Sarah Palin - John McCain’s VP Choice

BREAKING: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been tabbed as John McCain's vice presidential running mate, CNBC reports. ________________________ Earlier this morning, all signs were pointing to Tim Pawlenty as John McCain's running mate.  He even had issued the requisite "I'm not the guy" statement. His name has been on the short list all along and, while he's not an exciting choice, ...

VP Speculation Heats Up

All indications are that Barack Obama has made his choice for running mate and will announce it today. Through some combination of clever public manipulation to throw people off the scent and wishful thinking on the part of those with a stake in the outcome, the guesses as to who it'll be are all over the map. Obama's stated criteria: "I want ...

John McCain: Shadow President?

John McCain is taking advantage of Barack Obama's "foreign vacation" in Hawaii and using the crisis in Georgia to showcase his foreign policy prowess. He's dispatched his minions, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, to Georgia.  TPM's Greg Sargent figures, The idea is to showcase himself as a man of action during a time of international crisis and to remind people that the ...

What would be the boldest vice presidential choice John McCain and Barack Obama could make? (Updated)

The gang behind Newsweek's Ruckus blog is asking its contributors to answer the following question: "What would be the boldest vice presidential choice John McCain and Barack Obama could make?" If we leave aside the silly and absurd, for McCain, the answer seems obvious:  Joe Lieberman. This would double down on his foreign policy experience as well as reinforcing his cultivated image ...

Sam Nunn Joins Veepstakes

In the long months between now and the conventions, one recurring theme we'll see in the press and the punditocracy is speculation of who Barack Obama and John McCain will chose as running mates. None of us have any idea, of course, other than that Dick Cheney is not on anybody's list. But it's still fun to speculate. For ...

Lieberman Willing to Star a Republican Convention

The Hill has a breaking news story headlined "Lieberman willing to star at Republican convention." Gee, ya think? via Memeorandum

Barack Obama the Socialist

Barack Obama is a socialist. We were pretty sure this was the case after he made his remarks about how bitter people in small towns cling to religion. As Bill Kristol points out, this is very similar to Karl Marx' line about religion being the opiate of the masses, if not as eloquent as the original German "Die Religion ...

McCain-Rice Beats Obama-Clinton in New York

A John McCain-Condolezza Rice ticket would beat the Democratic "Dream Ticket" of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Clinton's "home" state of New York, a Marist College poll shows. A McCain/Rice ticket would edge out both a Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton ticket for New York’s 31, usually true blue, electoral votes: 49% of registered voters in New York State support ...

Brownback and Lieberman Introduce ‘Ten Commandments Weekend’ Resolution

I have learned through Diana Hsieh that my Senator, Sam Brownback, apparently has nothing better to do with his time than get together with his buddy Joe Lieberman to introduce a Senate Resolution recognizing "Ten Commandments Weekend". The resolution states, after several out-of-context quotes, erroneous interpretations, and unfounded historical analysis, that:Whereas the first weekends of May in 2006 and ...

Lieberman: Democrats Protectionist, Isolationist, Hyperpartisan

"Independent Democrat" Joe Lieberman says he hasn't left the Democratic Party -- they've left him. Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Lieberman, Independent of Connecticut, said it is not the same party that made him its vice presidential candidate in 2000. "It's not the Bill Clinton-Al Gore party, which was strong internationalists, strong on defense, pro-trade, pro-reform in our domestic government," he ...