Here's my collection of posts from convention week:
Watch: Bringing the Bush Years to the Convention
Watch: Mika and Joe Channel Hepburn and Tracy, Moose Stew, and More Palin Reactions
Watch: Arianna with Larry King on the McCain Speech and the Sarah Palin Soap Opera
Watch: African-American Republicans Weigh in on Obama
Watch: Arianna on Cindy McCain's Comments
Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
McCain is Running on the Amnesia Platform, But It's Democrats Who Need to Forget Sarah Palin
Forget about the fact that Palin looks a lot like a really attractive TV star I know. Underneath all the Tina, she's George.
If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs darn near 2 years to "get to know you." If you're white and from a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs 36 minutes and 38 seconds to know you're "one of us."
This post offers: 1) A brief explanation of what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do and why they are so important; 2) Why they are in trouble; 3) And overview of the government's plan.
My beautiful and loving wife, despite her passion on women's issues, despite having a son and daughter who may be conscripted, may vote for the party responsible for the entire mess.
A couple of very prominent Senators currently running for president might want to consider something when they arrive in Oxford, Mississippi in three weeks for their first debate.
Sarah Palin's pastor Larry Kroon delivered a sermon called "Sin Is Personal To God" in which he warned that the sinful habits of Americans would invite the wrath of God.
The Republicans have gone beyond lying. Bush and Cheney have been great liars, really, the best. Rove has made a career, and even a philosophy of lying about everything. But there is a special cold villainy to the way they have taken it to the next level now.
What McCain's speech did not have was the substance to back up the centrist reformism he needs to try to upset Obama.
McCain told the nation that he wants to play nice now, to change the culture of Washington. He might want to run that by his running mate.
John Ford couldn't have staged it better. Cowboy George disappearing into the sunset and Old Man McCain waving him off with relief. And suddenly there she was -- out of the Alaskan blue -- Cowgirl Sarah.
How can any candidate or party that hopes to lead America take such joy in putting down American institutions -- like grassroots democracy and its hard-working stewards?
The Right's non-party machinery now suddenly has a laser-like focus on creating a "surge" of voters for McCain-Palin. This machinery is vast, strategically targeted, exceptionally well-financed, and ready to rumble.
