There are so many news stories out there today about how much in disarray the Democrats are right now that it’s hard to know where to start. For the party that many believe has been in the driver’s seat since the 2006 elections to take the WH and expand their majorities in the House and Senate, you’d never know it as these days watching the various politicos and operatives duking it makes one wonder if we’re watching Real World: Sesame Street, live as it’s happening.
… then it’s probably one of the most, if not THE most, disgusting “art displays” I’ve ever heard of:
The top story at Memeorandum this morning is about how liberals in the blogosphere and the punditocracy feel that last night’s ABC News debate was poorly moderated and didn’t contain nearly enough policy questions, and focused too much on side issues like campaign “gaffes,” associations, and questions about faith and patriotism.
I know blogging has been sporadic and sometimes sparse over the last couple of weeks, and it will probably be that way for at least the next two weeks. Lately I’ve been buried under most of the time during the day, and when I come home oftentimes I’m just flat out exhausted, not to mention mentally spent. And on the weekends, like many of you, I enjoy getting out and enjoying the weather. I’m also suffering through a mild case of political writing burnout.
I’ll be watching the debate on and off. ST reader steve is liveblogging it, as is Marc Ambinder. Please use this as an open thread to post comments about it.
The USA Today wrote about a subject I have tackled in depth here on a number of occasions, and that is Barack Obama’s penchant for grossly misleading people about his ties to lobbyists and special interests. They mention ads he is running in PA. He is running similar ads here in NC:
