Eric Florack on September 9th, 2008

CHICAGO (CBS) ? Republican John McCain raised about $5 million in Chicago Monday night, or about $1 million for each hour he spent in Democrat Barack Obama’s home town.

CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports the only glimpse of

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Eric Florack on September 9th, 2008

The polling trends continue. Rasmussen this monring, looks at their most recent polling in the five battleground states, and says:

· McCain is trusted more than Obama in all five states.

· In all five states, McCain is viewed

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

To our readers.

We’ve gone to WordPress 2.62 as of just now. There were a few bugfixes I wanted online as soon as possible, and since the auto-upgrade seems to be working, I went for it. Users will see some

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  • I’d say, Billy, that there’s a major difference in the perception of justice when you involve the religious freedom component. To put that into the same context as OJ Simpson, however, …which in my view is a connection that

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

I’ve commented elsewhere on this slip of Obama… “My Muslim faith”… etc.

But you know, we’re seeing an awful lot of pressure from various quarters for Sarah Palin to subject herself to interviews. Why do I get the feeling that

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

Art, over at the Conservative Reader, yesterday:

Today US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced plans for the new Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to take Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae into conservatorship.   The power to do this was provided

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

USA Today:

In the new poll, taken Friday through Sunday, McCain leads Obama by 54%-44% among those seen as most likely to vote. The survey of 1,022 adults, including 959 registered voters, has a margin of error of +/— 3

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

Remember what I said about ‘it’s all about ideas, and not the messenger’? Case in point, from the comment section at Talk Left… a rare bit of agreement:

Atrios links to Media Matters complaining that Tom Brokaw incorrectly stated

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Oil

Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

Just a reminder:

“In fact, the world oil shortage is political, not geological.”  –John Utley

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

if ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

Word from ABC News:

Gov. Sarah Palin will sit down with ABC News’ Charlie Gibson for her first interview since winning the Republican vice presidential nomination, the network’s news division confirmed today.

Forgive me, but where are the retractions from

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Eric Florack on September 8th, 2008

Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post:

MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the

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Eric Florack on September 7th, 2008

Oliver Willis entitles a post “GOP Has Buyers Remorse” and claims the GOP is upset that Palin is on the bottom of the ticket instead of the top.

Not really. Possibly in fantasy land, but unlike the “reality based

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davidl on September 7th, 2008

Sarah Palin has been compared to Ronald Reagan is a dress;:

Michael Reagan, 63, said watching the vice-presidential hopeful was like seeing “my dad reborn – only this time he’s a she”.

Palin’s stirring speech at the Republican convention

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Eric Florack on September 7th, 2008

A live performance from Guitarist Pat Metheny

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