(Bumped -- kos) The National Review's Jim Geraghty, who (ironically) helped debunk the "Michelle Obama railing against 'whitey'" video rumors, rece...

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Much ink has been spilt about the two Blue Dogs who have refused to endorse Obama. Will these guys get as much attention? At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse...

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Here's a thought that's enough to chill the blood: In interviews for Stephen Hayes’ 2007 biography of Cheney, McCain "strongly" asserted t...

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Rasmussen. 6/9. Likely voters. MoE 4% (5/12 results) McCain (R) 35 (40) Obama (D) 53 (51) On 3/27, around the worst of the Wright stuff, Obama was up just 48-43. On 2/28, McCain ...

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There are those who chafe a bit when we take shots at McCain's age, but there's always a deeper point lurking behind many of those shots (cheap or...

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As the special election for Dennis Hastert's old seat in IL-14 draws ever closer, the infighting between Denny the Hutt's successors in the Republican leadership is apparently growing more and more bitter. H...

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Isn't this special? At his weekend cabin just outside Sedona on Sunday afternoon, McCain took a break from campaigning and grilled baby-back...

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While today's batch of polling suggests that Clinton has halted Obama's forward march in Ohio and Texas (I'll have final predictions tomorrow morning), two polls...

Continue Reading Texas, early voting; and will it be a purple state?

Stoller made the announcement: In less than a week, there's a special election to fill a Congressional seat in Illinois's 14th district. This one...

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Good morning, Mayor Chavez!  How are things there in Albuquerque?  It's my hometown, and I miss it.  I've met you a few times, li...

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Republicans are pinning their 2008 hopes on the same thing they pinned their 2007 hopes -- demonizing scary brown people. But as I noted yesterday (d...

Continue Reading Demonizing immigration didn’t do the trick