Election Central Saturday Roundup
WaPo: McCain Camp Plans New Assault On Obama's Character
The Washington Post reports that the McCain campaign is planning a new offensive against Barack Obama for the home stretch of the campaign, relying less on talking about John McCain's biography and more about taking On Barack Obama's personal character. "There's no question that we have to change the subject here," said a Republican operative.
Obama Camp: McCain Wants To Change The Subject From The Economy
The Obama campaign has already responded in a statement to the WaPo report about the McCain campaign preparing new attacks: "We understand that it's not easy for John McCain to defend the worst economic record of our lifetime, but he will have to explain to the people struggling to pay their bills and stay in their homes why he would rather spend his time tearing down Barack Obama than laying out a plan to build up our economy."
Obama In Virginia, Biden Speaking To Gay-Rights Activists
Barack Obama is holding a rally today in Newport News, Virginia. Joe Biden is speaking to the Human Rights Campaign's annual dinner in Washington, DC.
Palin In California, McCain Off The Trail
Sarah Palin is campaigning today in Carson, California, with a rally scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET -- an odd choice, considering that California is practically a lock for Barack Obama. John McCain does not have any announced public events.
NYT Looks At Obama And Ayers
The New York Times has a lengthy piece today on Barack Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers -- and it's less than epic, finding that Obama knew Ayers through limited social encounters and their work together as part of broader efforts at education reform. "A review of records of the schools project and interviews with a dozen people who know both men, suggest that Mr. Obama, 47, has played down his contacts with Mr. Ayers, 63," the Times says. "But the two men do not appear to have been close."
Poll Gives Franken The Lead In Minnesota
A new Star Tribune poll gives Al Franken a 43%-34% lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), with Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley getting 18%. This is practically the opposite of the SurveyUSA poll from two days ago, which gave Coleman a 43%-33% lead.
Obama hit 50% on Gallup (Obama 50% McCain 42%). I am expecting McCain to start the bombs on Monday and even hit Obama hard during the debate on associations.
Lucky for Obama, Obama has always projected a relaxed calm demeanor that reassures people and will probably do the same on Tuesday. McCain will look really mean and angry on Tuesday if he does go really negative. Karl Rove was right about one thing. Nobody votes for an angry President.
October 4, 2008 1:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Karl Rove was right about one thing.
lol... I just can't help saying that Karl Rove has been right about so very many things.
It's just that the things Karl has been right about all seem to be so evil.
October 4, 2008 1:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
The choice to put Palin in California makes as much sense as putting her in Texas: NONE.
Who's minding the store at the McCain campaign, anyway? The "utter confusion" theme appears to be continuing.
And McCain isn't on the trail on a Saturday? I don't know that anything happened to him Wednesday, as John Aravosis was talking about, but when he turned around and couldn't find his way off the stage, I started to seriously wonder what's going on with him.
October 4, 2008 1:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe they're hoping not so many of the gaffe-watch squad will follow her there?
October 4, 2008 1:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
If she were up in Northern California, or in the middle of the Mojave Desert, or any place not easily accessible, I'd say yes, but Carson is in the vicinity of Los Angeles...
I'm thrilled she's spending time in a state that has no chance in hell of tipping towards McCain. I'd like to suggest that she return to New York, even if all those foreigners at the U.N> disturb her.
And if you haven't seen this slide show, it's priceless:
Debate training
October 4, 2008 1:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
The link sends us to this web page.
October 4, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm a moron.
Try this:
Second time's a charm!
October 4, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL! That was great.
October 4, 2008 1:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would be surprised to see Palin going solo in a battleground state. Her very presence is a reminder of why she is not qualified. Because they wont use her in interviews, she can't even be a convincing surrogate for McCain.
At this stage Palin is relegated to campaign cheerleader and a donation draw. Her purpose is not to speak to moderate or independent voters, but to help McCain hold on to his shrinking base. If she can keep the base energized, she might be able to prevent a landslide.
October 4, 2008 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain in Iowa. Palin in CA. Utter confusion. The only other explanation is that McCain's inner circle have seen the light, realize there is no way they can let these two get their hands on the White House, and are actively sabotaging McCain.
October 4, 2008 1:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Probably a fundraiser - either the rally, or one later in the evening that the campaign wants to keep on the down-low. I mean California is a political ATM after all, you go there when you need money.
October 4, 2008 1:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since she can only raise money for the RNC, they're probably putting the screws to McCain to use Palin to raise funds for them while she can, given that they are now looking at losing more seats than they had first feared at the beginning of the election.
October 4, 2008 1:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
The RNC can spend money on the McCain Campaign as well.
October 4, 2008 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
True. But after the bailout bill fallout, at this point I think the RNC is probably going to tilt their resouces to the downticket. I think a lot of the libertarian-leaning Repubs are just going to stay home in digust with both parties.
October 4, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin was here (San Antonio) for a fundraiser. Apparently she raised nearly a million dollars. Nobody ever accused us Texas as being smart.
Hillary was in town also.
a SA Express News article
October 4, 2008 3:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
October 4, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I expect that the Obama camp also has a revised "They're going to try and scare you" thrust just waiting to be unveiled, as well.
October 4, 2008 1:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd bet money on it.
October 4, 2008 1:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
They're good, they're smart, they're quick, and, lo and behold, they have the best candidate.
And gosh darnit people like him!!!
October 4, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
With apologies, of course, to the next Junior Senator from Minnesota.
October 4, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have a mean hunch that, Obamas brain trust has a Keating 5 ad in the can, to counter their (McCains) trash coming out.
October 4, 2008 1:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I will wager that we will not hear anything about Keating 5 from the Obama campaign.
You up for $5 fictional money bet, in the spirit of capitalism?
October 4, 2008 1:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, but only in the spirit of Kleptocracy...lol
let's hope we move to Meritocracy!
I'll see ur 5 and raise u aPalin.
Seriously your on!
October 4, 2008 1:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I'm rubber, you're glue. . " This is just going to get dumber and dumber over the next couple of weeks. I think someone needs to photoshop a picture of McMoron in a Nero outfit with a violin.
BTW, I'm still waiting for Agent Flowbee to pull the "whitey tape" out of some orafice and shock America.
October 4, 2008 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's thrilling news about Franken in MN if it holds up. Pretty huge turn around though. Are any other polls confirming it?
October 4, 2008 1:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Franken's latest ads are better but the Strib poll is notoriously worthless.
October 4, 2008 3:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
the Obama/Ayers association piece is fucking infuriating. there's NO STORY. they knew each other because they're both active in the Hyde Park political and academic circles of their community. so what? anybody reading the piece who's capable of critical thinking recognize that there's no story.
because there's a crazy guy on the school board i sit on and because i've seen him at a couple parties means... what? that i'm complicit in things he did 40 years ago? how does this shit even make print?
October 4, 2008 1:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
The article was saying as much.
October 4, 2008 1:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now they can say they covered it and move on to other things.
October 4, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, bookmark it in case anyone has to defend Obama from the wingers. Not that they will believe it anyway...
Shows us how desperate they are.
October 4, 2008 1:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just more evidence of how the Times is in the tank for the Obama campaign, eh?
October 4, 2008 1:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why are you posting on this site? You're so much at odds with any of the opinions here. You don't think. You just spit out tired clichés like "in the tank for Obama." Hey, they need you over at Redstate. You're not adding anything to the discussion here.
October 4, 2008 1:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hah! You don't know me, do you?
That was snark.
Thanks for the laugh!
October 4, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, you're a troll. You what we call a sleeper troll, writing all these pro-Obama, pro-liberal comments to make the community think you're one of them, and then wham! you hit us with the brillance of the Repub philosophy. With our gaurd down we are defenseless and learn to love and embrace McCain, Palin, Bush, and the conservative movement.
October 4, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
lol... for 5 and a half long years we've loved and trusted CTvoter as a friend and fellow victim of the evildoers.
October 4, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
O my,
That was a giant faux pas!
October 4, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
But such lovely comic relief!
That's the first (and last, I guess) time anyone told me to go post at Redstate!
October 4, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good idea though, we should all dedicate a time to go there and inundate it; with Truth!
October 4, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sleeper Troll!
LMAO!!!!!!
October 4, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stick around and you might learn a thing or two about the folks who post here.
Actually, nevermind...
October 4, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Watch it Doc...She is one hot kitty on this site.
October 4, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I knew there was a reason why I liked your avatar so much!
October 4, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
awww, c'mon back. we know you're sorry and embarrased. We all make mistakes. lol...
October 4, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
yeah, we're liberals for gosh sakes, we still love ya.
October 4, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ditto all of the above.
Undoctored? Don't go away.
October 4, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Really Doc, C'mon! I'm just a little ole granny. Old as dirt. Everyone picked on me til I got this macho avatar...
October 4, 2008 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let me also say doc, that your willingness to slap down what you thought was a mealy-mouthed Repug does not go unappreciated around here.
October 4, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can see the next McInsane TV spot now:
Character counts.
October 4, 2008 1:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
It wouldn't surprise me at this point. Add Palin at the end, "you betcha' I endorse this message."
October 4, 2008 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin in Carson City . . . Will she be speaking at the giant IKEA?
- - - - -
Oh look . . . The red-shifting SurveyUSA does not do a poll and the DEM is shown to be winning.
Norm Coleman needs to stand in the unemployment line for a decade or so.
October 4, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
There's the makings of some comic relief!
And Franken is ahead? Al has not campaigned very well and he's ahead? We're looking at a rout, ladies and gentlemen of TPM.f
:)
October 4, 2008 1:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Funny vid from Jed Lewison - Viva la Barracuda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFibmFLWmC0
October 4, 2008 1:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
And here I thought Cheney was The Penguin.
October 4, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin in California is not that odd of a choice:
1. The Palin fetishists will tune in anyway (and probaby imagine that she is going to turn the state red), and so will the media; and
2. She is not going to harm McCain's chances in the state by turning off the locals since he is already going to lose there.
Also, what the hell is going on with the servers?
October 4, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I saw on the local news that Palin is doing the Carson, CA event as a Republican Fundraiser. The organizer said it is raise money for the local RNC, but traditionally most of the money goes to the speaker! After that she will head off to the OC for another fundraiser. And they said they are hoping for a lot of national press from this event.
Now maybe they think they can sway Hillary voters since she carried the state, but this is all about money, money for Palin 2012.
October 4, 2008 4:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good Lord!
October 4, 2008 4:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
And small
The big stuff, not so much.
Here's two he missed :
"The Permanent Republican Majority"
"The Ownership Society"
October 4, 2008 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't you love it?
I hope to god this drives a stake through the heart of the persistent idea that Karl Rove is a genius.
He's not - he's just willing ready and able to be nastier than anyone else.
October 4, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I cannot disagree. However, on the "ownership society" stuff, don't forget that we taxpayers now own a bunch stock in AIG, and just shitloads of Mortgage backed securities now.
I don't know about you, but I'm sure feeling like the owner of a whole lot of shit I didn't used to own lately.
:)
October 4, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
...um Lately, I'm sure feeling like... sigh...grammar...lol... nevermind.
October 4, 2008 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
You've been listening to too much Plain.
October 4, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
You betcha!
October 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Roger that Sky -
The Globe story today has this on the second page :
Smooth ....
October 4, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Palin brings up again how she wants to go back there and try to win it.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/Palin_still_talking_about_Michigan.html#comments
Berstein on CNN reported the other day that the McCain internal polls were showing things were far worse than the public polls were showing.
October 4, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
WTF? They drop $5 million on ads and then pull up and leave?
I don't get it - unless they are doing their best to burn through that $85 Million in government money...
October 4, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
The RNC has money, the campaign has labor and other expenses it can not sustain; cash is getting short...and Obama just rakes in more!
October 4, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who's minding the store? Seriously?
If they now go back, it's just going to remind people of the "I'm suspending my campaign and not debating OOPS changed my mind!" maneuver from nearly two weeks ago.
This is, indeed, EXCELLENT
October 4, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
NEWS
October 4, 2008 2:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOR
October 4, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain!
October 4, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
MCCAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 4, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOR
October 4, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
PALIN!
October 4, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Retrograde is good. The underlying question is why did they waste money on a state that even Kerry could win?
I think that McCains staff have a suicide wish.
October 4, 2008 2:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
They have to flip one of the Kerry states in order to win. Now they're hoping on getting one of Maine's EV as their path to 270. Pathetic.
October 4, 2008 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good catch, Dutton. One wonders if McCain hasn't pissed off just about everyone he's ever called an ally.
Can you imagine how the RNC heads must taking that $5M hit with so many down ticket races ready to tank? I mean shit, with Stevens, Sununu, Dole, Coleman, Smith, and Wicker on the edge? Wow.
I'd give a lot to see what the McCain campaign's internal polls are showing, wouldn't you acamus?
October 4, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
You forgot Chambliss, early voting in GA. is up 40% mostly from new voters.
October 4, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh please let it happen. I'd give blood to see that sonofabitch take it in the kiester.
October 4, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
So did/would Max Cleland!
October 4, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh Yeah. Max is why I feel so strongly about Chambliss, that mealy mouthed GOP bastard.
October 4, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, Bernstein was saying they were Obama ahead in the +15 +17 area. But it probably also told them that Palin was a dud and they hate Republicans with a burning passion. PA is probably similiar.
October 4, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
+15 +17? Wow. I wonder whose talking to Bernstein, and why. Man, I'd love to hear what they're polling internally in NC, and VA.
October 4, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you kidding?
McLame has no friends. He isn't liked in the Senate and how many surrogates does he have? Really?
Where are the Repug women campaigning for Palin?
October 4, 2008 2:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well yeah, but hell Nancy Reagan hates him, and she still endorsed him. I didn't mean allies as in 'friends". I just meant allies in the sense that the RNC is an ally, and who he just fucked out of $5M that could have gone to down ticket races.
Another thing, Tena, does it seem to you like he's lost friends in the MSM? It does to me.
October 4, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
O god yes - they've turned.
It was 2 things in my view: he turned on them first - his biggest allies!
and Sarah Palin. Anyone with half a brain is scared shitless by her and I think at this point the MSM is working actively against McLame-Painful.
October 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, good point. And also - *scrunches nose and winks* - ya' know, I think Palin actually has scared the shit out the MSM folks.
Usually the MSM remains attached to their own prerogative so strongly that they seem almost detached from the story even as they spin it, but in this case - I honestly believe that she has scared the living hell out of them. I do.
October 4, 2008 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I do too - I am not just sliding in on this - I really mean it.
She has scared the living hell out of serious people all over the country - including serious Repugs.
October 4, 2008 3:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
But this report citing the $5M figure did say, didn't it, that this money was for advertising in MI and five other key states?
So the actual figure sunk in Michigan might not be anywhere close to that total -- and it might, for all we know, have been spent for generic "Kill the Commie Dem Traitor" ads that work so well all the way up and down the ticket.
The larger point remains, of course: the McCain camp appears to have made this decision abruptly, in consultation with absolutely nobody, including their own VP.
October 4, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ah yes, the larger point indeed. Good point.
October 4, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
His maverick status in the Senate is paying him back his hard earned dividends with his collegues.
October 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
On Palin in Carson, CA... it's probably worthwhile to look at down ticket campaigns.
Yes, CA is a Blue State. We have two blue Senators. The majority of our members in the House are blue. But...
There are strong pockets of Red in the state. From 1966 to the present, we've elected a slew of *two term* Red Govs - Ron, Duke, Pete, Arnold. The reigns of Jerry and Davis are islands in that tide.
The Great Red Hope to help down ticket this November was the anti-gay marriage prop. Jerry did a great job to remove the Red Fuzziness from how it would appear on the ballot, and the tide has nicely turned against it. Even my OC Republican father is voting against it.
So if you're an at risk Red Candidate for Congress, who are you going to call?
Palin plays to the Base. In even some of the strongly Base Districts, there's some fear of the "throw the bums out" tide, especially with the economy tanking. Remember those special elections earlier this year in Red stronghold congressional seats where the Dem pulled off the upset. The economy wasn't half as bad as it is now.
If you're a Red Base Candidate and your running against a Blue Dog Dem who combines "not too offensive" with "he's not one of the folks who has screwed things up" to peel off some voters, where do you turn?
I suspect that Palin out here is just to strength up the Base in some of the districts that are worried.
Why Carson when people think of Los Angeles as a Blue city?
You'd be surprised by how many Red Pockets there have been gerrymandered around the massive Los Angeles Metro. I live in a Red city in LA County, that's had a Red congressman for almost all of my life (42 years).
I suspect Carson was chosen for the facility:
The Home Depot Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Depot_Center
It's big, it's modern, it's reasonably friendly/comfortably for people going there. It's well located for OC Republicans to make the trip up to it, and not to difficult for other people in the Metro to get to. From local news radio station KNX's website, the free tickets went fast. That *may* be a planted item from the McCain Campaign or the CA GOP, but I'm not entirely sold that it is - if the tickets weren't gone already, reading/hear that would turn people away from coming. So I suspect there's a grain of truth there - the tickets were at least allocated, for example to various local down ticket candidates. Whether those candidates/campaigns will in turn be able to use those tickets to turn out a packed house, who knows.
Anyway... point being: they'll draw a good crowd of Base Heads today. In a state where the GOP needs help down ticket. Palin *can* help getting the base enthused to turn out, even if "CA is lost" to the McCain campaign. Quite a few down ticket candidates and props are going to need an enthused base to win.
Side note in the articles that I've read is that she's also headlining a fund raising event later in the evening. Lets not forget that despite CA being lost to the McCain Campaign in terms of Electoral Votes, it's not lost in terms of Campaign Contributions. There are more people and $$$ in the LA Metro than all of... how many states? The Metro is 15-18M people, and the Blue elements of it are extremely well monied. There are... what... 5 states... 8 states that are more significant?
I wouldn't send Palin out here for a week. But I actually think it's wise to send her around to help places where the Base need some enthusiasm to help down ticket candidates and props, *and* to contribute. Among the worst things that can happen to the GOP is for McCain to become such a milstone that we have 1980 all over again, simply reversed to the Dems rather than Ronnie's coat tails for the Repubs.
Palin has extremely limited value to the McCain Campaign, the RNC and the state & local GOP at this point. But while her value is limited, her value *within* those limits is very high. The base still loves her, far more than they love McCain. People who would stay home if McCain is tanking might just turn out if Palin is telling them to get out there and support Congressman X.
She's more harm than good doing national interviews on the Today Show.
She's more good than harm doing her stump speach in down ticket areas that need a Base shot in the arm, and might be able to pass the hat around to add some coin to the coffers that are draining fast.
So Palin in Carson, I tend to agree with. The National Election is largely lost barring a monsterous game changer, which is a long shot. The local elections are still in play.
McCain in Iowa... that one I don't get. I also doing get why they're letting him do these newspaper interviews. McCain can't get through one of these without lying and looking like an idiot, which is why they started limiting access. The difference between Local Media and the National MSM is that the Local Media is *far* less likely to be a bunch of tire swingers that the NMSM has been for McCain over the past decade.
Local Media cares about local issues, and their focus on items in the national campaign tend to tie into the narrative of the last week or two. Those narratives are overwhelming not positive for McCain: the economy, his handling of economic issues, and the McCain's A Liar narrative that was taking form right before the economy put it on the back burner.
None of those issues are good for McCain. The Senator himself is delusional, so he doesn't quite get those those aren't good issues for himself, which leads to some of that cranky bitchiness that we saw out of him in Iowa and Denver.
But the *Campaign* must know those those are bad issues for them. They have to know that they likely would be what the Local Media would ask about, and that they would be less likely to simply buy McCain's bullshit and move onto the next talking point.
The Campaign didn't know better.
John
October 4, 2008 2:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the insight into CA politics!
October 4, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow. Nice post. thanks.
October 4, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
The McCain campaign has decided to go negative for the remainder of the campaign. In other words, more of the same strategy.
October 4, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Florida GOP meets in secret as Obama passes McCain in polls
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article835288.ece#
October 4, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is awesome. Florida is going to be a sink hole of funds and resources for the McCain campaign and the RCCC. Even if we don't win it, and even if we don't peel away a few seats, it's going to swallow up so much of GOP focus that opens up opoortunities elsewhere.
John
October 4, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
What happened to the well oiled GOP Machine?
Guess they didn't drill enough.
October 4, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
The unwritten theme of George W. McCain's whole run from the get go has been staggering from one disaster to the next. Starting with when he burned through all his money 14 months ago.
The press read it as heroic , but incompetence is the real story.
October 4, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Icompetence is the mantr for the GOP!
Without it where would we be?
Hey...that rhymes.
October 4, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
MANTRA MANTRA Damnit give me an edit button!!!
please.
October 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow.
I know California is mixed - that's why I get so fucking mad about this red state-blue state thing. I've taken years of grief for being from Texas and it's obnoxious considering that pockets of the West Coast and the East Coast - look at Penna - are just as redneck as rural areas of Texas. But Texas is bluey blue blue in the major cities.
October 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Most Blue States have Red Pockets, and in turn most Red States have Blue Pockets. Which makes down ticket really important.
If the gap between Obama and McCain keeps growing, and we avoid some disasterous October Surprise, there are great opportunities for putting resources into areas where down ticket gains can be made. Attention being drawn back onto the economy really hurts a lot of GOP candidates for the same reason it hurts McCain.
We could see a lot of seats that right now are listed as "Safe GOP" or "Likely GOP" start popping up on some lists of seats that are at risk.
John
October 4, 2008 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's very interesting, really? I've never heard that before. If that is true, then your point as to down ticket pickups seems especially valid.
October 4, 2008 6:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm really surprised that this late in the game McCain is taking a day off from campaigning. Given that he's down in the polls, you'd think he'd be doubling up on his appearances.
The excuse for today's lack of events is that he's prepping for the debate. Let's see, Obama is out there talking to the voters in Virginia today, but McCain is apparently so worried about Tuesday's debate that his priority is to prep rather than meet-and-greet and push like hell to move those polls. Who's advising him these days?
October 4, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who's advising him - mmmmm, First Dude? Daffy Duck?
Yosemite Sam?
October 4, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wylie Coyote, with tons of TNT!
October 4, 2008 3:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GquA1sObQq8
why hasn't that been talked about on the news, or blog sites.....
I think Obama needs to explain this.
Let's get the word out.
October 4, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
It has been covered, and now poor Larry is looking at major jail time for a variety of felonies. Not exactly an honest guy.
Nice try, but you'll have to do better than this.
October 4, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a fucking joke - how dare you post that shit and say he needs to explain it.
That's the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard come out of a liar's mouth.
Fuck you for posting it and fuck everyone who had anything to do with it.
What a joke - Obama gay? Gay? Not fucking hardly - Jebus.
October 4, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
You are such the loser troll. I think you need to explain YOU. And damn, why hasn't the media addressed YOU?
October 4, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
By the way,
Hillary Clinton would kick your ass into next week if she knew you were posting that shit in her name.
Dumb fucking Repug troll.
October 4, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I think Obama needs to explain this."
Explain these nuts.
October 4, 2008 3:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Almond Joys?
October 4, 2008 4:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are a douche nozzle. That's all.
October 4, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
So Palin is trying to push the Ayers bs now, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081004/palin-obama/
October 4, 2008 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was just going to mention that:
October 4, 2008 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
What would you expect from Mac and the COW?
October 4, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Word.
October 4, 2008 3:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is that the AP and are they correcting her speech? I am near-certain that should be "pallin' around," delivered in that folksy accent and capped by a smirk.
October 4, 2008 3:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's rich coming from the wife of a treasonous secessionist.
October 4, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's got her marching orders, and if she wants to continue her moment in the spotlight, she'll do what she's told. Expect a lot more of this from both Palin and McCain.
October 4, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
O that was the other thing that electronic McLame poll asked me - if I'd supported Obama all along or had started out with Hillary.
If they think they are peeling Hillary Clinton supporters off with Sarah fucking Palin?
They are beyond retarded - sorry.
October 4, 2008 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=30329173
well they should bring this back up in the news.........
Poor Obama is going to lose this Novemeber.
October 4, 2008 3:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Profiles are such interesting things, aren't they?
Would you care to elaborate on this statement?
This comment was in the wake of the dumbest maneuver McCain has pulled, and boy, Obama sure got hurt, didn't he?
October 4, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
O brother.
I hope your community has its Jim Jones plans in place for when Obama wins in a landslide.
October 4, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
lol Well played Tena!
October 4, 2008 4:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
His ex pastor, past gay relationships, former friends who are in jail or going to jail should be brought back up in the news.....
I sure hope that John McCain pushes this.
October 4, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah and Sarah the Cow is a Virgin!
October 4, 2008 3:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Personality disorder at work here?
On June 13 you wrote:
Were your feelings hurt by Obama in some way, so now you're striking back by slandering him?
October 4, 2008 3:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hurt feelings, indeed.
The truth comes out about spiteful little HillaryClinton08:
August 24:
October 4, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
So sad. So pathetic. Makes even the Baby Jesus cry.
October 4, 2008 3:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
I guess since my avatar has mysteriously changed, I should add, makes the Buddha cry, too.
October 4, 2008 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
You should warn people about sudden changes in avatar, you know?
October 4, 2008 3:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
There I'm back.
October 4, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
- I can't recall how to spell it -
Is that the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master? I cannot get his name out correctly so save me =-
October 4, 2008 3:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thich Nat Hanh
October 4, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
You got it. I was having avatar a little while ago so I tried some different images. Then suddenly it appeared. But I'm back to albert.
October 4, 2008 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Either one works. You're just being transcendent.
October 4, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
and since all thing are transitory...
October 4, 2008 3:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
O thanks - I could not get that out - names are one of the first things to go if you haven't been good about them to start with -
October 4, 2008 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah right.
Stupid little moral dwarf -
Hillary Clinton would clean your clock if she read that.
October 4, 2008 3:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you really believe what you are posting? If it were true, being a politician from Chicago; Obama would have been outed 12 years ago. Especially because he is a Black. The Black community would have outed him.
And the Republican Party, if they could substantiate your drivel would be the first to come out with it!
Can you think for yourself? IDIOT!
October 4, 2008 3:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Have you heard he repugs are expecting to loose 6 to 8 Senate seats and possibly more all because of McCain, his campaign tactics, and Palin? Just thought you should know.
October 4, 2008 3:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know, I hope so too.
This stuff never worked so well even back in the days before it was thoroughly debunked, before people got to know Barack, and before you GOP trolls started pretending to be Hillary supporters. What on earth makes you think it will work today?
Though really, I do understand. You're out of fresh ammunition, so lets drag out the old stuff and see if any of it will still make a bang.
October 4, 2008 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let em go - it couldn't get more kindergarten now.
The whole country is hanging by a thread and all you Repugs care about is smearing the other side. This is why you are not going to see the majority again in my lifetime.
We held it for 40 years. You had it for 12 and FAILED EPICALLY. You broke the country.
You Repugs are totally fucked. Go reorganize your party into one of grownups and come back and maybe we'll listen to y'all.
But not until you do.
October 4, 2008 3:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
The sad thing is that HillaryClinton08 really was an enthusiastic Clinton supporter who mostly just posted very very very pro-Clinton comments, complete with lots and lots of exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To see that HillaryClinton08 devolve into Larry Johnson is just sad and pathetic.
October 4, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
CT - I have a real hard time thinking that any real Hillary supporter could possibly switch - not when Hillary herself is campaigning her heart out for Obama and the Democrats.
Those people aren't Hillary supporters - they're just nuts.
Honest to god -
October 4, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nah. Sleeper troll. :)
October 4, 2008 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I sure hope that John McCain pushes this."
I hope that elderly motherfucker pushes it as well. Hagee, Parsley, Liddy, Charles Keating. Bring it.
October 4, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well if Palin wants to solidify their base. She needs to speak to her low bandwidth base a l i t t l e s l o w e r...Wink wink.
October 4, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN is reporting Jill Biden's mother is in hospice and not expected to make it. :(
October 4, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe Biden has canceled all scheduled appearances as a result.
October 4, 2008 4:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not to play Nanny or anything, but c'mon you guys.
Don't feed the troll.
October 4, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
sigh... I suspect the troll has already gained a few pounds at this point.
October 4, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're the voice of reason, but it's tough to disregard those multiple neurons that get fired up and want to try to shine a little "truth" light into the dark recesses of the troll-world.
October 4, 2008 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'll stop if you like, but sometimes it's fun to kick a little troll ass.
;)
October 4, 2008 3:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
:) I can relate. But it's like squeezing a zit. It just makes 'em swell up and get ugly.
October 4, 2008 4:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's very apt, actually.
October 4, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's just a limp dick. Lowrider.
October 4, 2008 4:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
One wonders if the HRC fan understands how poorly his posts reflect on HRC.
John
October 4, 2008 3:55 PM | Reply | Permalink