You may recall Michael E. Arth, the spunky developer-turned-Democratic candidate for governor of Florida who took to The Streak’s comment thread to insist he’s dead serious about his campaign. Well, maybe “serious” isn’t exactly the right word. From a press release he just sent out:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
New York, N.Y. — With the last presidential debate over, the Obama campaign bus is stocked with champagne. En route to a flight to New Hampshire on Thursday morning, the campaign cooler was still stocked with champagne from debate night. I haven’t seen any corks actually popping, however, and now More…
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — I don’t have much to add to Mike and Ari’s analyses…they pretty much nailed it. Neither candidate was particularly inspiring, but the lack of a decisive win for Sen. John McCain, once again, constitutes a loss.
The most exciting moment for me was watching Triumph the Insult More…
HEMPSTEAD, NY — Barack Obama never delivered a knockout punch during the final presidential debate, but it did not matter. Obama won a T.K.O. – defeating his opponent without ever knocking him out.
John McCain hit hard and sometimes wildly, accusing Obama of links to terrorism, voter fraud and racially More…
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued a wake-up call to cocky Democrats on the night of the final presidential debate. “The race is not over,” he said, warning Obama supporters not to “get overconfident.”
Richardson, who said he has now campaigned in 15 states for Obama, sounded More…
A Straight Talk Express cleaning lady today sold several crumpled pages outlining Sen. John McCain’s script for tonight’s third and final presidential debate, which she had found stuck to a takeout pizza box on the floor, to an unnamed member of the media elite.
Anxious to do everything in his More…
With the second presidential debate tonight, Grist asked some eco-geeks what questions on energy and the environment they’d like to see asked and answered by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.
Climate expert Dan Weiss of the liberal think tank the Center for American Progress Action Fund wants to More…
Gov. Sarah Palin’s words in her debate tonight evening with Sen. Joseph Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, will be piped into America’s ears through GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain in a simultaneous translation. This was not meant to muzzle Palin’s spontaneous conversation, McCain asserted, but to prevent any Al More…
Sen. John McCain was expected to fly to Washington later today, so he could take part in talks surrounding a new Wall Street bailout package when Congress comes back from its break for Rosh Hashana.
However, Politico’s Jonathan Martin reports that McCain has changed his plans. The More…
Following conservative columnist Kathleen Parker’s call last week for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to step aside as the Republican vice presidential nominee, Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria is adding his voice to the din.
In the wake of Palin’s disappointing performances in several nationally-televised interviews, Zakaria writes:
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