9:17PM She's unserious and silly. 9:25PM Palin is participating some other debate in which she's hearing other questions. But talk about a contrast. Biden is a little too laid back, and Palin is a...
Author - Bob Cesca
Liveblogging Biden vs. Palin – Thread 3
8:44PM IFILL: What does a yellow light mean? PALIN (whispering into hidden earpiece mic): What does a yellow light mean? SCHMIDT (back stage): Slow down. PALIN: What... does... a... yellow... light...
Liveblogging Biden vs. Palin – Thread 2
7:37PM I love the standee of Lincoln holding the Obama sign whilst Matthews was interviewing the college people. 7:38PM Here's a question for Sarah Palin: With the Dow tanking again today and the...
Liveblogging The Biden vs. Palin Debate
5:54PM EDT You can cut the vice presidential debate electricity with a knife -- or whatever replaces a knife if the knife becomes incapacitated. I'll be kicking into high gear around 6:30. Let's do...
Biden's Debate Prep
Just go here. Can't... stop laughing... ow...
Prediction For The Fight
Oliver believes the debate will be pretty much gaffe-free. I'm not so sure -- cable news will invent a gaffe, the same way they overplayed Senator Obama's complimentary remarks for Senator McCain...
No Mitt, No Michigan
The McCain campaign is abandoning Michigan. In addition to his financial experience, yet another reason why McCain has to be regretting not going with Mitt for VP.
Afternoon Awesome
The AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka speaking about Senator Obama and racist voters. h/t Platypus Transcript after the jump...
Obama Widens His Lead in North Carolina!
Obama 50%, McCain 47%. I wonder if McCain will have Mitt Romney on standby tonight.
Mr. Helper
Here's something that's worrying me about the debate tonight. What if Senator Biden gets wrapped up in the moment and suddenly starts 'helping' Sarah Palin? In other word, Biden repeatedly jumping in...
Happy Sunshine Putin
Putin rears his head over Alaska, based on my Huffington observation yesterday. Courtesy of reader Ivana.
Yo Bushie! 22 Percent!
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.
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.