Daily Archives: February 20th, 2008 «

 

Wicked cool

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2008 at 10:00 pm » 5 Comments

Anyone else out there getting a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse? Here’s what star/moongazers need to know: Wednesday’s total eclipse phase will last nearly an hour. Earth’s shadow is expected to blot out the moon beginning around 7 p.m. on the West Coast and 10 p.m. on the East Coast. West Coast skygazers will [...]

 

The media’s push to defeat McCain officially begins (MORE: NRO TALKS TO ONE OF STORY’S MAIN SOURCES)

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2008 at 8:46 pm » 17 Comments

We’ve all predicted it would happen eventually, and the NYT didn’t dissapoint: WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him [...]

 

The Hillary campaign: Desperation sets in

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2008 at 8:08 pm » 1 Comment

Via Jake Tapper: This morning brings the news that the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, has launched a new website where they are announcing how they are officially preparing to make the case that the rules of the Democratic nomination process should be changed. Among many “facts” they declare are some accurate ones, such [...]

 

Whopper of the week (MORE: OBAMA RECEIVES APPLAUSE FOR BLOWING HIS NOSE)

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2008 at 6:40 pm » 10 Comments

As a central theme to his campaign, Senator Barack Obama has painted himself as an "agent of change," as someone who will move beyond "business as usual" in Washington, DC, who decries the "politics of the past," and who also claims he’s not in the business of telling people what they want to hear.  Since he has [...]

 

Site access issues?

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2008 at 1:18 pm » 12 Comments

Is anyone out there having issues being able to stay on the site without it forwarding to a search engine page, or having problems with their comments not showing up? Lemme know – a couple of people have emailed me today with site issues, and I’m trying to figure out what the prob is. Sorry [...]

 

Is Barack Obama an “original” when it comes to what he advocates?

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2008 at 9:18 am » 1 Comment

Robert J. Samuelson provides the answer anyone who has seriously and critically taken a hard look at his campaign and its promises have been talking about for months: No: By Obama’s own moral standards, Obama fails. Americans “are tired of hearing promises made and 10-point plans proposed in the heat of a campaign only to [...]