Sam Boyd

Obama apparently told the Teamsters he’d consider loosening federal supervision of their activities. As Christopher Beam says, this is a rather artful “soft pander.” I don’t have any idea about the merits of the issue, but it hardly seems appropriate for a presidential candidate to be saying things like this about an ongoing judicial process. […]

I took a break from the Lightning Round for a few days mostly because I just didn’t get around to it. However, in my defense, nothing that has happened in the last few days or, for that matter, the last six weeks has had any impact on the campaign whatsoever. That’s what this great Monkey […]

To reinforce Dana‘s point about the excerpt from Nixonland on the main site, the idea that Republicans have been running Nixon‘s 1972 campaign for 35 years isn’t some lefty polemic — even conservatives basically admit it: From a review of David Frum‘s new book I wrote a little while back: [Frum writes that] “Republicans have […]

TPMtv shows once again that McCain really did say we should stay in Iraq for 100 years. Obama makes another statement about Wright, and isn’t nearly as sympathetic as he was in his last speech on the topic (he says he is “outraged” and “saddened” by the “spectacle” of Wright’s comments). The RNC is now […]

Jeremiah Wright doesn’t seem to be doing much to help Obama out. Kevin Drum points out how little we know about John McCain‘s assets and how absurd it is to ignore Cindy McCain‘s assets. Drum asks if the press is really going to let McCain get away with this. My guess? Yes. David Corn gets […]

As Kate reported earlier, Obama today launched a 50-state voter registration drive in a joint fund raising partnership with the DNC. It’ll be interesting to see if he really does push hard in all 50 states or if that’s window dressing. So far though, his campaign is insisting they mean it. The DNC is also […]

Clinton really did raise $10 million yesterday online. This awesome flowchart shows how to predict whether a county will vote for Obama or Clinton based on its demographics. Karen Tumulty ably describes three likely ends for the Democratic primary. Though of the three, I’d guess a fight all the way to Denver is actually less […]

Strange but true: if you promise lots of big tax cuts, and no new taxes, and a balanced budget, you’re almost certainly lying about something. John McCain apparently doesn’t realize that saying 1 – 1 = 2 is not straight talk. The North Carolina GOP is running an an ad against two Democratic candidates in […]

Nora O’Donnell of MSNBC points out that Obama actually improved his performance in most or all demographics over his showing in Ohio. –Sam Boyd

“I love you back” Obama says to an adoring fan. Also, do you really, you want to give John Mellencamp the first shoutout? Meanwhile, Obama has substituted an Abercrombie and Fitch ad for boxing gloves. His background is dominated by three young dudes in various A&F gear including one with “Fitch” in giant sideways letters. […]