Gore Vidal Goes Coo-Coo For Cocoa Puffs About Election on the BBC

Simply priceless.

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Batman as Barack – McCain as Penguin

This is beyond funny – consider the parallels between this old clip from the Batman television series and our current election. Burgess Meredith is the bomb.

The Deeper Problem: Where is Congress?

In November either Barack Obama or John McCain will be elected president. Either man faces a host of issues. The economy is a blanket term but broken down it encompasses the unemployment problem, the credit crisis, the mortgage crisis, and the overall crisis of confidence in the US. That problem will no doubt hamper their [...]

William Kristol Begs: Let McCain be McCain

In his NY Times Column this week, William Kristol wants McCain to fire his campaign staff and work from the gut. He writes:
The McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic…. 
…What McCain needs to do is junk the whole thing [...]

Why can’t we get this (voting) right?

The NY Times is up with a story on voters being illegally removed from the rolls across the country to to misinterpretations of the law. Many of these voters are not even aware they are no longer on the rolls and therefore cannot contest in time for the election. Why can’t we seem to get the simple [...]

McCain Advisor: “Quit Doling Out Bad-Economy Line”

While the financial markets are reeling this morning from weekend drop off of historical proportions, Donald Luskin, a McCain campaign advisor’s op-ed is still fresh from its Sunday printing. Some of my favorite excerpts:
Sure, there are trouble spots in the economy, as the government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and jitters about Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers, [...]

Palin: Maverick Choice or Reckless Choice for McCain?

Channel surfing the news networks last night for reactions to Senator McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin, one pundit’s assessment stuck with me. CNN’s Paul Begala, a former Clinton consultant, broke “character” last night repeatedly to express his shock and anger at McCain’s choice of Palin. As a Democrat, he said, he’s thrilled because he thinks [...]

Not Listening

AdWeek asked a number of top agencies to create ads for the election. Here’s a fantastic campaign created by The Kaplan Thaler group. The copy for Obama says, “I’m black.” The copy for McCain says, “I’m old.” The payoff line for both says, “If this is all you’re hearing, you’re not listening.”

Obama: Three Things to Watch

Political wonks of all stripes on both sides of the aisle are largely coming to the mutual conclusion that this race is entirely about Barack Obama. Which, by the way, is exactly what Senator McCain wants. Republican strategists believe that if the race were solely about issues, Democratic positions poll so much better than Republican [...]