can expect gasoline prices around $4 gallon through next year, the Energy Department said Wednesday, with oil prices staying well above $100 a barrel.
Crude oil prices are likely to average $126 a [...]
NEW YORK - June 10, 2008 - MSNBC continued its ratings surge last week, with viewers flocking out of the “No Spin Zone” and to “The Place for Politics.” For the first time ever, MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” was the #1 show at [...]
