I've been having an argument today with my friend JJ about whether Sarah Palin is, as Jeeves says of his employer, "mentally negligible." JJ (who btw is a hardcore libertarian who is voting for McCain on a lesser of two evils basis) watched the latest...
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Sometime in the next 30 hours:(a) A bailout deal will be announced and McCain will participate in the debate.(b) McCain will announce that after personally taking part in the negotiations.
I'm re-writing this post to take into account the latest information (it turns out that I was looking at reporting that was a day old). Apparently the Democratic leadership is.
(1) Is McCain sick? I agree with Aimai that it seems unlikely, given his schedule -- he took a meeting with Lynn Whatshername de Rothschild this morning and did an interview with Katie Couric this afternoon, plus his excuse is that he's got to be...
My first reaction is that this sounds like a truly bizarre publicity stunt.My second reaction is that this is a sign of desperation and Obama should refuse.Update: This is absolutely.
John McCain's makeup team.I'm serious. Friday's debate will be the first time a lot of people, and especially a lot of potential swing voters, will have seen him in HDTV.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his socio-economic status.Update: Matt Millen was just fired. It's clear that certain trenchant media criticisms in this time of economic upheaval made all the difference.Update II: From the Detroit papers:Millen could leave with $50 million...
Bush's approval rating has sunk to 19% in the latest ARG poll. That's lower than Nixon's the week he resigned. Probably the most telling stat in the breakdown is that.
Here, in just 32 words, is a summation of the state of American democracy in our time: "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable.
Trillions of dollars in distressed mortgages and their associated financial products!The Manchester United Association Football team!But wait, there's more . . . take a look at this handy vegetable steamer!
Shorter Elizabeth Drew:Me and John McCainWe had a thingGoin' onDrew becomes the latest in the increasingly long line of journalists to walk out on the news media's longest-running illicit love.
This story is getting better all the time.It's pretty clear from the interview that McCain is a very tired old man who was having trouble concentrating, while being interviewed by.