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McCain Shredding Obama’s Lead

By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann   Iraq isn't the only place where the surge seems to be working. John McCain's gains over the last five days are remaking the political landscape as Election Day approaches. The double-digit leads Barack Obama held last week have evaporated, as all three of the top tracking polls (the most current and reliable measurements out there) show McCain hot on... 

Skeptical Reporters Kicked Off Obama Campaign Plane

The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president! Share/Save Read More →

New McCain ad: “Obama praises McCain”

From Ed Morrissey of the Hot Air blog:  If you’re expecting some hard-hitting advertising from Team McCain in the final few days before the election, this will disappoint.  The entire ad consists of Barack Obama talking about the McCain-Lieberman bill on global warming, offering his support: (Excerpt) Read More Here Share/Save Read More →

A Hillary Staffer Comes Clean: What you were never intended to know in this election

By Anonymous_14  After a long and careful consideration of all the implications and possible consequences of my actions today, I have decided to go through with this in the hope that our country can indeed be guided into the right direction. First, a little personal background… I am a female grad student in my 20’s, and a registered Democrat. During the primaries, I was a campaign... 

Welcome To Barack Obama’s America

If Joe the Plumber were Jawad the Suspected Terrorist, civil-liberties activists would stampede the halls of Congress on his behalf. Liberal columnists would hyperventilate over the outrageous invasions of his privacy by Ohio state and local employees. Share/Save Read More →

McCain Reduces Obama Advantage; Some Polls Detect Surge

By Joseph Curl WASHINGTON TIMES – Sen. John McCain on Thursday vaulted up in the latest national and battleground state polls, closing to within the margin of error nationwide against Sen. Barack Obama and cutting the Democrat's lead in Pennsylvania by two-thirds. Share/Save Read More →

Are Voters Having ‘Buyers Remorse’?

With five days until Election Day, there are signs the presidential race may be tightening, according to a new CNN poll of polls. According to an average of several recent surveys, Barack Obama's lead over John McCain is down to 5 points nationwide, 49-44 percent — a gap that is 3 points less than it was earlier this week, and nearly half what the margin was one week ago. The closing of... 

Video: Bill Clinton admits that Obama didn’t know what to do about the economy

Bill Clinton admits that Barack Obama didn't know what to do about the economy!  "Tell me what to do."    h/t The College Politico Share/Save Read More →

Obama 2005: Tone Down Rhetoric and Usher in New Progressive Agenda

By Kerry Picket NEWSBUSTERS – Barack Obama sent a letter to the Daily Kos which was posted back in 2005 to talk strategy and "change" to the Kossacks. Obama was very serious about toning down the rhetoric only until it was safe enough to "enforce a more clearly progressive agenda.” (h/t to Gateway Pundit for bringing this back through Sweetness and Light) (my emphasis added:)... 

Did that Obama show creep you out, too?

By John Baer Honestly, it kinda creeps me out that Barack Obama bought all that TV time on all those networks last night – too much like a Big Brother thing, in the controlling Orwellian sense. If not for ABC wanting to air its quirky "Pushing Daisies" – a sitcom, not a news report on John McCain's campaign – Obama would have scored a TV "roadblock," meaning... 

Bill Clinton: Obama Got Lots of Help on Economic Crisis Response

Barack Obama cultivated the image of a cool and collected leader during the height of the economic crisis last month, when lawmakers on Capitol Hill scrambled to draft a workable bailout package after a meltdown on Wall Street. Share/Save Read More →