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All Hail 20-Somethings!

In early September, I wrote a plea to the 20-somethings (known collectively as the "Youth Vote") and begged them to show up this time and "save us".   Judging by the results, 20-somethings, you did show up and, we were saved. Thank you.   As a...
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Palin's debate performance proves the old adage:

You can't cram 90 minutes of talking points into a brain that can only hold 68 minutes of talking points.Right around then, her well-rehearsed talking points became increasingly circular in their logic and she was just throwing out vague phrases mixed...
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The McCain Disdain

Just as the Bush administration has insisted for 8 years that either you agree with them or you're a traitor, tonight in the debate McCain kept stridently insisting over and over that if Obama didn't agree with his assessment of things, then Obama didn't understand the...
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What will be McCain's opening words tonight?

Now that he's decided to attend, what will be McCain's opening words at the debate?   1) My Friends, we ought to suspend the topic at tonights debate and instead, talk about the economy.   2) This is the kind of...
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McCain thrown under his own bus?

Just wondering ... Have the congressional Republicans just thrown McCain under the "Straight Talk" Express? By opposing the bailout, and messing up the works for McCain, (denying him his "shining knight" moment), could they be reluctantly acknowledging a probable Obama...
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Democrats to blame for this mess??!!

Isn't that analagous to a Democrat using a Zippo to light his friend's cigarette, and a Republican with a mouthful of gasoline comes up and spits the contents of his mouth through the flame of the lighter, and then immediately turns around and blames the Democrat with the Zippo for the ensuing...
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Sarah Palin stars in new TV commercial

Scene: Sarah Palin standing onstage at a town hall gathering waving to admirers. Palin: Now, I'd like to take some questions.(Sen. Chuck Hagel steps up to the mic.) Hagel:  You don't really have enough experience to be Vice-president, do you?Palin: No, but I did stay at a Holiday...
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McCain want to set up a commission

"McCain proposed Tuesday to create a commission to study how the economic crisis came about. McCain compared it to the Sept. 11 commission established to investigate the 2001 terrorist attacks."Gee, and will his administration totally ignore the commission's recommendations too?!Is...
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Obama staffers sing Les Miz!!

I don't know if anyone's posted this before, but in case you haven't seen it, here's some of the Obama staffers singing about the long, hard hours of working on the campaign:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0...
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What do you like best about Obama?

In solidarity with the idea someone suggested for a McCain/Palin-Free Blog Day,  I was thinking about what it is that I like best about Obama.  For me, his thoughtful, nuanced approach to interviews and press conferences makes me feel he is...

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