“Today, Obama stated that he would stay out of the way as Hurricane Gustav once again threatens the Gulf Coast. Even Bush, who three years ago celebrated Katrina’s landfall at … [Keep reading >>]
Hurricane Gustav is doing a good job of shutting down the Republican Nominating Convention. Bush and Cheney have sent their regards and McCain has hightailed it to Louisiana with … [Keep reading >>]
What seemed obvious to me from two hours after Palin’s acceptance of McCain’s invitation to run with him in the VP slot, is now being shouted from the roof-tops. … [Keep reading >>]
“CNNMoney reports that “energy producers have shut in approximately 77% of oil output and 37% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico.” This is affecting three producers particularly … [Keep reading >>]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Kevin Horrigan parodies the absurdity of our presidental expectations: “Lehrer: If I could just sum up, he needs to be wise, kind, forthright, non-wimpy, private, inneresting, … [Keep reading >>]
The staff of Israel’s Haaretz has picked up on comments from a democratic congressman from Florida, Robert Wexler, about Palin’s past support of anti-semitic Pat Buchanan: “At a time when … [Keep reading >>]
From Jeff Masters:
“Gustav roared over Cuba’s Isle of Youth at 2 pm today, and is now clobbering the western tip of Cuba with 145 mph Cat 4 winds and a … [Keep reading >>]
It’s hard to believe the McCain camp did any vetting of Sarah Palin for Vice President beyond the cover of Vogue which they apparently liked. The slightest bit of … [Keep reading >>]
Writing for Reuters, Oleg Shchedrov believes that the tension in Georgia was merely the ‘last straw’ in reversing a pattern of western disrespect of legitimate Russian interests: “Russia has sent … [Keep reading >>]
According to reporting by Thomas Beaumont of the Des Moines Register, the Palin nomination will have some impact in terms of rallying social conservatives to the republican ticket: “I knew … [Keep reading >>]
Dennis Roddy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette followed the Obama team around Western Pennsylvania where the force of their economic message was compromised a bit by the Palin nomination and an … [Keep reading >>]
