Category Archives: National News

Actor Paul Newman died at age 83. He made great films, and will be remembered as one of the great actors of all time. Here he is with Jackie Gleason in “The Hustler”.

So what do you think? Was there a winner last night? I thought that Obama was superior in delivery, but McCain was a bulldog, trying to instill doubt about Obama being in the foreign policy mainstream. I think that debating … Continue reading →

John McCain has reversed course and will appear at tonights debate. He was for the debate before he was against the debate, until such time as he was for it again. I guess that means he shows up for tonights … Continue reading →

Despite an afternoon announcement that an agreement was near on the Bush Administration proposal to bailout the financial services industry, by yesterday evening the entire process had been blown up by House Republicans. The apparent agreement reached in the afternoon … Continue reading →

A good story by Chris Cilizza at “The Fix” over the re-emergence of Bill Clinton, with Cilizza speculating that Clinton is “still bitter”. Cilizza leaves some great tidbits from a Clinton interview with Larry King, which is below in video. … Continue reading →

Now for those who have posted that Palin is mistreated by the Democrats and the big bad media lets get a grip on her answer to the question of her foreign policy experience. I suppose that some will say that … Continue reading →

The McCain cancellation of his Letterman appearance brought this tirade from Dave. Hey as Dave asks where was Sarah Palin as the pinch hitter. Blue Mass Group lifted this from Drudge, and I lifted it from them.

Barack Obama statement at a news conference where he talked about the critical events of the past two weeks.

A new Obama ad hitting McCain on pay equality for women. Expect more of this as Obama moves to recapture the female vote after severe erosion post Palin.

Looks like an interesting book, with the intersection of the three political titans of that time in the 1960 Presidential election. Each served as President, with LBJ and Nixon both leaving office under difficult circumstance. How can a political junkie … Continue reading →