“One Little Hour”

The Obama campaign has taken off its gloves. Tired of being lambasted by shallow Republican attack ads comparing Barack to vapid celebrities and misconstruing his words about feminine comestic products, Obama representatives have started series of ads portraying McCain as hopelessly out of touch. (more…)

In my last post I noted that one of Sarah Palin’s weaknesses as a vice presidential candidate was her lack of experience. Sure enough, Democratic operatives and journalists have made Palin + inexperience = risky choice the dominant storyline. Republicans are also worried that McCain has handicapped his strongest line of attack against Obama. (more…)

Today John McCain surprised the pundit panoply by announcing Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Odds on favorite for the Vice Presidential nod was Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty along with a bevy of failed contenders from the Republican primary. McCain’s choice of Palin was such a surprise that the NPR correspondents covering the topic today were audibly astounded, sputtering their surprise that the former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska (population: 8,471) would even be considered; I think they hoped that John McCain was just joshin’ around and would let the country in on his little joke after a couple hours. Sorry, but McCain only jokes around about his age and bombing Iran. (more…)

The Grand Old Party should lose this year. The first Tuesday in November should be the greatest Republican rout in recent history. America is in a recession, in the middle of an unpopular war, and the incumbent Republican President, who has the highest disapproval ratings on record, is at the end of his second term.

Yet national polling shows Republican John McCain in a dead heat, and at times with a slight lead, over either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Incroiable! (more…)

This article gives the principal reason I support John McCain. He represents the Republican Party’s last best hope for keeping latinos from becoming solidly Democratic; refer back to my very first post at the end of January.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/latinos.gop/index.html

One of my best friends forwarded me an editorial from the WSJ. This is for all of you despondent Romney supporters who are torn between voting pragmatically or following the suggestions of the Coulter-Beck-Limbaugh-Dobson colossus.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120251515611255127.html

This little tidbit from cnn.com furthered a suscipion that I have had for some time now: Mike Huckabee is running for Vice-President. (more…)

It was not my intention to have four of my first five posts focus on politics, but I guess it is the reason for the season. I decided to do some research and write a post on the question of McCain’s conservatism because one of my friends, actually the bestman in my upcoming wedding, wrote, “McCain isn’t a conservative. Save one or two issues, McCain just ain’t no friend of conservatives.” Vernacular aside, the question raised is pertinent. I always thought since 2000 that McCain was a “moderate,” though I hadn’t thoroughly researched McCain’s stance on issues beyond his support of immigration.

My friend’s case was built on a paucity of evidence. My impressions of McCain had been similar to his, but I had no hard data backing up my feelings. So, I just spent the last several hours reading up on his voting record and his public support for a host of issues. My conclusion is simple: McCain is a conservative. (more…)

Recently on the Fox News show Hannity and Colmes Ann Coulter said that she would vote for Hillary Clinton over John McCain in the general election. Apparently she believes that Hillary Clinton is more conservative than John McCain. In typical Coulter fashion she drowned out Hannity when he attempted to compare their opinions on issues like healthcare and Iraq. Here is the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTqgqhxVMc

Calling Clinton more conservative than McCain is silly on the face of it, so I don’t intend to spend much time on Coulter’s accusation besides a few pertinent observations. (more…)