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Was it really only last Friday that McCain named Palin as his running mate? Seems like weeks already.

A less commented upon portion of the Politicos article in which McCain fails to count his houses. Said article also quotes McCain’s revised definition of wealth:
“I define rich in other ways besides income,” he said. “Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are [...]

I woke up this morning to the thought — it may have been in a dream — that no one will watch the GOP convention.
We know this election is a referendum on Obama. Voters are deciding if they like him. If they don’t, the safe pick is the crusty old white dude. [...]

McCain was for it before he was against it:
John McCain… on a Wednesday morning campaign flight, told The Weekly Standard he’d consider a pro-choice running mate to share his ticket this fall. Which is odd, because just four months ago, he told Chris Matthews that it would be “difficult” to choose someone who is pro-choice. [...]

Commenting on McCain’s and Obama’s statements on the situation in Russia/Georgia, John Cole writes:
There you have it, in a nutshell. You vote for McCain, you get the same manichean belligerence and needless warmongering we all have enjoyed so much.
But it’s actually weirder than that. Here’s the Politico article Cole is referencing:
Obama’s statement put him [...]

Old people shoot Crown Royal. Young people shoot three-pointers. Myself, I enjoy a mean game of catch and a microbrew; maybe I’m becoming a “moderate.”

For all her “experience,” Hillary Clinton’s campaign was a mess of infighting, backstabbing, and overlapping egos. Meanwhile, Obama’s is, in Josh Green’s words, “admired by insiders of both parties for its functional beauty—not just admired but gawked at, like some futuristic concept car leaking rocket vapor at an auto show.”
Marc Ambinder lays out the [...]

If you want the blow-by-blow of how Obama’s team pulled of one of the greatest political upsets in recent history read this WaPo story. Obviously something like this is going to look like genius in retrospect, but it’s still striking how well they played the game.

Because this is when things just get silly*:
It’s expected to bring some 60,000 people to Louisville and some prominent political figures, including presidential candidate John McCain.
The NRA convention starts Friday at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
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The south wing was bustling with activity Thursday, the day before the National Rifle Association Convention opens in Louisville. [...]

Time was, John Edwards perseverated about two Americas. No longer:
John Edwards gave his long-awaited endorsement to Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday, bolstering Mr. Obama’s efforts to rally the Democratic Party around his candidacy and offering potential help in his efforts to win over working class white voters in the general election.
“The Democratic voters in [...]