How do they stand there and say these things with a straight face? Why does the barbecue media not mention the bungling, horrendous, inhuman handling of Katrina at every opportunity?

Or did I just answer my own question?

Good thing Rick Perry of Texas didn't politicize this potential tragedy...oh wait...

wonder if the BBQers will talk about this poll?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-01-poll-monday_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Concerning current "mainstream" polling (I know, I'm preaching to the choir, but here goes anyway):

The national polls conducted by telephone (Zogby included) are completely skewed.

A majority of younger people who are strong Obama supporters don't even have home phones. Their only phone is a cell, and cell numbers aren't polled.

Zogby should obtain cell phone numbers across the US (I'm sure Mukasey could help him out there) and include them when polling.

Additionally - pollsters tend to use "likely voters" which they define as those persons who have voted in the last two presidential elections.

That cuts out anyone under the age of 26, for one thing, and it cuts out all those who are newly registered to vote, regardless of age.

If those people were included, the poll results would be quite different, I guarantee it.

Keeping up with the RNC seems a bit like rubbernecking at a highway collision- can't help wondering what the carnage is going to look like.

Thankfully, it looks as though the damages from this storm will be small compared to many hurricanes we've seen lately, but Rick Perry reminds me of the running back who jumps up & thumps his chest after a 2 yard gain.

Congratulations. You followed a preset emergency plan, based on lessons learned from a monumentally incompetent failure 3 years ago, and did it without screwing it up.

Breaking Palin News:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cvn_palin_troopergate

To paraphrase the right wingers - if Palin's innocent, why does she need an attorney?
What does she have to worry about?

You have mail Bob.

Oh, and don't forget that "Mrs Bennet" (as he freaking calls his own wife) is a purveyour of abstinence only classroom shit with iffy dealings-http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5054210s.

Troopergate. Babygate. I'd barely heard of this woman before last Friday and now I've already got a pain in my Palin. Is there an unwritten law somewhere that Republicans can't run for office unless they're under investigation?

And ... Pat Boone? Seriously, is that the best they can come up with?

Bob ... how CAN you stand the excitement?

Just watching Palin's acceptance speech now. "Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America..." She should've finished it with, "And I would like to slip through one of them, thank you!"

wow--this is amazing--I just saw the Bennet clip, and Faux News' Hume "All Star Panel" and both Bennett and Fred Barnes praised Obama's response-

If there is a silver lining, at least right-wingers are seeing the decency and humanity of Barack Obama. I do believe the ab-only issue should be on the table--right-wingers are stuttering and stammering all over the place on this-quite a site to see--I don't see how the Palin nom survives this in that if there is anything even remotely questionable about trooper-gate, she's done.

Cindy said it was time to take their Republican hats off and put their American hats on. I thought you were supposed to leave your American hat on all the time....

For what it's worth, MSNBC hasn't mentioned the Palin baby - I've had it on most of the day. Makes ya wonder how the most liberal cable news network, with no conscience & no morals, missed the chance to exploit a 17 year old, eh?

Watching Bobby Jindal give hurricane updates - he's looking good relative to the current VP pick.
God help us - WTF was McBush thinking?!! I REALLY need to have it explained to me. Is he that stupid (to believe that any woman would serve as a HRC replacement) or just really lazy?

yeah Tweety's having a Tweetgasm over the Repubs "ability to lead" in crisis. How this guy can be confused with left wing is beyond me--if anything he just blows in the wind depending on the day--check out Rachel Maddow streamimg live on AAR--she's talking about it in her usual thoughtful way.

I still do not see Palin lasting through the RNC--

Regarding Palin not lasting through the RNC - someone had a theory here that I had thought of earlier (I think it was Space Cowboy) on how due to her family, Palin would drop out during or after the RNC. Cowboy took it one step further - coming in to save the day would be Gen. David Petraeus to be McCain's VP nominee. The MSM would be drooling 24/7 through September and the Petraeus choice would bump McCain in the polls. The race would be a lot closer come election time.

This new news regarding Palin's daughter is the first step in that process.

@ Carl.

Wish I came up with that one, but it was 'camel54'.

I came up with the betting a seasonal brew that Palin won't last another 48 hours.

May have to own up on that one...not sure yet.

@ Cowboy - thanks for clearing that up. Sorry Camel. Leave it to the Republicans to fuck up a good night of liveblogging.

i just read on kos that ko was pulled from covering the rnc and put on hurricane duty from nyc. i'm sure it has nothing to due with his coverage of the repugs, low these last few years.

From TPM:

"Whether Bush will address delegates via satellite Tuesday night had not been decided, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and others had been expected to speak Monday night, but the McCain campaign and convention officials agreed to trim back the politics and focus instead on fundraising for victims of Hurricane Gustav."

Now that's what I want to see... GWB's chimpy mug on that HUGE screen just begging comparisons between the Chimp-in-chief and Adam Sutler from V For Vendetta...