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In a speech that rose beyond the occasion, Sen. Barack Obama changed the dynamics of the presidential campaign. With fire in his eyes and politeness thankfully forgotten, he finally put Sen. John McCain on the defensive, most notably mocking the Republican’s claim that he’s best suited to be commander in chief.

Al Gore’s Regrets August 29th, 2008 by ROBERT STEIN To warm up the crowd for Barack Obama last night, Al Gore did something he has resisted for eight years, replay the 2000 election and express bitter regret over what might have been.

In an August 14 interview with Time Magazine, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), now Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) running mate, suggested that McCain had not shared his plan for Iraq with her. Palin, who has not been to Iraq, said she does not know “what the plan is to ever end the war.” She later said its “tough” to “talk about the plan for the war” because her son will be deployed to Iraq this September.

A friend at Redstate.com pass this video along to me earlier today. It is a powerful testiment to the dedication to our men and women in uniform by John McCain and Sarah Palin. Note the trip(s) were made before McCain asked Palin to be his running mate.

The right-wing is completely delusional in the belief that Governor Sarah Palin (including Palin) will get the discouraged Hillary Clinton voters because because of what the two women have in common (in the mind's of the mindless): a uterus. Palin even mentioned Clinton in the first few moments of her speech today: Among her first words, after Mr.

It’s been quite a while since I was actually positively excited about anything political. Today was exciting. [breitbart video] Why was it exciting? John McCain made me proud in picking a true conservative as his VP. [yahoo][reuters] A maverick conservative at that.

The most remarkable part of the remarkable speech Barack Obama delivered in Denver last night was that he truly offered a real possibility of cutting the Gordian Knot that has become Washington politics. For decades now, not matter what the issue both sides have dug in and waged protracted trench warfare.

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American forces hinder the release of the five British hostages Revealed today on Qatari newspaper Al-Rai, sources told the newspaper that the American forces contributed to a great extent to block the release of the five British hostages who were kidnapped in Baghdad in May of last year, by arresting the mediator commissioned by the Iraqi government to negotiates with the kidnappers.

Submitted by Presidential Race Blog Written by Michael Vass Well now we have a race. Senator McCain has just announced his Vice President and it has caught everyone off guard. His choice – Sarah Palin the Governor of Alaska. You may not be familiar with this Governor, I wasn’t either.