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Now, my peeps here know how I feel about Condi Rice.  So, I think, smarting from the Obama/Hillary dustup, Anderson Cooper decided to try and turn the wheels on McCain by planting the seed of discontent in folks like me over McCain “snubbing” Condi in the manner of Obama snubbing Clinton.  Two serious

On the night Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party nomination, Sen. John McCain released a television ad marking the historic occasion and congratulating his Democratic opponent. That's class. On the day John McCain announced that he was picking Alaska Gov.

Our Blessed Savior Comes! Denver - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech, last night Barack Hussein Obama accepted his party’s nomination for President of the United States.

Ben Smith at the Politico reports that Barack Obama pulled back on the campaign reins quickly today after his campaign sent out a surprisingly negative release on Palin as McCain’s VP choice… Proving that Obama isn’t so eloquent without the aid of his script and teleprompter, the pool report actually

Hi everyone. Sorry it’s been a whole week since I last posted, but I’ve been pretty busy the last few days. Let’s see, where shall I begin …..? I’ll start with last Sunday, when I got to babysit my perfectly perfect grandson for about six hours! Callie went with me and we had a great, albeit exhausting, time.

Remember that “comeback” I was talking about for this blog?  Here it comes, and politics will drive it.  Coming down the final stretch, I figure it’s time to start blogging politics again.  Lots of stories lately, and here are the brief summaries: Obama’s Acceptance Speech:  I’m not voting for Obama, and I didn’t think this was his best speech.

On August 10, Karl Rove went on “Face The Nation” to argue that Senator Obama would make an “intensely political choice” for Vice President without regard for the “responsibilities of president.” At the time, Rove believed Obama would choose Tim Kaine, and argued against him by saying this: Download

The Hill is reporting Senator Barack Obama's poll bounce was eight points. That was before McCain announced his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and before the Republican National Convention. Oh yeah, and before the next Biden eruption.

photo tlg, DNC, August 28th 2008 (click photo for large size) It was a sight to see. I am proud to be able to say I was there. We went early, waited in lines with thousands of happy democrats. Got our seats and waited and talked and relaxed in the sunshine. The speeches were ALL amazing.

I don't think I've said anything about it up to now, and there's only (as of today) 9 1/2 weeks left. I just read Mudflats' "What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective." In it, she says: [...] Listen to John McCain and you'll hear about a maverick reformer who took on big oil, took on corrupt Alaska politicians, and whose ethics are unquestioned.