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Sarah Palin - The Rape Kit Controversy, written 15 hours ago,

Obama - McCain - Obama Will Win; The Economic Problem Is Why, written 45 minutes ago, This video was created just before the debate, but my prediction seems to have held and for the reasons I state here. This American Economy is in trouble. It's in bad straights for three basic reasons: 1) According...

Aggressive Debate And A Blizzard of Attacks, written 5 hours ago, Maybe after I've had more time to think about this goddamn crap I'll be able to give a better reading of the debate. Obviously both Obama and McCain were more aggressive. The constant contradictions of each other wore on me deeply. Th...

Early Vote, written 11 hours ago, I voted today. It took about 15 minutes and involved much less filling-out-of-forms than has been required in the past. Kudos to the Election Board for this improvement (although it was never a particularly difficult process). There were friendly people...

Debate Liveblog, written 7 hours ago, 7:41 PM (seenos): I'll sign off for now, but as a parting shot, let me say that this seemed like the most inane debate format I've ever seen. What's the point of having a "town hall" when the moderator is constantly cracking the whip to prevent any inf...

McCain Campaign's Endgame: Forget The Issues, It's Slime 24/7, written 1 day ago, "I just have to buy into the judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads, you don't have much of a vi...

Des Moines Register Columnist Calls McCain Anger "Unsettling", written 20 hours ago, You may have read or seen on You Tube or Talking Points Memo the interview that McCain gave the Des Moines Register editorial staff. The Register, like other newspapers, video tapes its interviews with can...

Urgent Memo From Central Nova Tory Campaign - 'Get your Lib friends to vote Conservative and stop the NDP'!, written 4 hours ago, Peter MacKay is running scared from the New Democrat onslaught!

Sarah Palin, Contemporary Culture, and Being "Out of Touch", written 1 month ago, As a dad, I am torn between wanting to introduce my children to the world as it is, on the one hand, and providing for them a vision of the world as I want it to be, on the other....

Kucinich: Don't Pray for Treasury Success, Call Congress Back, written 7 hours ago, Washington D.C. (October 7, 2008) – In a hearing on the causes and effects of the AIG bailout by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Representative Kucinich (D-OH) today continued to question the role...

Debate Live Blog (Hit Refresh for Updates), written 7 hours ago, Photo by Stephen Crowley of the New York TimesThere's about 10 minutes to go, so this should get pretty interesting tonight. Here's hoping that the actual debate is heaps more interesting than the talking head nonsense I've been listen...

Real dreams people have had about Hillary Clinton.

Real dreams people have had about Barack Obama.

Daily Daily & National Rundown, written 14 hours ago, ** Daily Daily teaser! Bruce and Desmond make last minute pleas to get voters registered.  The article fails to mention many important disappointments about these events, like the distinct lack of any songs beginning with the word "Born...

I'm Calling It; and, the Consequences of Victory (Part One), written 3 hours ago, No, not the debate, the election. John McCain needed a game-changing debate, or a strong performance to remind the American people that he stands for more than just opposing Barack Obama. He did not deliver it (transcr...

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