Potential VP pick for Obama makes case against own candidate
Open mouth, insert foot. LOL! (h/t: ST reader Fat Tone)
Alex Castellanos on the two Obamas
Republican strategist Alex Castellanos pens an article on Barry Oh! this morning which discusses the O-man’s failure to capitalize to date not only on the glowing press reports but also on the misfortunes that have hit the GOP over the last couple of years. In it, Castellanos tries to make the case for why Obama “can’t win” in November.
Shook me all night long
Let’s hear it for the House GOP, who haven’t given up their fight on the offshore drilling debate, even as Congress has officially gone on summer break, and even as the WH has said “no” to convening a special session of Congress. Fausta explains why the WH rationale on this makes good political sense.
VIDEO: Bob Herbert: “Phallic symbols” seen in McCain’s “Celeb ad
Well, first it was “racist” as well as reminiscent of “rape yo daughter” and “scare elderly Jews” overtones. Now? McCain’s “Celeb” ad is supposedly … subtly pornographic. Mark Finkelstein at Newsbusters reports:
Obama’s state senator years
Stanley Kurtz has written a well-researched article on something we don’t read much about in the MSM: Obama’s tenure as a state senator in IL. The last time I read anything this insightful about his years in the IL state senate was when former Chicago-based reporter Todd Spivak wrote in February about his time covering Obama from 2000-2003, the last leg of Obama’s time in the state senate before becoming a US Senator.
Obama surrogate John Kerry throws Obama surrogate Wesley Clark under the bus
It’s a slow news day, so why not throw a little humor out there? Here’s Kerry on today’s Meet The Press, interviewed by Tom Brokaw: