CBS says so. Better hurry, Mr. President. John McCain and Sarah Palin are catching up. Palin has dropped to 40 and McCain is at 42.
Yo Bushie! 22 Percent!
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Author - Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
Happy birthday to Don McLean. 63 today. Though the song is about the deaths of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, they say that the "drove the Chevy to the levee" lyric refers to the...
The Senate Bailout Bill Passes
74-25. Full the text of HR 1424, The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The Paul Wellstone Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 begins on page 310. Here's a cheat sheet...
The Supreme Duh
Couric: What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with? Palin: Well, let's see. There's, of course in the great history of America there have been rulings, that's never going to be absolute...
Liveblogging Prime Time
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery -- or just socializing. Tonight! The Senate votes on the bailout bill. There's also a big debate tomorrow involving Joe Biden...
Afternoon Awesome
This won't last long on YouTube, so enjoy while you can.
Palin And Context
What's the difference between the polished Alaska Palin in these clips (who appears to have been a decent debator in that she didn't totally suck), and the trainwreck present-day Palin? Context...
Poll Goodness
TPM: FL-Pres Oct 1 CNN Obama (D) 51%, McCain (R) 47% MN-Pres Oct 1 CNN Obama (D) 54%, McCain (R) 43% MO-Pres Oct 1 CNN Obama (D) 49%, McCain (R) 48% NV-Pres Oct 1 CNN Obama (D) 51%, McCain (R) 47% VA...
New Huffington Post Column
Sarah Six-pack needs to step off. In it, I used the word "hooplehead" a lot.
To Arms!
Malkin and the far-right are crapping their cages over Gwen Ifill's new book which -- shock-horror! -- has the name "Obama" in the title, even though it's about the advancement of all black...
McLizard
I mentioned this the other day. Sean Quinn has more.
Mental Health
The bailout bill that the Senate is voting on today contains a provision requiring health insurance companies to cover mental illness. I can't tell you how important -- and heretofore overlooked ...
Quinnipiac
FLORIDA: Obama 51 - McCain 43 OHIO: Obama 50 - McCain 42 PENNSYLVANIA: Obama 54 - McCain 39 More.
Yo Wingnuts! Palin Is Pro-Choice.
Seriously. COURIC: Palin says she makes no apologies for her pro-life views and opposes abortion, even in the case of rape or incest. PALIN: I'm saying that personally I would counsel that person to...
Split?
A diner filled with older northeastern Pennsylvanians almost unanimously declare their support for Senator Obama, but the FOX News hack says it's "split." Also, can someone please send this clip to...
The Palin Post In Which My Head Explodes
Palin to jagoff Hugh Hewitt: "Oh, I think they’re just not used to someone coming in from the outside saying you know what? It’s time that a normal Joe six-pack American is finally represented in the...
'All Of 'Em'
All Your Periodicals Are Belongs to Palin. Seriously -- she couldn't name one newspaper or book? She has a college degree in journalism for crap sake.
Morning Awesome
Happy birthday to Captain Jake Cutter -- actor Stephen Collins. 61 today.
Liveblogging Prime Time
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery. Tonight! Please give us more Tom DeLay speaking for the Republicans. Go Tom! And go Chris Matthews for inviting him on. More...
Ow.
I don't really know what to expect on Thursday other than a significant amount of inner ear trauma.