Obama the socialist? I think not.

My fellow contributor here on thinkPOP, Jarvis, has found a piece of a radio interview done with Barack Obama recorded in 2001. Listening to the cherry-picked clips of a discussion about the civil rights movement and watching the highlighted text swirl by you might be convinced that Obama is some kind of Marxist. 
However, understanding the [...]

How the Blogosphere changed the Election

Much has been made of the blogosphere, and the twitterverse and many have questioned the value of this level of meta-chatter as part of our national political discourse. The blogosphere has been debunked as the “echo-chamber” little more than a place where like minded people repeated their opinions (often based on bias information) back to [...]

Racism on Video

I’m certainly not the first blog up with this video this morning. But a liberal blogger in Ohio, posts this from a McCain/Palin rally in his home state. This is some of the tightest video evidence I’ve seen of inherent voter racism. These folks may be in the extreme, but they are also a very [...]

Obama on Taxes

While neither candidate has the temerity to really take charge of the bailout mess. Obama seeks to clarify his position of taxes with this ad. While I appreciate the reiteration. My instinct is that voters seeing anything on the economy that doesn’t have to do with the bailout will likely tune [...]

The opening

With MSM piling on to McCain’s gaffes on the economy. Obama has this opening to hit McCain on the economy. 

Conservatives reply on the “Houses” issue

From the department of we knew this was coming….

Problem is, Rezko was a known issue for Obama. While they might have wanted a segue to get him into the conversation. We all knew he was coming in. The issue is still a net loss for McCain. Though one of my new [...]

Quick Hit: A Youtuber’s take on the race

It looks like hardcore dems really don’t want to lose this year.

Remembering the Pledge

An old friend of ours from our Policythought days sent over this YouTube clip of Red Skelton explaining the Pledge of Allegiance. I thought it would be a welcome reminder of why we all care so much about this nation.

Obama, McCain, and the Youtube Gap

Lots has already been made of the first YouTube campaign. Never before have candidates had such cheap access to video posting that can become so viral so quickly. McCain’s controversial “Britney Spears” ad ran very lightly in traditional media, but has been a YouTube craze. Obama’s race speech has been viewed over a million times. [...]