Hurricane Gustav affects GOP Convention Schedule

Press Release from the GOP Convention 2008 at 4PM today:
At the recommendation of Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican National Convention announced substantial changes to the convention’s program and actions being taken to help with Hurricane Gustav relief efforts. On Monday, all program activities beyond the official business that must be conducted in accordance with [...]

Gov. Sarah Palin and “experience”

I am completely baffled by Democrats, like Sen. Schumer, criticizing Sen. McCain’s pick of Gov. Sarah Palin to be the Vice Presidential nominee for the GOP.

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I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]

UBL free because of GOP policies, and “Tigger” too…

Today, the exchange between McCain and Obama on the national security issue reached the surreal. Obama’s likely “National Security Advisor” Richard Danzig, claims he’ll follow a “Winnie the Pooh” approach to foreign policy - if it hurts too much, then stop doing it:
Richard Danzig, who served as Navy Secretary under President Clinton and is tipped [...]

Fight the smears - Obama tries to swift-boat Republicans?

I was listening to Limbaugh most of the week, and I must admit not until this afternoon was I able to visit the “famous” www.fightthesmears.com website, set up by the Barrack Obama campaign.
The purpose of this website is clear - intimidation of the “rightosphere” and conservative talk radio. The website picks out specific blogs to [...]