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McCain camp flashing the greenbacks
McCain camp flashing the greenbacks
Nothing yet from Obama's campaign on their June haul (they've denied a WSJ report that they had come up short in June), but the Republicans are pretending to be confident. Rick Davis, the titular head of the McCain campaign, said on a conference call with reporters that the campaign and the RNC combined have just less than $95 million cash on hand at the end of June, and that they have been ...
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Friday McBush Bashing (Netroots Edition)
Discourse.net — I think McCain’s ‘tell’ — the sign he is prevaricating — is when he blinks a lot. Just watch any video on YouTube and judge for yourself. (Hmm. Turns out I’m not the only one to notice this. See, for example, Matthew Yglesias.) This hypothesis should be easy to test: Kos, there are just so many falsehoods to pick from. OK, onwards with this weeks ridiculously long list of quality McCain bashing: Carpetbagger, McCain, his personal life, and statements ‘that conflict with the public record’ Think Progress, After Voting ...

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