Obama intercepts Hillary’s hail mary

Drudge is calling Obama ‘the nominee.’ It’s not a done deal, but it now seems inevitable thanks to a decisive win in North Carolina and a near draw in Indiana. The aftermath though, will certainly focus more on last night’s loser.
Hillary canceled her media appearances this morning. Obviously had she not done that, she could [...]

Hillary’s playing (awkwardly) for Team America

When freedom hangs by a thread…
“We’re going to knock balls out of the country’s park,” [Hillary Clinton] says, standing in a minor-league baseball stadium, “for the home team, which is America”
[via MoJo and The Economist]
Aside from this being the worst sports analogy of all time, Hillary continues to wrap herself in the flag with this [...]

Tales of a shady world

I promise to make hot lunches free too!
McCain and Hillary’s unvarnished ploy for votes — the supposed “tax holiday” on gas sales across the country — is under an intense barrage of criticism.
Signs of the surveillance state
In Detroit, a mail carrier ‘illegally’ tipped off a resident that he was under postal surveillance, meaning all mail [...]

Hillary’s 3am girl does a commercial for Obama

A discourse of division

Obama’s speech was one of the best — and most frank — political speeches in recent memory. It was deep in many respects: race, class, and religion being the most noticeable. I was particularly struck by one passage on our political discourse though:
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics [...]