Liveblogging Mitt 'Mittens' Romney's 2012 Campaign Launch, written 1 day ago, Our best friend Mittens Romney must be so relieved that the old coot called him with a "no" for veep this year. Who'd want to be on the losingest loser ticket ever, in 2008? Sarah Palin would, sooo… yeah. Anywa...

Republicans register delegates on the cloud, written 1 day ago, ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Plans are back on track at the Republican National Convention, but Hurricane Gustav's unexpected interference with the four-day event highlighted the deft communications needed to direct nearly 5,000 delegates and alte...

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God of War Designer David Jaffe Reduces Sarah Palin Candidacy to Lowest Common Denominator, written 1 day ago, David Jaffe, creative genius behind the God of War and Twisted Metal series, isn't one to keep silent, but sometimes he probably should.Jaffe posted a stream-of-consciousn...

Text of John Mccain's Acceptance Speech At The Republican Convention, written 3 hours ago, Text as prepared for delivery:Thank you all very much. Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans -- the privilege of accepting our party's nomination for President of the United States. And I accept it w...

Palin: Yes, she can!, written 1 day ago, Well, Sarah Palin has done it. She's taken a hell of a beating in the past few days, and she came out tonight and returned fire with astonishing poise and good cheer, and took the fight hard to her opponents....

Americans Doing Jobs Illegal Aliens CAN'T Do, written 1 day ago, It warmed by heart to read about the federal government doing the job it's charged with: executing immigration laws. Heartwarming is a strange way to describe it, but there you go. You probably remember reading about a raid at Howard I...

I just can't get you (the Bradley Effect) out of my head, written 1 day ago, cross-posted at my blog and PostBourgie Andrew Hacker's essay in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books is something of a mixed bag. The piece is an attempt to measure the possible impact of race - specifica...

Wisdom from across the pond — Palin as America's Thatcher, written 1 hour ago, Telegraph's Janet Daley: Sarah Palin gets the spiteful Margaret Thatcher treatment Like Margaret Thatcher before her, Mrs Palin is coming in for both barrels of Left-wing contempt: misogyny and snobbery. Where Lady That...

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Levi, written 1 day ago, Did anyone ever consider that maybe Bristol wanted him here in St. Paul? That maybe she needed him -- the father of her child and her fiancé -- at her side, so she would not have to face the spotlight alone, unmarried, and pregnant? Did it occur to anyone that it was an act...

From Fear to Sneer, written 1 day ago, We usually write about issues but, as Rick Davis wants it, issues were beside the point of tonight's speeches.  If Republicans were the party of fear in 2004, tonight they became the party of sneer.  Sarah Palin has the knack of delivering str...

Delegate Diversity (by Jim Wallis), written 1 day ago, Most of the speeches at the Democratic National Convention were politically predictable; the same was true on the first night of the Republican National Convention. Sarah Palin's speech tonight will be worth watching, consideri...

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THE BIG NIGHT! THE PLACE IS FRICKIN LIT UP LIKE AN CHRISTMAS TREE!, written 1 day ago, The house is electrified. with PALIN anticipation! LIVEBLOGGING FROM THE FLOOR! Romney: Energy: Let's keep Al Gore's privte jet on the ground lol lol! Big ideas not big brother! lolRadical violent Islam is evil an...

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Clinton: "No way, no how, no McCain-Palin", written 2 hours ago, ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When it came time for Democrats to officially respond to John McCain's speech at the Republican Convention tonight, the task didn't fall to Barack Obama or even Joe Biden, who'll likely get called upon ofte...

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I'M CONFUSED, written 2 days ago, We told you that Joe Biden just can't shut up. And we told you that he "Obama Bin Biden" brand would be confusing. From Political Punch:At a town hall meeting at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del, ig...

TIME's Joe Klein rips the McCain camp, calls them 'angry amateurs', written 1 day ago, From TIME:The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press....So what's going on here? Two things. McCain is just plain angry at us. By the evidence presented in the utte...