Dick Morris, in today’s Washington Post: Obama Has the Upper Hand. But McCain Can Still Take Him.
To sum it up: A candidate who cannot get elected is being nominated by a party that cannot be defeated, while a candidate who is eminently electable is running as the nominee of a party doomed to defeat.In this environment, McCain can win by running to the center.
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Sununu for Veep?
Via Maria, Obama’s biggest general election liability: His bitter half
On the stump, she warmed up (or rather, berated) supporters by complaining about how her husband is an underdog even after he keeps winning primary and caucus after primary and caucus. With a scowl etched on her face, she bellyached that “the bar is constantly changing for this man.” Call the waambulance, stat.
Reminds me of Teresa’s shifting bar.
Embedding with the enemy
But in fact my religious beliefs are entirely separate from my political beliefs: the only connection is that I’m willing to buck the trend in both arenas.
Two posts on Israel at 60:
Via the Astute Bloggers, Israel at 60: The Hope,
After 60 Years, The ‘Lamp Unto The Nations’ Flourishes
Two suspicious Seattle ferry riders were “just businessmen”
Vote for Mamacita.
Japan has no kids
From the Terror Finance Blog-A PDF of the Comprehensive Survey of U.S. Efforts Against Threat Financing-MUST READ
Franco had better things to do with his time.
“The threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind”
Platypus genetic code unravelled, which reminds me of Ogden Nash
I like the duck-billed platypus
Because it is anomalous.
I like the way it raises its family
Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
I like its independent attitude.
Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.
Cross-posted at Fausta’s blog
Guest author Ed Morrissey takes a closer look at the donors of the foundation of the Clintons. Can one buy their loyalty? (more…)
