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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 [...]

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. So obviously [...]

So it appears that John McCain has received tens of thousands of dollars from a shady oil tycoon who’s been sidestepping campaign finance laws (what’s the name of that law again? Oh, right) by routing money through working-class families all over the country. Fortunately for McCain, his buddy Drudge has yet to write about this, [...]

This is a pretty good representation of what happens when the GOP governing philosophy holds sway. Apparently the Governator decided to try to cut salaries for all state employees to minimum wage by Executive Order. The Republican governor signed an executive order last week recommending the cut to minimum wage for most permanent state workers [...]

Okay, yesterday. But it’s still really good: Ted Stevens predates the State of Alaska. In 1953, he drove to Alaska Territory in a Buick, and–like a modern Al Swearingen–he built himself into a local luminary, successfully lobbied Congress to make Alaska a state, and then used his position on the Senate Appropriations Committee to transform [...]

I hadn’t realized that Senator Ted Stevens (R-Indicted) has his home in Girdwood. I spent a few weeks in Girdwood a number of years ago, and based on the amount of a certain herbal smoke that consistently wafted through the air during my morning walks, the Senator’s evaluation of the Internet as a “series of [...]

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. . . . The south wing was bustling with activity Thursday, the day before the National Rifle Association [...]

Would Barney Frank ever have been able to talk about regulating the banking sector had it not been for Bush’s Bear Stearns bailout? That’s why Bush may be the most progressive-liberal president since, uh, Jimmy Carter. (Sorry, Bill!) Unconvinced? What about John McCain running around Europe pandering about Kyoto and torture and “reestablishing diplomacy”? Karl [...]

The West Blogosphere and Democrats are in an unbelievable tizzy about Obama’s race speech, trying to figure out what it all means and whether it’s good or bad for Obama, and good or bad for Democrats, and what was he thinking talking to voters like adults (thank you Jon Stewart, for calling it what it [...]

Matt Yglesias really gets at the central point: I’d like a commander-in-chief who’s prepared to govern the country in a manner consistent with our laws and traditions, as well as sound interrogation practice, international law, and basic standards of human decency.