If both candidates have voted overwhelmingly with their party do you want the one who voted with Bush 90% of the time or the one who voted against Bush 96% of the time?
I refuse to get too wrapped up in the question of who "won" the debate. In general, unless one candidate obviously self-destructs, this question is answered subjectively and personally. That's not to say I didn't think Biden did better. I did.
Palin's request, "Can I call you Joe?" was an attempt to get him to refer to her as Sarah -- to establish a false familiarity that would have been beneficial to her. Biden didn't take that bait.
I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?
10. He doesn't date lobbyists 9. Likes Spike Lee 8. Doesn't mind if we're taller than him in heels 7. Likes a little fist action. Bump! Bump! 6. He...
Voters don't want change. When the American voting public goes to the polls and re-elects the same bunch of losers to Congress year after year, they should expect to get more of the same.
Yes, as far as TV shows, romance novels and motivational books, we love the maverick. But, is that what we need right now to bring our country back on track?
You can't denounce 'extremists' and tout 'mavericks'. That's akin to denouncing hoagies while endorsing po-boys. It makes you look nuts.
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Having discovered that to today's worried Americans the mantra of "experience" loses to the appeal of "change," McCain is trying to use his obsolete maverick laurels to recast himself as the "change" candidate.
You can't debunk a myth by verbally repeating it. This is basic stuff, so it is surprising that neither Obama nor his team understand it.
Palin's obsessive phoniness in the face of the facts opens the door to not just call her a liar but to actually give her a defining nickname to describe what appears to be a fundamental character flaw.
James Garner, who played the original Maverick - Bret - on TV, has filed a restraining order on behalf of Jack Kelly (Bart) , Roger Moore (Beau) and R...
Questions like "Are you an elitist?" "Is your health plan socialized medicine?" "Would you rather lose a war than an election?" Those questions deserve a lizard answer -- like "No," "No," and "Hell No."
Finally, McCain's logo makes sense to me. That's no star. It's an asterisk! And an appropriate one -- every day, he makes a claim about his record that needs an asterisk next to it.
The John McCain who fought for campaign finance reform in the past is not the same John McCain speaking tonight. Here's what he'll claim, and what the truth really is.
Palin will now be vetted by the national press and the blogosphere and it won't be pretty. She's got six short weeks to learn foreign and economic policy. The honeymoon is over.
I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...
The worse scenario is McCain feels just fine and doesn't have to worry about walking into the Senate chamber ever again except to cheers and back-slaps -- when he gives the State of the Union.
That's the one that showed me that she genuinely did her best to actually convince her followers that they had to support Barack Obama. That's not a half-hearted effort.
The maverick narrative is being grinded at by the McCain camp, but together we can demonstrate that, of the two men, it is Obama who is the outsider and reformer. McCain is just a conservative hack.
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