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Seven Houses: How's It Playing?
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
The Obama campaign sends clips to reporters this a.m from the network evening newscasts local news in places like Raleigh-Durham, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Erie and dozens of excerpts from newspapers and websites. I'm betting that the McCain campaign hopes that Obama's VP roll-out eclipses this stuff, but something tells me that Obama's campaign may milk it, even as both candidates are technically "off" today.
Opening the Day: VP Speculation Run Amock
Open Left - Front Page —
Lots of VP speculation, nothing reliable, obviously.
This is the kind of headline in the Washington Post you like to see: Houses Add Up to A Snag for McCain".
Obama's numbers are rising in pre-convention state polling.
America and Iraq have agreed on a 2011 pullout.
Rob Andrews is leaving politics to join Goldman Sachs.
Tom Coburn is going to make spending and earmarks a key part of the Republican convention.
Republicans are trying to steal as much convention spotlight as they can.
Local news is running with the houses controversy. ...
This is not my South
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Pam Spaulding
As a North Carolina native, I have to patiently endure regional bigotry from those outside the region who think the South is full of ignorant, toothless, uneducated hillbillies who drive down the highway tossing beer cans out of the window and burn crosses on the weekends for entertainment.
Of course the “wisdom” of political consultant Dave “Mudcat” Saunders makes my job even harder. His “redneck for hire” schtick—sold to pols (like failed presidential candidate John Edwards) who want to get to know Mudcat’s demographic—pay handsomely for this advice to Barack ...
