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Paul Loeb: The Rovian Politics of Choosing Sarah Palin (2)

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What does it say about John McCain that he not only picked the least experienced Vice Presidential nominee in America's history, but picked someone he really didn't know? Departing so far from any normal concept of appropriate background, he should at least have had a sense of why this individual is so special. Meeting Palin once at a Republican governors' conference and having a single phone conversation on the eve of her selection just doesn't ...

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Robert J. Elisberg: The Un-asked Question is Asked (1)

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The other evening, I was having dinner with a conservative friend. Generally, we avoid politics at meals, so as to keep both the yelling and food down, but occasionally it creeps in. It did when he began going on and on (and on) about Barack Obama's "inexperience." I ate my pasta in polite quiet, though, all the while knowing what I was gnashing to respond. But finally, he said "inexperienced" one too many times. And ...

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Joseph A. Palermo: Hillary's Redemption (1)

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Hillary Clinton tonight delivered one of the best political speeches I have ever heard. She touched all of the right notes that were necessary to put to rest (finally) the incessant bellowing of the chattering classes inside the corporate media about how "disunited" the Democrats are after the bloody primary process. Howard Dean called all the talk about irreparable fissures inside the Democratic Party "Republican talking points"; I agree. During the primary fight with Barack ...

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Jon Stewart Lectures Reporters For Lazy Coverage (10)

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CNN reports that "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart gave the press a tongue-lashing in Denver today: As Comedy Central's "Daily Show" descends on Denver for four days of coverage, Jon Stewart took after the "established" media for getting too cozy with candidates and regurgitating campaign spin when it comes to political coverage. In a breakfast with reporters, Stewart directed most of his ire at the 24-hour cable news networks, which he called "gerbil wheels," and ...

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Tom D'Antoni: Clark's and Biden's Statements? Not Much Difference. Why No Fuss Now? (1)

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"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," - Gen. Wesley Clark, June 29, 2008 "These times require more than a good soldier." - Sen. Joe Biden, August 23, 2008 There's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between these two statements. Perhaps if Gen. Clark hadn't been officially declared a pariah by the weaker, more politically-correct folks in the Obama campaign, Obama ...

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Brandon M. Terry: Leave Joe Biden Alone (1)

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With Barack Obama announcing Senator Joe Biden as his running mate, I feel compelled to launch a pre-emptive strike, pleading with the inevitable parade of "race commentators" who will be asked to rehash his earlier comments on Barack Obama as "the first mainstream African-American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." When Fox News calls, looking to do a talking heads segment, politely decline. Let them know that you ...

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Chris Durang: McCain's Lying TV Ads (1)

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John McCain has become a liar. And as a citizen of the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, I can tell you that every morning on my television for the last month, McCain has been lying about Barack Obama's position on raising taxes. Obama has been saying he would raise the taxes on people making above $250,000 a year. (Basically go back to how they were under Clinton, which were pretty good times, no?) Yet McCain's daily ...

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Howie Klein: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Jangle Your Keys for McCain (1)

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Once upon a time we might have imagined a 2008 Democratic National Convention that would grab the country with the force of Senator Obama's inspiring spirit. And that could still happen. But face it, it's been awhile since we saw signs of any Obama magic. My pessimistic Down With Tyranny colleague Ken is especially worried about a repeat of 2004, where the Democrats had a perfectly pleasant, correct convention, which passed almost unnoticed-- except by ...

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Paul Abrams: The First Measure of a Great Leader: Picking People Better than One's Self (5)

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Although predictable, McCain's reaction to the Biden choice shows that McCain himself is really a complete idiot. Ditto for all the analysts. It is as if no one has ever run a complex organization before -- hey, maybe that's it! Critiquing Obama for choosing someone who is "better" than he is on certain matters (foreign policy knowledge, levers of government, etc) shows the shallowness and lack of patriotism (yes, a patriot should want the best ...

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Meet Jill Biden (2)

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com (13) 1 week, 5 days ago permalink

Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of presumptive Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden, is a veteran educator and a professor at Delaware Technical Community College. Jill Biden has a Ph.D. in Education. The Bidens were married in 1977, five years after Joe Biden's first wife was killed in an automobile accident. Time Magazine interviewed Jill Biden during the primaries, where she shared her thoughts on campaigning and life on the trail: What don't we know ...

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Steve Clemons: Why Joe Biden is Vital and the Right Choice (1)

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Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier has a tough critique out on Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate. A lot of folks are upset with Fournier. Some went as far to suggest that "FireFournier.com" is available for purchase. This is going to be a long campaign and we should not be looking for orthodoxy among political pundits about what we are seeing evolve -- but we should be hoping for ...

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John K. Wilson: If You're John McCain, You Might Be A Rich Guy (2)

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With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy (no, wait, he should be apologizing to all of us for that lame redneck schtick): If you can't count how many homes you have, you might be a rich guy. If you think it takes $5 million a year to be rich, you might be a rich guy. If you think some people "are poor if they're billionaires," you might be a rich guy. If you have a fireplace next ...

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Menachem Rosensaft: Why We Can't Afford a McCain Presidency (1)

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Let's see now, John McCain doesn't know the difference between Shi'a and Sunni, refers to a non-existent "Iraq-Pakistan border," believes that Iran trains Al Qaida terrorists (Bin Laden's Al Qaida is Sunni; the vast majority of Iran is Shi'a, less than 10% are Sunni), and doesn't know how many homes he and his wife own. That's scary. The real problem is that McCain really does sometimes appear to be clueless. But not to worry, his ...

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Steve Clemons: Important Canary in the Coal Mine Moment: Susan Eisenhower Leaves Republican Party (1)

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Imagine if you were OpenLeft's Matt Stoller -- and he woke up one day and he decided he couldn't take the drift in the Democratic Party any longer -- and he quit. Stoller became an independent or even a McCain-supporting Republican. Of course, that has happened to some Hillary Clinton supporters who have essentially become anti-Obama/pro-McCain operatives. But quitting a party is difficult. I've seen some friends do it -- and it's traumatic for them. ...

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Twitter Live at the DNC (2)

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HuffingtonPost will have many interesting and important personalities live at the DNC using Twitter. You can read the stream right here and keep up with the latest. Live Stream:

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Oliver Willis: McCain Camp Lies Again: There Are No Private Beaches In Hawaii (2)

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Flailing furiously after their candidate's ridiculously elitist gaffe today, the McCain camp goes into the lie volcano: Oliver Willis searches for Hawaii's mythical private beaches while snorkeling at one of Hawaii's public beaches"'Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about ...

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Alex said: There are no private beaches in Hawaii. Oh, wow. Sha-bam.

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Sam Nunn Almost Certainly Ruled Out As Obama VP (1)

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com (13) 2 weeks ago permalink

It appears Sam Nunn, the former Georgia senator and a leading Democratic expert on foreign policy issues, can safely be crossed off the list of Barack Obama's potential running mates. Nunn spokeswoman Kathy Gwin confirms to CNN the former senator will be out of the country through Monday -- far from Springfield, Illinois, where Obama is expected to hold a rally with his newly-named VP Saturday. Gwin refused to release further details about the trip, ...

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In A Bind, GOP Throws Kitchen Sink At Obama (2)

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com (13) 2 weeks ago permalink

Prompted, it seems, by concerns over John McCain's foot-in-the-mouth admission that he did not know the number of houses he owned, aides to the Senator, GOP officials and conservative activists unleashed a torrent of attacks in an effort to deflect attention to Barack Obama. Late Thursday afternoon, the Republican National Committee launched the website ObamaRezkoShadyDe..., designed the committee wrote, to "provide users with videos and the latest news pertaining to Barack Obama's lack of judgment ...

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WH said: Ah, the (evil) mark of a Rove campaign - "Prompted, it seems, by concerns over John McCain's foot-in-the-mouth admission that he did not know the number of houses he owned, aides to the Senator, GOP officials and conservative activists unleashed a torrent of attacks in an effort to deflect attention to Barack Obama."

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Corsi's Obama Book Inspires New Dissidents On Right (3)

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com (13) 2 weeks ago permalink

At last count, there are only four members of the dissident cell -- Peter Wehner, Ross Douthat, Jon Henke and John Hawkins -- conservatives who have broken ranks to harshly criticize Jerome Corsi's The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. All four make the case that Corsi presents a greater danger to the conservative movement and the Republican Party than to Barack Obama -- that for the right to take Corsi under ...

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Harry Shearer: What Bush Said in New Orleans Today, and What He Didn't Say (1)

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"Never before has our nation seen such destruction by nature." It's almost three years after the federal levees failed and flooded 80% of New Orleans, and George W. Bush stood today in Jackson Barracks, the National Guard h.q. in the Lower Ninth Ward, and spoke those words. They were not an ad lib, they were part of his written text. His speechwriters and advisors found it advisable to ignore three independent forensic engineering studies, and ...

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