Maegan Carberry

Has the Republican Party Died?

Elizabeth Blackney of “Media Lizzy” joins Teresa and I to weigh in on Obama’s victory. How did each candidate perform in his post-election speech? Will the McCain camp blame Palin tomorrow morning? What will the Republicans do now to rebuild their party? 
To listen, click the blue Blog Talk Radio box to the right >>.

I’m Only Posting This Because Shia Is In It

Adventures in Early Voting

I recounted Shannon’s and my early voting extravaganza from today on HuffPost. Photos are in the Flickr gallery >> and excerpt here:
“Fortunately, the people waiting with us concurred. At 9am, we were strangers, but by 2pm we were the best of friends. After dispatching Shannon to McDonalds (which was so packed with herds of hungry [...]

Pre-Game Jitters

My very wise friend said at coffee tea this afternoon, “October was not a good month for anybody, Maegan.” We both giggled nervously, having spent the previous hour unloading our respective woes as entrepreneurs with big dreams mentally preparing to tough it through The Great Depression 2.0. Truly, it has seemed inordinately distressing. I have [...]

Nobody Does It Like Bill

My political pals have all been whispering to me about how insulting it is that Bill is just now stepping in at the last dirty second, and I don’t doubt their observations. Still, whenever I watch the former Prez at game time I can’t help but salute the master. Barackstar has studied his predecessors well, [...]

W&W: The Home Stretch: On the Ground with Campus Politico

Find out how Perez Hilton edged out The Clooney in the CelebriPresident.com mock election. Marc Mitchell, CelebriFantasy.com founder, joins to talk about the four finalists remaining in our contest.
After the giggles, Campus Politico’s Ben Adler discusses what youth organizers are doing in the final days of the Obama and McCain campaigns. Ted also asks [...]

From John McCain Newsladder: “The Hounds”

Maxie’s new song and video about McCain’s tactics in the final days of the election. Lyrics at HuffPost.

Good for Barracuda.

Ben Smith exposed today what I’ve suspected for some time: Palin is pissed at her handlers and is going to go rogue through election day. From the Politico story:
“‘The campaign as a whole bought completely into what the Washington media said — that she’s completely inexperienced,’ said a close Palin ally outside the campaign who [...]