The president appears to be pulling away in Ohio again. And not a second too soon. As I mentioned on the podcast, the president can lose Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Colorado...
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio
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Author - Bob Cesca
The Progressive Firewall
Douglas Brinkley in his brilliant interview with the president in Rolling Stone: Viewed through the lens of history, Obama represents a new type of 21st-century politician: the Progressive Firewall...
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MST3K Saturday - "Women of the Prehistoric Planet"
Romney’s One Debate Win vs. Obama’s Three Debate Wins
Nate Silver's charts with my annotations: Question for the room: Why do you think Romney received such a massive bounce with one debate win, but the president received a much smaller bounce with...
John Sununu is a Horrible, Wretched Man
On CNN's Piers Morgan last night discussing Colin Powell's endorsement of President Obama: Sununu: Well, I'm not sure how important that is. I do like the fact that Colin Powell's boss, George...
Quote of the Morning
"Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we'd pick up. Then, as we get older, we realize that a world in which we're only thinking about...
The Rocktober Surprise Daily Banter Mail Bag
This week's Mail Bag questions: 1) We've seen a lot of race-baiting and dog whistles this campaign cycle. Do you think Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "shuckin' and juvin'" was deliberately in that...
Morning Awesome
Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Colbert on Mourdock and the Rape Republicans
This indescribably perfect and hilarious:
Creepy Robot of the Day
They're unstoppable. The more awkward DARPA bots I see, the more I'm convinced they also manufactured Mitt Romney.
The Path to Overturning Roe
Irin Carmon reports on the plan to destroy reproductive rights: Here’s what’s important to know about the right’s plan for Roe: It will be slow, and it will be indirect — to avoid a backlash — but...
Soulless CEO Mitt
Paul Waldman via Drum: In the entire history of the United States of America, from George Washington's election in 1789 on down, has there been a single candidate as unmoored from ideological...
The President Leads in Early Voting
Taegan: The latest Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll finds President Obama had a lead of 53% to 42% among the 17% of the surveyed registered voters who said they had already cast their vote. In the crucial...
Republicans, Rape and the Human Stakes of the Election
My Thursday column: It's inconceivable that in the 21st Century we'd be debating the archaic notion of torture in this country as if there was any question about whether it should be used. Now rape...
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The Replacements - "I'll Be You"
Romney and Mourdock and What God Intended
Great ad combining the Romney ad for Mourdock (Ashby posted it below) and Mourdock's comments about rape. It's crucial to remember: regardless of which Mitt Romney shows up from day to day, he will...
Foreigners Like America More Under Obama
Romney during the third debate: I look around the world, I don’t see our influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding. [...] But unfortunately, in nowhere in the world is...
Registered Voter Polls More Accurate than Likely Voter Polls
Markos wrote up an encouraging post about poll accuracy and determined that actual vote results in the past couple of elections more closely matched the registered voter polls. Among registered...
Pay No Attention to the Neocons Behind ‘Peacenik Mitt’
My Wednesday column debunks the myth of Peacenik Mitt... Anyone who believed Mitt Romney's shape-shifting performance as "Peacenik Mitt" on Monday night is an amnesic, naive doofus. As we all know by...
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The Tragically Hip - "At Transformation" From the new Now For Plan A album
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