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 [...]

Bring It, Republicans

It’s pre-game and I’m more excited than I’ve ever been for any UCLA-USC matchup. (I confess that I only wrote that so I could note, joyfully, that the Trojans CHOKED last night. *cue maniacal laughter*) 
Whatever the reason for his bizarre vacillation, I’m glad that McCain got with the program and decided to show up and [...]

Head-to-Head with MediaLizzy on CitizenSugar.com

In the face of criticisms that both candidates and the media have oversimplified women voters this election season, my favorite Republican and I are taking the debate to CitizenSugar.com.
Conservative pundit “Media Lizzy” Hackney and I will be providing live debate night Twitter coverage [UPDATE: in the event that it happens!] on the site, and we’ll [...]

Palin Uncomfortable, Defensive in Gibson Interview

It’s surprising that the Barracuda was not a little more poised in her big ABC prime time debut. After throwing down the gauntlet in her RNC speech, she certainly invited the media scrutiny that has followed. I expected her to perform better.
Since I didn’t watch it live, but read about it first and watched the [...]