2008 preidential election

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:

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 participation by African- Americans.

The GOP presidential nominee’s role in the Keating Five scandal raises questions about his fitness to handle Wall Street’s meltdown.

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?