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Natalie Portman: Have ‘The Talk’ for Obama

By | 10.22.08 | 10:40 am

The Obama campaign just rolled out a new YouTube video with Natalie Portman rallying young Americans. But she’s not asking them to vote for Obama.

Instead, the campaign tapped Portman to push young people who already support Obama to press their parents to do the same. It’s part of a More…

A Glimpse Into ACORN’s Procedures

By | 10.14.08 | 5:18 pm

I just received some materials from ACORN that shed light on its procedures for handling falsified registrations.

Consider the following example from Lake County, IN., which many critics of ACORN have pointed to as a case of voter fraud:

McCain Adviser: Palin Takes Some States Off the Table

By | 09.05.08 | 4:50 pm

Aboard Straight Talk Air, an adviser to Sen. John McCain said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin alters the electoral map, and gave a glimpse into her role in the campaign’s strategy. From the pool report:

In his view, Sarah Palin ticket takes Montana, Georgia (and Alaska) out of play for Democrats,

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Ohio Boy No More?

By | 09.04.08 | 3:45 pm

St. Paul–Standing on the floor of the Xcel center last night made me embarrassed about where I come from. Born in Ohio to immigrant parents, with a father who came from nothing — meaning no shoes till he was nine — who then rose to the supposed academic elite, I’ve More…

Keating Firm Raises $50K for McCain

By | 09.04.08 | 11:58 am

Here’s something that slipped under the radar yesterday.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan organization that tracks money in elections, employees of a law firm founded by Charles Keating Jr. have bundled more than $50,000 in contributions to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign.

McCain’s Dan Quayle?

By | 09.03.08 | 7:13 pm

Democrats have been relishing every minute since Sen. John McCain announced that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be his vice presidential running mate. The attacks have been fast and furious. Palin lacks experience; she has ties to the far right; she has scandals lurking in her personal background.

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Obama Will Pull an O’Reilly on McCain’s Big Night

By | 09.03.08 | 12:02 pm

As Sen. John McCain accepts the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday night, his opponent will enter the “No Spin Zone.”

Yes, Sen. Barack Obama is headed for Fox News, in a bid for Republican votes, by appearing for the first time ever on Bill O’Reilly’s prime-time show. While More…

Palin on Running Wasilla: “It’s Not Rocket Science”

By | 09.02.08 | 7:08 pm

WASILLA, Alaska– I’m here at the Mat-Su Frontiersman‘s offices flipping through their print archives. I was curious about what then-Mayor Sarah Palin said at the time about giving her top managers a loyalty test and eventually firing her chief of police.

I’m reading an article from October 1996, More…

Palin Plays Earmark Game Like Champ

By | 09.02.08 | 12:13 pm

PHILADELPHIA — On the campaign trail, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the designated GOP vice presidential nominee, paints herself as a McCain-style earmark terminator. At a rally Sunday in O’Fallon, Mo., Palin made just this claim:

“In Alaska now, with the budget under control, we have a surplus. I’ve

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Will Palin Meet the Press? Not Really.

By | 09.02.08 | 8:57 am

PHILADELPHIA — Now that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is in the national spotlight, speculation about how she will hold up to the intense media scrutiny is rampant. On an otherwise lazy holiday weekend, a slew of revelations about Sen. John McCain’s running mate surfaced, More…