My, How Things Have Changed

Two years ago, SurveyUSA polled a hypothetical head-to-head contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. Here’s the resulting electoral map:

Charges of Voter Fraud Aim to Undermine Obama Legitimacy

Over at our sister site The Colorado Independent, Jonathan Kaplan has a great new take on the ACORN controversy.

Kaplan suggests that Sen. John McCain’s voter-fraud charges against ACORN might be motivated by a desire to undermine the legitimacy of an Obama presidency and deter future political More…

Did McCain Learn From the S&L Crisis?

PHOENIX—In April 1987, William Black watched five U.S. senators, including Sen. John McCain, now the Republican presidential nominee, try to strong-arm federal-thrift regulators on behalf of Charles H. Keating Jr., a Phoenix businessman who owned Lincoln Savings & Loan.

At the time, Black was deputy director of the Federal Home More…

Welcome to the Thunderdome

As I busy myself hoarding trinkets, seashells and, really, any shiny object I can find — in the hopes that it may serve as currency in the coming dystopian barter economy — I can’t help but wonder: Where is Sen. John McCain?