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13 Oct 13 : 38 | Monday Morning Open Thread Good morning.22 days. Just watched the first half hour of the TODAY Show. It's almost stunning how hard it is for them to acknowledge that Obama is wrapping this race up. Not kidding, the question was asked if Hillary Clinton is doing enough for Obama. They're still asking THAT question? Then,... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth 7 hours ago |
12 Oct 14 : 22 | Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread Two key points about the Sunday shows: 1) No Sarah Palin -- no surprise; and 2) they're all talking about the economic crisis. The McCain campaign thinks they'll lose if we keep talking about the economic crisis. Well, there are only 23 days left and we're talking about it.Here's the lineup: ... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth 30 hours ago |
10 Oct 13 : 32 | Friday Morning Open Thread Good morning.25 days. It's stunning to think about the damage George Bush has done to our nation and the world. Stunning. Watching the market drop yesterday was a little scary. Hearing the term "crash" sounded so 1929. That's just one of the things Bush did to us. Bush is going to address the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
09 Oct 13 : 38 | Thursday Morning Open Thread Good morning.26 days.The level of attacks from the GOP ticket is reaching a fever pitch. Yesterday, McCain put his wife in the role of attack dog. Classy. I saw a clip on the TODAY Show where she challenged Obama to "change shoes" with her. That was a bad choice of words for Cindy. Thanks to... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
08 Oct 13 : 21 | Wednesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Well, that was fun last night. Obama won the debate overwhelmingly. There's no question. This was supposed to be McCain's forum. But, apparently, the town hall format only works for McCain when he's surrounded by adoring Republicans.I think this is one of those debates where more... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
08 Oct 04 : 22 | Debate Open Thread 10:22 PM: McCain loves to talk about the Russia/Georgia situation. You recall that he thinks the war between Georgia and Russis was "the first, probably, serious crisis internationally since the end of the cold war" 10:20 PM From Joe: McCain just had to admit that Obama was right on Afghanistan... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
07 Oct 13 : 41 | Tuesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.28 days. We're down to four weeks til election day. People are already voting in many states. One of McCain's strategists said yesterday that if we're still talking about the economic crisis, they'll lose. Despite the efforts of McCain and Palin, we're still talking about it. McCain... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
06 Oct 14 : 00 | Monday Morning Open Thread Good morning.29 days. Big debate tomorrow night. It's the town hall meeting. Tom Brokaw is the moderator. We need to keep reminding everyone that Brokaw has been busy smoothing relations between NBC and the McCain campaign. The pressure is on Brokaw to prove he hasn't become a toady for the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
05 Oct 14 : 26 | Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread Sarah Palin is not on any of the Sunday shows -- again. Sarah Palin will never appear on any of the Sunday shows. She can't bring her note cards and she'll get follow up questions. Enough said.There are a lot of surrogates on the Sunday shows. And, for some reason, Gwen Ifill is the only guest... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
03 Oct 13 : 27 | Friday Morning Open Thread Good morning.I have the sense that people are scratching their heads today asking: What the hell was Palin talking about? If you get a second, watch some of the videos that have been popping up. This one, for example. She makes no sense. Now, most of the pundits had allowed the McCain campaign... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
04 Oct 14 : 41 | Saturday Morning Open Thread Good morning.We're one month from election day.Check out Bob Geiger's compilation of the week's editorial cartoon. McCain and Palin, especially Palin provide plenty of fodder. The first one made me laugh out loud.We're told the poem of the week is "a brutal political poem." Indeed, it is. ... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
03 Oct 04 : 13 | Vice Presidential Debate Open Thread 10:12 PM: Biden reminds us that Bush = McCain. But, doggone it, Sarah doesn't think we should look back at the Bush administration. No wonder...because so many of us got screwed by Bush And, a shout to third graders? That's presidential. 10:08 PM Jacki: Palin says McCain knows how to win a war.... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
02 Oct 13 : 13 | Thursday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Tonight's the big night for the v.p. candidates. America gets to see Sarah Palin in action. Remember, she's a great debater, a wily one. The punditry is going to cut her lots of slack. But, at the end of the night, people have to decide if she is ready to be president. That's the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
01 Oct 13 : 23 | Wednesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Tomorrow's the big night for Sarah Palin. The McCain operatives are furiously working on two competing tracks. One group is trying to train her. The other group is trying to spin the expectations. No matter what happens tomorrow night (and Palin is a formidable debater), John... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
30 Sept 13 : 25 | Tuesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.There are five weeks -- 35 days -- til Election day. It's closing in. Could this election get any wilder? Really. There may have been many reasons for members of Congress to vote against the bailout package, but the line about Nancy Pelosi being mean was too much. That has to be... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
29 Sept 13 : 33 | Monday Morning Open Thread Good morning.This should be another interesting week, I'd say.The McCain campaign, aided and abetted by many of the pundits, will have us think that if Sarah Palin can say her name correctly at the debate, she's the winner. Palin is already an accomplished debater. But, this isn't a game. The... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
27 Sept 04 : 40 | DEBATE OPEN THREAD 2 We'll still be liveblogging on this post, but for those in the comments, a fresh thread.John is still on CNN.com - share your thoughts in the comments - what did you think overall? Give us your reactions. Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
28 Sept 14 : 33 | Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread NBC News just told me there's a deal on the bailout. NY Times reports it, too. It's been a crazy couple weeks on the campaign. Today is a big day on the shows. McCain and Obama are doing appearances. McCain took the easy route and is appearing on ABC. Will George dare to ask McCain about... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
27 Sept 14 : 28 | Saturday Morning Open Thread Good morning.What a wild week this was. The erratic antics of John McCain provided ample fodder for the editorial cartoonists. Bob Geiger has compiled the best of the week. My guess is you'll like them a lot. Reviews are pouring in from the debate. Lots of focus on the petulant GOP candidate. ... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
27 Sept 04 : 10 | Presidential Debate Open Thread 10:09 PM: Does anyone understand what McCain is talking about here? McCain says, Look, I'll sit down with anyone, but not without pre-conditions. 10:08 PM: I think Obama hits the right tone on Iran...and, says McCain is wrong because his view of not talking to our enemies has not worked. 10:06... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
26 Sept 13 : 39 | Friday Morning Open Thread Good morning.John McCain is a drama queen. There's really no other way to describe his erratic and petulant behavior. And, have you noticed how he always has to be the center of attention? There is no reason for McCain to be in D.C. today. There are no Senate votes. He has no role in the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
25 Sept 13 : 30 | Thursday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Dear Traditional Media: Please report the facts. Stop saying McCain suspended his campaign. That's not true. John McCain has not suspended his campaign. McCain is in New York City right now, fully 17 hours after he made the dramatic announcement that he was suspending his campaign... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
24 Sept 13 : 39 | Wednesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Well, what may be a first, Democrats in Congress are ignoring Bush's edicts. Yes, it sounds like Bush's demands on the bailout aren't being heeded. For now. I mean, the guy got us into this economic mess, so no one should be listening to him anyway. But, the Democrats on the Hill... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
23 Sept 13 : 50 | Tuesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Six weeks -- 42 days -- til Election Day. The campaign is, of course, consumed with the economic crisis and the bailout. Congress is in a frenzy over it. The only thing more volatile than the markets is John McCain's reaction to the crisis. There never is a clear answer from the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
22 Sept 13 : 44 | Monday Morning Open Thread Good morning.Big week ahead. The first debate is Friday night. There will be a fierce effort by the McCain campaign to lower expectations. But, some initial research showed me that McCain won a lot of the GOP debates in 2007 and earlier this year. Lots of pundits, from Chuck Todd to Chris... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
21 Sept 14 : 58 | Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread The theme for the Sunday shows: It's the economy, stupid. And, how the stupid Bush/McCain economic agenda almost destroyed the economy. And, how the stupidity of Bush/McCain economics is going to cost U.S. taxpayers at least another $700 billion. And, how John McCain doesn't have a clue about the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
20 Sept 14 : 16 | Saturday Morning Open Thread Good morning.The Saturday cartoons are brutal this week. Brutally on target. Brutally, funny. Sarah Palin is the gift that keeps on giving to the cartoonists. And, they are especially harsh on the negative, lying campaign of the guy running with Palin. The poem of the week is "Love Sonnet XI"... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
19 Sept 13 : 11 | Friday Morning Open Thread Good morning.What a week, huh? This was a very fun week and I think we should have six more just like this one. Obama was on fire this week. And, McCain couldn't have been a bigger disaster. Stay on alert for the next GOP smear attack on Obama. The way things are going with their candidate,... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
18 Sept 13 : 36 | Thursday Morning Open Thread Good morning.What a week so far. McCain is a mess. He's screwed up on the economy big time. And, he's have trouble with basic foreign policy. Spain confused him. Yes, Spain.Obama has really hit his stride. It's been fun to watch.Of course, as I wrote last night, all of this means the McCain... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
17 Sept 13 : 43 | Wednesday Morning Open Thread Good morning.The past couple days have been great for the Obama campaign. They've all gotten more aggressive -- including the candidate. And, the ads have been better. On the other hand, McCain's been a disaster...he's made gaffes, his aides have made gaffes. It's clear he doesn't understand the... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
12 Sept 13 : 41 | Friday Morning Open Thread Good morning.The campaigns get back at it today. Because, you know, both sides took the day off from politicking yesterday -- except Sarah Palin. But, we've already learned the rules don't apply to her. Here's a question: Will the traditional media and the punditry ever just start reporting that... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
15 Sept 13 : 20 | Monday Morning Open Thread Good morning.What the hell did George Bush do to the U.S. economy? It's beyond stunning. The collapse of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch isn't like the failure of some risky start up company. Both of those firms have been around for decades. They've been pillars of Wall Street. They're gone. ... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
14 Sept 14 : 39 | Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread Lots of surrogates from the presidential campaigns on the shows today. There's really only one topic for discussion: John McCain's blatant lying. Seriously. That is the issue. Editorials are starting to just call McCain a liar. The political pundits all know it. It's hard for them to grasp... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
13 Sept 14 : 18 | Saturday Morning Open Thread Good morning.MSNBC is reporting that several hours after landfall, Ike is still a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mphCheck out Bob Geiger's compilation of the week's editorial cartoons. You'll get some much-needed laughs. Those cartoonists say so much by combining just a few words and... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
18 Sept 10 : 18 | Dow is back to where it began under Bush and still falling Remember all of the hype during the Bush years about how well the market was doing, as if that was proof that America was doing well? Guess what? On Clinton's last day, the Dow closed at 10,587 and the S&P500 at 1,342. And the numbers yesterday? The Dow closed at 10,609 and the S&P500 is now... Source : AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth |
