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Three things:
1) Palin and the working women's vote: sure, most working women can identify with Palin in re working while having children, both small and older. But how about this aspect: I used to work with two woman who very much remind me of Palin - one was very nice, but bullsh*tted her way through a lot, very confident and had answers for everything, even if she had no idea. It got her more money than she should have been paid (as her supervisor I made less at one point). The other woman was intolerable, very ambitious though she didn't have the skills or resume to back up what she was trying to do. She managed to grab more power than she deserved by sucking up to management. She eavesdropped on conversations, tried to exact revenge on anyone who crossed her (which didn't work because we all did our jobs well and stood up for ourselves). She used this "experience" in our smallish office to take a similar position at a much larger and more prestigious firm. It only took them two years (!) to figure out she was incompetent and then they fired her. I'll bet a lot of working women can relate to these examples. So when I see Sarah Palin, I see both of these former co-workers. And I'd never want them to be VP!

2) Re McCain's statement that small businesses are strong (this morning). Tell that to the four restaurants (and their employees) in our small city that have closed this year. Tell that to me, who lost my largest client to bankruptcy this year. Tell that to the three full time employees who lost their jobs to that same bankruptcy. Tell that to all of the people who are laid off everyday due to the economic downturn.

3) At every opportunity, EVERY opportunity, the Obama campaign MUST talk about how Phil Gramm's deregulation legislation led to the housing market collapse and subsequent collapse that we are seeing this year. And that John McCain is relying on Gramm for economic advise and would most likely be in McCain's cabinet. Come on, just say it!

Shorter McCain (now on MSNBC): Obama will raise your taxes! Drill!

Pathetic.

I don't like the trend the state by by polling is heading. Its very discouraging considering how much bad press McCain has been getting.

I wonder whether Governor Palin paid for that tanning bed with some of the per diem money she received for staying in her house.

More of the same: corrupt, stupid, arrogant Republicans, sneering down their noses at America, cynically manipulating voters and screwing America (and male johns in public bathrooms) while touting their family values. Wake the fuck up, America. This election is our last chance to save the republic from becoming a second-rate, post industrial nation of filled with morons.

Jeez Rasmussen...why you gotta be a bummer like that??

Is there any reason why Obama/Biden (or McCain for that matter) hasn't organized a New Hampshire style "conversation at a diner-table" with regular married couples talking about their economic concerns and what specifically he'll do about it? It played really well in the primaries when Clinton did it, why not in the General?

Obama is now on in a speech in Golden, CO (following McCain's speech in FL, which was VERY SHORT).

The difference is striking. Obama speaks as an adult and talks seriously to us as adults. McCain was all hyped up and gives applause lines only (some of which are lies). He says nothing substantive and the way he reacts to what he says and the subsequent applause or boos is downright creepy, so pleased with himself. That creepy smile and laugh. Argh.

There is definite movement TO Obama in tracking polls over the last 2 days (diageo, rasmussen, dkos - gallup not in yet). Small but significant trend.

It's not about logic or reason.

Many intellects and political analysts don't get this.

Voting is largely a primal thing-- it's about a feeling in the gut,it's about a strong sense that the candidate speaks to your needs, your beliefs--regardless of what their record is.

I heard a journalist say the other day that she was following Obama on the trail and asked him to sum up his Economic plan in three sentences. He couldn't do it. He went on for five minutes.

That just won't do in today's sound byte world.

Obama is now talking about Gramm and his ties to McCain. He also mentioned McCain's support for deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy.

Keep it up!

>"Obama speaks as an adult and talks seriously to us as adults. McCain was all hyped up and gives applause lines only (some of which are lies)."

>"Rasmussen shows McCain leading Obama"

It is becoming pretty obvious that democracy doesn't work with an ignorant electorate.

Bummer. The great experiment is nearing it's end.

And another thing:

Obama is talking non-stop about the economy, releasing advertising about economic issues, and generally speaking to Americans like they're not drooling morons.

McCain has his "independent" supporter groups releasing advertising about infanticide.

how pathetic John.

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the year that Culture War dies an ignoble death. My gut tells me that people aren't buying these diversions when the economy is in the tank the way it is now (I'm sure I could be proven wrong, but I really think we're going to see a shift in the tides of America come November)

Worse, this nation is becoming idiocracy fueled by irrational hatreds with tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. There will be no place to hide from the horror of it all. I fear an Obama presidency will only delay the inevitable, but the heaving puss of the know nothing theocrats will burst out sooner or later.

at 12:36pm It's not about logic or reason. Many intellects and political analysts don't get this.

Voting is largely a primal thing-- it's about a feeling in the gut,it's about a strong sense that the candidate speaks to your needs, your beliefs--regardless of what their record is.

I must agree with this anonymous poster. The "intellectual" community believes the country needs a highly educated, analytical, decisive, well-spoken candidate for president.

The non-intellectual community tends to disagree and continues to elect exactly the opposite. Seems the non-intellectuals have been on the winning side lately and may do so again.

We should be hearing more about Palin's "other" bridge:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5heg2jO4nPglP4mOITAxxpW3u3rjQD937P4AG0

Hey Steve. Along the lines of the Michigan disfranchisement plan, read about Indiana's GOP scheme to deny early voting on college campuses. PLEASE spread the word and write your thoughts. This is important!

http://youthvote.washingtonpost.com/2008/09/16/ball_state_dems_fight_for_early_voting_booth_on_campus/

We should be hearing more about Palin's "other" bridge:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5heg2jO4nPglP4mOITAxxpW3u3rjQD937P4AG0

Thanks, I'd heard about it but hadn't researched it yet. Here are some choice lines from the article:
"A $600 million bridge and highway project to link Alaska's largest city to Palin's town of 7,000 residents is moving full speed ahead, despite concerns the bridge could worsen some commuting and threaten a population of beluga whales.
Local officials already have spent $42 million on plans to route traffic across the Knik Arm inlet, a narrow finger of water extending roughly 25 miles northeast of Anchorage toward Wasilla. The proposal exists thanks to an earmark request by Republican Rep. Don Young, whose son-in-law has a small stake in property near the bridge's proposed western span.
"This is basically an incredibly expensive project that doesn't help commuters, doesn't help create jobs and may drive whales to extinction," said Justin Massey, an attorney advising environmentalists opposed to the proposal. "It is also a project that serves the area where the governor is from, which is near and dear to her heart."
At the time, Palin's running mate for the Republican ticket, Arizona Sen. John McCain, derided both projects as wasteful. He called Young's highway bill a "monstrosity" that was "terrifying in its fiscal consequences."
The National Marine Fisheries Service is evaluating whether the isolated beluga whales that breed and feed in the waterway's strong tides should be listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. Palin has publicly urged the government not to list Cook Inlet beluga whales as endangered.
Anchorage Assembly members Patrick Flynn and Matt Claman, both Democrats, plan to introduce a proposal to kill the bridge on Tuesday. They argue the money would be better used to set up commuter van pools and fix Alaska's existing highways, some of which are so rutted that cars go skidding off the road."

Be sure to look at the map with the article. This is a really stupid and wasteful project.

Re the Knick Arm bridge: The point that should be driven home is that there are tons of crumbling roads and bridges in the lower 48 that could use the precious federal funding that this unnecessary bridge would cost. $600 million for a bridge that would serve how many people? Maybe 10,000? 15,000?

Give me a break, as the saying goes.

This election is our last chance to save the republic from becoming a second-rate, post industrial nation of filled with morons.
Posted by: Ed

Oops! Too late.

Bertrand Russell: The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

'the heaving puss'?

Sorry, kiddo, it's not Friday and Kevin took cat blogging with him when he left.

History is a vast early warning system. - Norman Cousins

John McCain has said he doesn't understand the economy and now he's calling for a high-level commission to explain it to him.

John McCain doesn't use a computer, the Internet or e-mail.

John McCain is trying to stop college kids from voting in this election.

What's the matter John, afraid of the future?

John McCain isn't the person Americans want to be President in 2009.