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The recent growth of Barack Obama's lead in opinion polls, when read through the media filter, may cause many to lose enthusiasm. If it isn't a"horserace," if it isn't "close," if they can't go to "swing states" and warn about this or that campaign tactic, today's political reporters don't have a Clue.

Blue Line Studio 2418 W Bloomingdale #104 Chicago 60640 6:00-10:00 PM Saturday night is the opening night for Blue Line Studio’s most popular and well-known annual tradition. The Mighty Mini Show is always a big hit. All the pieces on display are less than eight inches and the majority are less than four inches in size.

How to Fight Global Poverty McGovern Signing a Book I Bought George McGovern is getting up in years, but still very active in the same issues that led him to politics in the first place.  He was a small town liberal born to conservative, Methodist parents.  He is 86 now, and wants to live long

Back to 1972 Yesterday I left work a bit early to head over to the East Side of St. Paul for a DFL (Minnesota’s Democratic Party is a merger between the Democrats, the Farmers and Labor.  Happened in the forties.)  The fundraiser benefited the general election efforts on the East Side of St.

Is Biden Out? The Thomas Eagleton Affair Part II in: Barack Hussein Obama, Big Mouth Joe Biden, Democrat In-Fighting, Election 2008, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, News, Opinion, Presidential Candidates, Presidential Politics, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential Candidates Internet rumors abound

The Leadership Gap As time unfolds, two important things are becoming increasingly obvious. The most important is that John McCain is a leader. He isn’t afraid to make a decision. When Russia invaded Georgia, Sen. McCain didn’t hesitate in calling Russia out for invading a sovereign nation.

My friend Don Brown quoted Hunter S. Thompson here:"McGovern made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem frivolous compared to the things Richard Nixon does every day of his life, on purpose, as a matter of policy and a perfect expression of everything he stands for."(Don and I, we're just

In the 1972 presidential elections, Democratic nominee George McGovern -- running on the ridiculous platform of ending the Vietnam War and establishing minimum incomes for the poor -- performed the amazing feat of losing 49 out of 50 states to incumbent Richard Nixon, with only the flaming liberal state of Massachusetts and the tiny berg of Washington D.C.

Dem-Cong In Trouble in: Barack Hussein Obama, Election 2008, GOP/RNC, John McCain, News, Opinion, Presidential Candidates, Sarah Palin, The Do-Nothing Congress All year we’ve been hearing that this is a Democrat year. Why? Because the news media which is in the bag for the Dems say so? That’s the perception that I’m living under.

Assume for a moment that John McCain is a transitional figure, and that he will serve only one term if he actually does manage to get elected.  If that is true, where does the Republican Party go after he leaves office?