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I mostly listened to the Vice Presidential debate on radio, though I did get to see some of it on TV. Palin held her own and well exceeded (more…)

It’s hard to turn on the TV these days. The news and images from Washington are like a train wreck. The height of hypocrisy: (more…)

The late Paul Newman’s famous refrain with Robert Redford, playing Butch and Sundance just a step ahead of their relentless pursuers, (more…)

The first of three presidential debates has been completed, with the sole vice-presidential debate scheduled for Thursday evening. (more…)

In a weekend piece from the U.K.’s Telegraph comes a story that should be news to voters in the key states of Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado: Barack Obama thinks he’s going to win the 2008 election in a “landslide”.  (more…)

“Senator Obama, that kind of thinking is dangerous. With views like that, you are not ready to lead. You’ve come a long way (more…)

While the mortgage mess gets sorted out, let’s circle back to an important moment the other day when Whoopi Goldberg the celebrity (more…)

The only really interesting topic of discussion for conservatives right now is Sarah Palin. McCain will be the same mediocrity in the White House (more…)

First we were treated to the sublimely ironic reality that Al Gore, champion (and prize-winning) crusader against global warming, (more…)

Charlie Gibson’s dishonest effort to trap, embarrass, and belittle Gov. Sarah Palin in his lengthy ABC interview with the Republican VP nominee is unmasked (more…)

I absolutely don’t believe Obama was jabbing at Sarah Palin with his “lipstick on a pig” remark yesterday, and I hope she and McCain laugh (more…)

Mirroring this extraordinary political year the conventions of both parties were unusual, unpredictable and given to striking twists (more…)

Now that the conventions are over, a 60 day sprint to the general election for president remains. The conventions were alternately (more…)

(Denver Post, Sept. 7) Quick, who was Henry Cabbage Cod? Oops, I mean Henry Cabot Lodge. Who were Bill Miller and Sarge Shriver? Ed Muskie and Lloyd Bentsen? All were losing vice-presidential candidates of the past half-century, the first two Republicans, the others Democrats. Go to the head of the class if you knew that. Most people wouldn’t know or care. Outside the Beltway, there’s general agreement that the vice-presidency isn’t worth a bucket of warm, uh, spit, as Jack Garner, VP under FDR, memorably put it. This year we have Sarah Palin the terrific versus Joe Biden the soporific. Their debate will be a doozy. But after November, one will become a historical footnote (more…)

Slated on Backbone Radio, Sept. 7

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Rudy Giuliani’s powerful RNC speech on “Suppose you were hiring someone” was a primer for voters on the contrast between Kid Obama and Maverick McCain. But if we imagined the same situation for McCain himself as a readiness test for the presidency, the Republican nominee just aced it. In selecting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate, McCain made the most insightful and impactful personnel pick for America’s future since President Bush tapped Gen. Petraeus to turn around the war in Iraq. The self-described “pit bull with lipstick” has put new teeth in Mac’s reform campaign and brought star quality (more…)