Did Palin Capture the Attention of America?

Stupidity At Its Finest...

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty on September 4, 2008 to charges resulting from a sex scandal and has decided to resign from office. Kilpatrick will go to jail on October 28, the day of his sentencing, and serve 120 days.

The mayor pleaded guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to two counts of obstruction of justice. "I lied under oath in the case of Gary Brown and Harold Nelthrope versus the city of Detroit," Kilpatrick said, reading from his prepared statement.

Did Kilpatrick believe he was above the law?

Does Senator McCain Want the Bush Endorsement?

Post-DNC Interview (NPR Broadcast)

Tavis Smiley Analysis of Obama Speech

No Black Connection: Texas Delegate Anne Price Mills

RISKY MOVE! TO PICK PALIN

On Friday, August 29, 2008, Senator John McCain and Republican strategist took a unprecedented and risky move by choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the Vice President Nominee.

Gov. Palin, 44, who's in her first term as governor, contradicts all the criticism that Republicans have charged toward Senator Barack Obama claiming that he is too inexperienced to run for President. August 29, also marks the birthday of Senator McCain, 72. So the internal question is, if he cannot fulfill his duties as president, will she be able to lead the country?

Gov Palin was mayor and a council member of the small town of Wasilla and was chairman of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's oil and gas resources, in 2003 and 2004. Her biography hardly lends to support the notion that she is ready to be the Vice President nominee.

The PROS- She will attempt to mobilize the base of white women voters 35-55 (and African-American women) that strongly supported Senator Hillary Clinton. Palin has a strong ideological position on issues, especially on abortion. Most important, she is a woman. The legislative record of Senator McCain shows that he has not been an advocate of issues dealing with Women’s Rights. Will she take advantage of the past Obama/Clinton rift?

The CONS- She is highly inexperienced and while the gubernatorial office is a breeding ground for the Presidency, she has only been in office a few years. She is the first woman to be nominated for vice president as a Republican and only the second to run for vice president on a major party ticket, after Democrat Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. Did her selection provide the Republican party with a stronger presidential ticket?

A Speech For the Ages

Did the Clintons Do Enough?

Clinton: "No way. No how. No McCain."

Here's the speech:

I am honored to be here tonight. A proud mother. A proud Democrat. A proud American. And a proud supporter of Barack Obama.

My friends, it is time to take back the country we love.

Whether you voted for me or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines.

This is a fight for the future. And it’s a fight we must win.

I haven’t spent the past 35 years in the trenches advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women’s rights at home and around the world ... to see another Republican in the White House squander the promise of our country and the hopes of our people.

And you haven’t worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership.

No way. No how. No McCain.

Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our president.

Michelle Obama at 2008 Democratic National Convention

McCain Ad Targeting Biden

Did Obama Choose a Racist?

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."

Biden later recanted those statements saying, "Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that the Democratic or Republican Party has produced at least since I've been around," Biden said on the call. "And he's fresh. He's new. He's smart. He's insightful. And I really regret that some have taken totally out of context my use of the world 'clean.'"

Fundamentals of the Economy

Obama Ad

McCain Paints Obama Biblical

Is Obama Pushing The Race Card?

McCain's Perspective On Obama

Negative Campaign Ads by McCain

Will negative campaign ads help McCain? Recent ads have called Barack Obama a celebrity, and compared him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Another ad suggests that Obama “made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops.” One study points out one-third of John McCain’s ads refer to Obama negatively. On the other hand, 90% of Obama’s ads don’t even mention John McCain.

These negative ads feed the perception of McCain as an angry candidate. Even some Republicans don’t think this strategy is such a good idea. Former top McCain strategist John Weaver called the celebrity ad “childish” and “tomfoolery”, while other Republicans have called it “unprofessional,” “absurd and juvenile.”

Secret Service For Obama and McCain

The Associated Press reports that "the Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into a historic year for the agency’s campaign security job."

According to the AP story, the service already had anticipated a strain on its pocketbook, budgeting $106.65 million for the 2008 campaign cycle, up from $73.3 million in 2004 (at the time, a record).

What the service didn't expect was an unusual amount of campaign-related travel by Barack Obama and John McCain outside U.S. boundaries.

Also incurring additional costs for the Secret Service, the AP noted, is Obama's decision "to accept the Democratic nomination at Denver’s Invesco Field at Mile High -- an open-air, 76,000-seat stadium -- instead of the 20,000-seat Pepsi Center, which is the site of the party’s national convention."