At the risk of sounding like "in the tank," its pretty obvious that NPR is skewed towards being favorable towards McCain in their coverage.

Ron Paul has snubbed Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party...

Probably also worth pointing out that he snubbed the Republican party, which happens to be the party he's a member of.

I wonder how his book sales are doing, though. I wish I could run for president to promote my new book, too.

Agreed about NPR. It may have something to do with them now being funded by the oil and drug industries.

I'm not a polling expert, but how exactly does one collectively poll "battleground states," an arbitrary subset of the whole, and claim that the results are at all meaningful? One could just as well poll "states that don't end in '-fornia'" and show McCain with a lead.

NPR: National rePublican Radio

npr: nice polite republicans

On a good day, McCain remembers Fiorina as a nice lady who says nice things about him. On other days he probably thinks she's the prime minister of Spain.

...he probably thinks she's the prime minister of Spain. -Curmudgeon

No, Spain is in Latin America. Fiorina is the President of Germany...or was that Putin? Oh this politics stuff is hard.

"At the risk of sounding like "in the tank," its pretty obvious that NPR is skewed towards being favorable towards McCain in their coverage."

It's true. There coverage is horrible and not worthy of being called news at times. My guess is that NPR has been gutted and filled with partisan hacks.

Look no further than the new number 2 (no pun in intended) at WGBH in Boston. Ben Godley. They'll destroy the last bastion of public airwaves as soon as they can make enough money off of it.

There are some nefarious reports about Godley's new found distaste for politics in the workplace. Ironic since he was on the Romney payroll until last spring.

Can we just take a minute and reflect on the fact that pretty much everything we said about the Palin debacle has come to pass?

In the midst of the all the noise, I remember quite a few of the posters here whom I enjoy pointing out that in fact McCain stumbled badly, that he's given up the only message that was working for him - that Obama isn't experienced enough to handle the job. And I remember other people pointing out that "celebrity" and "foreign policy credentials" also went out the window.

I think McCain was hoping to ride a crest after the convention into October, and from there coast into election day.

I'm beginning to suspect the biggest story of this election campaign is just how much influence the electronic media is having on it. From internet fundraising, to blogs, to youtube (especially good for flip-flops), to speeding up the news cycle (and conversely/paradoxically keeping focus on the more important issues) I think the internets has been a bigger influence on this election than even 2004 (more people are not only "wired" but "wired beyond hotmail")

I'd like to see the word "bribe" replace the word "pay" every time Rick Davis' unearned monies from Freddie Mac is mentioned. Because that's what it is: payment for no work to influence a political campaign.

At the risk of sounding like "in the tank," its pretty obvious that NPR is skewed towards being favorable towards McCain in their coverage. Posted by: Saint Zak

Then you have been listening very carefully. Mara Lia(r)sson, NPR's national political correspondent, born-again Christian and wholly owned subsidiary of Fox News does everything she can to give Obama coverage a negative slant.

I wonder if that last item will trigger the end of the Ron Paul phenomenon.

Ron Paul has won a lot of newcomers support for his minimal government position, but most of those newcomers have overlooked his pro-life stance and not been aware of his strong, long-standing ties to white supremacists. However, the Constitution Party isn't so much hyper-right wing as hyper-Theocratic (their interpretation of the Constitution is that it is subordinant to the Bible) with more than a touch of racial separatist built in.

So, Ron Paul's choice is consistent with his worldview, but may surprise his new supporters. Locally the person who ran Ron Paul's campaign office had a bumper sticker on the back of his truck with the famous quote about American facism being based on the bible and the flag. I'm sure that supporter is totally NOT in tune with the Constitution party.

Can we just take a minute and reflect on the fact that pretty much everything we said about the Palin debacle has come to pass? Posted by: neilt

Not quite. We really do need a backlash in Alaska to assure that the ethics case gets a good public airing. At a minimum, the truth will make her look like a vindictive shit. At worst, she guilty. Whichever, we know it's bad or they wouldn't have tried to shut down the investigation.

I guess the question is, are Alaskans Americans or provincial separatists at heart? Do they really want four more years of Republican mismanagement and malfeasance? Ted Stevens and Don Young are probably toast, and even if not convicted will no longer have any power in Congress.

I'm surprised by Ron Paul. I would think that he and Bob Barr would be in agreement on most things.

The only thing that surprises me about Ron Paul's move is that he was stupid enough to air it publicly. This is almost certain to damage his image among the moderates and independents who thought he was all that and a bag of chips. If he really didn't know that, then it is little wonder he did only marginally better in the primary than even Giulianni.

I am not at all surprised by Ron Paul's move which is why I have always been astonished that he got support not only from some moderates and independents but also a small segment of anti-war, anti-free trade liberals.

Hey grinning cat:

You don't know what the hell you are talking about.