Sick assholes: Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday. In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school […]
The McCain campaign has tried to deny any involvement in Ashley Todd’s racially charged hoax last week, but a Pittsburgh councilman isn’t buying it: A Pittsburgh city councilman said he is upset with the way Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign handled last week’s alleged attack of a supporter, which later turned out to be a […]
Sarah Palin gives the Obama campaign another gift: Ensuring that news of the Republican National Committee’s sartorial spending spree will remain in the headlines for at least one more news cycle, Sarah Palin on Sunday sounded off on the $150,000 wardrobe that was purchased for her in September, denouncing the report as “ridiculous” and declaring […]
There’s problems in paradise according to Ben Smith: Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign’s already-tense internal dynamics. Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of […]
This poll from Rasmussen shows how bad of an issue Ayers has been for McCain: Just 28% of voters believe that John McCain’s campaign has been helped by talking about the relationship between Barack Obama and William Ayers. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 50% believe talk of that issue has hurt McCain’s […]
Please let it be. That would make our life so much easier and much more fun: A majority of likely voters in a new Washington Post-ABC News national poll now have unfavorable views of the Alaska governor, most still doubt her presidential qualifications and there is an even split on whether she “gets it,” a […]
John McCain’ brother Joe makes a nasty call to 911 because he was in a traffic jam: Wasting emergency resources? Hopefully Joe McCain gets charged with this before the election. Give the country another example of how McCain’s think everyone owes them. What a bastard.
Tightening Race? My ass: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Barack Obama attracting 52% of the vote while John McCain earns 45%. That seven-point lead is Obama’s largest in nearly two weeks. This is also the first time since October 11 that the Democratic candidate has reached the 52% level of […]
When you preach the politics of divisiveness, you end up with stories like this: LONGWOOD, Fla. — The home of a Central Florida Republican headquarters manager was shot up and damaged over his support of Sen. John McCain, the man told police. Rog Coverely said several pellets pierced his Longwood home. Coverely showed several spiderwebbed-holes […]
Not anymore. A new McClatchy/IPSOS poll finds Obama is the strong on the family values issue: On family values, a subject Republicans have used to court Christian conservatives and suburban moderates since the 1980s, likely voters now prefer Obama over McCain by 8 points. That’s up from 3 points in mid-September. Let’s ignore the fact […]