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She could be as popular as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin who McCain picked to be his vice presidential running mate. Palin, who been enjoying statewide popularity ratings of 80%, defeated an incumbent Republican governor, and has kept to her campaign promises to root out corruption in her state, and even [...]
And my pick! YEAH!!Multiple media outlets are confirming that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has been selected as the vice presidential candidate for the GOP ticket.
Palin is a first term governor, having only served since 2006; she’s also a self-described “hockey mom” and a mother of five, extremely pro-life and a proponent of [...]
The teachers' contract expired Monday, the [...]
Welllll, just offhand…
The capsule version: He overpromised but — far more important — did not underinspire. The promising will be the GOP talking points for a while, wondering how you can cut taxes while offering trillions in new programs, blah blah blah, but these speeches, the acceptance speech at the [...]
I will create a utopia in 10 years on your dime....a whole bunch of lies...same old tired socialist rhetoric on parade.....lots of "I"....the end
Sorry but its hard to be serious about his speech and I just don't have the desire to go line by [...]
If you don’t watch or read another political talking head critique Barack Obama’s speech after accepting the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, this is one that you won’t want to miss. Conservative and often controversial political commentator, a former advisor to the late [...]
Swing State Project moves the 7th from Lean Republican to Tossup.
Democrat Mark Schauer, a state senator, is a proven vote-getter in the conservative-leaning Battle Creek area, but his campaign against frosh GOP weirdo Tim Walberg has yet to engage fully. However, the cold hard reality of the numbers are [...]

Google Trends chart for last 30 days reflecting internet-posted articles on potential GOP vice presidential candidates. (source: Google Trends)
I just read a breaking news report which said [...]
Now, this is what I call message control. The Republican response to Obama's speech last night. Tucker Bounds, McCain spokesman:
"When the temple comes down, the fireworks end, and the words are over, the facts remain: Sen. Obama still has no record of bipartisanship, still opposes offshore drilling, still voted [...]
Am I the only one who is seeing hypocrisy in Sen. John McCain’s “congratulations” commercial to Sen. Barack Obama yesterday? I mean, come on. McCain has opposed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, not once, but three times.
First he voted against it in 1983. He said he did so [...]
Republican presumptive Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain has managed to keep his number two selection silent, even as the media has gone bonkers trying to read the tea leaves, plane travel and secret service actions with various folks who have been listed as possibly being McCain’s choice.
Behind curtain number one [...]

Good morning. This is the post DNC convention edition of coffee talk. So dive in to today's cup-o-links.
Obama's Speech
Today is Friday, August 29, 2008. TGIF, and thank you for joining us at BFM!
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On this day in history...
1957: Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate. He spoke for [...]
[...] DENVER — John McCain will wait until noon ET Friday to name his vice presidential running mate, senior campaign officials told FOX News.
FOX News confirmed Thursday that McCain had made his selection. McCain [...]
Do you live in Michigan and are just looking for a great place to eat or are you a tourist who is trying to find the Michigan elegant dining that will be available to you when you take a vacation to Michigan? As long as your answer to the last [...]