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 great progress has been made, a deal is imminent, and he can now in good conscience...
If they're going to pitch around you, take the goddamned walk. I know you're been trained to think as an "RBI man" but flailing at a pitch a foot and.
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 in...
If I'd been severely depressed about something today, reading The Corner would have really helped clear the air. Here, for example, is K-Lo, wondering how John McCain is going to.
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.
This reminds me of perhaps my very favorite Saint Greenspan moment: his solemn admonition to Congress that if we didn't pass a massive package of upper-class tax cuts we'd...pay down the national debt too quickly. Yes, what a plausible scenario that was, and how awful it...
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.
We can always hope:Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford has closed to within a statistical tie with Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell in their U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll by SurveyUSA released Tuesday.With six weeks remaining until election day, McConnell, the Senate minority leader, now holds...
Josh Marshall notes that Max Boot is "a key advisor and campaign surrogate" for John McCain, which I suppose means that Victor Davis Hanson's vote has been secured at last..
I agree that as long as the plan that passes is acceptable, the fact that Republicans will run against Dems for passing it isn't a big deal. (Just as they.