Extreme Punditry

Sad to learn today that all those robocalls weren’t actually being made by robots. I guess it would have taken a lot of campaign resources to create an army of robo-Feinsteins and robo-Newsoms. I can’t blame them for focusing on … Read on Macduff...

get thee to the polls….
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“Were McCain elected to the presidency, he would be the shortest president in 120 years.”
John McCain: More of the same. Only shorter.

People say that Sarah Palin was the mayor of a 9,000-person Alaskan town until just a few years ago, and that’s true. But they’re forgetting that Alaskans are like 40 feet tall and covered with hair and they have 20 … Read on Macduff...

One reason above all: he has a fired up base. All the more fired up as the choice on the war becomes clear. McCain has a base that’s, at best, ambivalent. He’s their Lieberman. The betrayer. Independents love that. But … Read on Macduff...

Worth-the-read conversation with The Atlantic here.

If the ceasefire has fully unraveled by the Fall, let me be among the first to predict that the GOP will argue that “the insurgents want [insert Democrat nominee here] to win — they’re insurging to control our election. That’s … Read on Macduff...

Lots of noise this week about Obama and the former minister at his church. I’m pro-Obama, so I’m gonna see things through that filter, but I don’t think there’s substance to the issue. If O. hadn’t repeatedly rejected what Wright … Read on Macduff...

There’s a slow-motion scam being perpetuated by the Clinton campaign and I must speak out.
The short version: Barring a complete Obama meltdown, you know, I know, and the American people know they can’t win on elected delegates. So you’re … Read on Macduff...