"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." --Senator John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998 (h/t Aravosis)
Author - Bob Cesca
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Shuster Suspended
Whoa. NBC NEWS STATEMENT REGARDING CHELSEA CLINTON COMMENT: On Thursday's "Tucker" on MSNBC, David Shuster, who was serving as guest-host of the program, made a comment about Chelsea Clinton and the...
Bizarro Iraq
...Where the surge didn't work and where the war hasn't largely ended. From one NYT item, we learn several things, beginning with the indoctrination of children... [Al Qaida in Mesopotamia] “wants to...
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Broken Social Scene, "Fire Eye'd Boy"
"If You'll Not Be Needing Me…"
"...I'll shut down for a while." The Romney Unit has officially dropped out to spend more time with his positronic neural net. Meanwhile, let's all laugh at the wingnut commenters from Malkin's site:...
I Called It!
BOOM! From my blog to Howard Dean's yap via JumpyPants' post below. First, me: I can't help but to think that the DNC is considering some serious options here for the good of the party. They have to...
I Love Jon Stewart
This is 4 minutes and 42 seconds of awesome.
The Romney Unit Shuts Down
Rumor has it that Romney will quit today. That sound you hear is Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin falling to the sidewalk.
The Danger Of Self-financing
This Yglesias line jumped off the screen: The reminder that the Clintons are multi-millionaires would seem to me to make giving them a modest cash donation of $250 or $500 seem like a less attractive...
Yikes
Gallup. And the good news from Markos: Well, Clinton came nowhere near what she needed to do to build a strong delegate lead (and super delegates can change their mind, they're not locked in). Obama...
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Why Do The Republicans Hate Veterans?
And old people? WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans blocked a move by Democrats on Wednesday to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed to a bill to...
Eh-eh-eh!
President Bush makes with teh funny! While greeting the Anaheim Mighty Ducks at the White House... “Like, have you noticed a lot of security around here? It’s because the Vice President heard there...
The Popular Vote
Do you think the Clinton campaign ever imagined this? Clinton: 50.2% (7,347,971) Obama: 49.8% (7,294,851) Difference: 53,120 votes Feb 5 National Gallup Poll: Clinton 47%, Obama 42% From the same...
War of Attrition
As momentum and cash favor the Obama campaign, Senator Clinton's cash situation is playing out to be more important than delegates or superdelegates. Tagaris at Open Left believes that the Clintons...
What The Hell Is This Crap?
CNN graphic summarizing the delegate counts: Okay, this is NOT how it should be done. When I wrote below how the party might eventually have to step in, it's predicated on stepping in and supporting...
More Pain
Regardless of who won or lost yesterday, every day this battle continues is a good day for the Republican chances in the general election. Senator McCain is now the presumptive nominee for the...
Ari Fleischer on CNN Last Night
"There is no doubt ... we hope and pray every night to run against Hillary Clinton." (h/t Sullivan)
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"We're the ones we've been waiting for."