http://politicalchase.com Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:19:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The cavalry returns. MoveOn.org released a new ad today hitting John McCain hard on his strong ties to lobbyists and big oil companies. http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/16/new-moveon-ad-hits-mccain-on-my-friends/ Counting on the Repugs to lose enough seats in the Senate to give the Democrats a 60-seat majority may fall into that "too good to be true" category, but then again, maybe not. Less than two months before Election Day, only 13 Senate Republicans have met their fundraising goals for the ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/11/gop-struggles-to-keep-senate-seats/ I'm tired of hearing all the Repugs falsely claiming that Barack Obama was referring to Gov. Sarah Palin personally when he decried the lies of John McCain and Palin as lipstick on a pig. It's a metaphor and is frequently used -- even Saint John McSame has used the expression ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/10/get-used-to-it/ Oh my! The Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sara Palin is on a first-name basis with the wealthiest man in the world -- Warren Buffett. http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/09/palin-the-elitist/ The Washington Post has a big piece today on Sarah Palin billing Alaska's taxpayers for "312 nights spent in her home during her first 19 months in office, charging a 'per diem' allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business." In addition to the traveling, while ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/09/palin-bills-state-to-sleep-at-home/ Marc Ambinder says 527's supporting Obama may be on their way back. An Obama adviser privy to the campaign's internal thinking on the matter says that,with less than two months before the election and with the realization that Republicans have achieved financial parity with Democrats, they hope that Democratic allies -- ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/09/527s-for-obama-to-return/ The Democrats haven't thrown Lieberman out yet, but Harry Reid is slapping him around a bit. If the Dems get 55 seats in the Senate, Lieberman can probably go hang around with his bomb-Iran buddy full-time. From Roll Call (sub. req'd): Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided that Sen. ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/09/lieberman-booted-from-dem-lunches/ (Updated below) This is good. TPM takes a hard swipe at Sarah Palin's claims to be a reformer. Update: See TPM's annotated version of the video for complete reference and context information. http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/08/tpm-palin-a-reformer-simply-laughable/ ACORN: "Jesus was a community organizer; Pontius Pilate was a governor" http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/07/quote-of-the-day-6/ Josh Marshall: "Isn't Palin supposed to move to Cheney's undisclosed location after she gets elected, not before?" http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/06/quote-of-the-day-5/ From the New York Times: Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday informed top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance giants, that the government is preparing a plan to seize the two companies and place them in a conservatorship, officials and company executives ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/05/breaking-feds-to-seize-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac/ After George Bush won reelection in 2004, the U.K.'s Daily Mirror ran a cover asking "How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?" I think it's worth pulling that image out from time to time as a reminder of what happens when the American electorate allows the political spin of the Republicans ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/05/american-political-intellect/ Unbelievable. The McCain campaign needs to revisit Democracy 101 and pay particular attention to sessions on the Fourth Estate. From Marc Ambinder: A senior McCain campaign official advises that, despite the gaggle of requests and pressure from the media, Gov. Sarah Palin won't submit to a formal interview anytime soon. She ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/05/mccain-campaign-embargoes-palin/ Looks like McCain might have gotten a bounce in the polls from the convention. Today's Rasmussen number: Obama 48%, McCain 46%, within the ±2% margin of error. Yesterday, when all the sampling predated Palin's speech, Obama was ahead 50%-45%. Today's Gallup number: Obama 48%, McCain 44%, with a ±2% margin of error. ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/05/convention-bounce-for-mccain/ I can't see Bill Maher passing this opportunity up tonight. From The Hill: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose choice as John McCain’s vice presidential running mate is being touted as a hit with social conservatives and supporters of “family values,” has acknowledged smoking marijuana in the past. Does it matter? In a ... http://politicalchase.com/2008/09/05/dont-bogart-that-joint-my-friend/