The Case for HOPE: Three Strikes, McCain’s Out (Plus Tonight’s Wilshire & Washington)

The tired antics and talking points of the first two debates were finally eschewed in tonight’s presidential brawl. Responding to some (actually) interesting questions about the false attack ads, vice presidential preparedness, single-issue voter issues like abortion, etc., the candidates finally showed some enthusiasm and articulated the differences between their respective partisan ideologies. Both candidates [...]

Today’s Heading Right Radio w/ MediaLizzy

Lizzy Blackney invited me to join her program today, and we had a great ole bi-partisan love fest. (She makes it easy, being very thoughtful and intelligent and such.) We discuss many things, including the role of the millennial generation in this election, our high hopes that next week’s final debate will deliver some major [...]

Hitting the Snooze Button on McCain-Obama Round 2

Boooring. Yawn. Anything new? “That one?” Really? That’s going to be the big controversy of the night? Did the candidates, either the War Hero-McExpress or the Hopemonger, say anything new? Did we not appreciate what we had in the VP debate? Do we miss Sarah Palin’s wink already? 

For tonight’s special edition of Wilshire & Washington, [...]

Punditocracy Gets Debate Wrong?

Greg Mitchell ponders: If John McCain won Friday’s debate, as the pundits (including me) proclaimed, then why did Obama get the bounce? 
“… many pundits threw out the window what they, and others, had said beforehand, about Obama needing to appear presidential and seem expert on international matters. When he did just that in the debate, [...]

McCain Underpromises, Overdelivers; Still Grumpy Old Republican

Looks like John McCain’s campaign-by-distraction strategy is continuing to buoy his candidacy. He lowered the bar on expectations significantly by injecting the suspicion that he was ill-prepared and dodging the debates, then he leapt over it with heavy makeup, a neat combover and a combination of condescension and name-dropping that was intended to frame decades [...]