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Sarah Palin Hits New Low in Poll
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 11) -- Just when she starts to hear warm words from some unlikely quarters, a new survey reveals cold, hard statistics about the public's view of Sarah Palin. After days of jokes about her palm reading at the Tea Party convention last Saturday, no less than Washington Post columnist David Broder -- who's been called the dean of the Washington press corps -- praised her "pitch-perfect populism." Broder said in an op-ed today that he's impressed by "a politician who knows who she is and how to sell herself, even with notes on her palm." Also today, Time magazine's Joe Klein -- who ...
John McCain's Dishonorable Campaign
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs I pointed out back in August, John McCain once uttered the following words:"Negative ads move numbers, they may, but do we have to go to the lowest common denominator? I don't think so."The implication was that McCain, being a man of honor, would not stoop to negative attack ads. As with his often repeated pledge to run an "honorable campaign," McCain essentially lied to the American public. The blizzard of attack ads put forth in recent days shows a calculated strategy to distort facts, distract the public with falsehoods, and play to that lowest common denominator lurking inside of us ...
The Evil of Two Lessers
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWith every passing election, Americans reaffirm a basic truth about the inherent nature of those who seek higher office: politicians lie to get elected. In fact, it is something of a bedrock assumption that to rise in the ranks of the politically powerful, one must, by definition, be untrustworthy. Hence the dictum: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Indeed, the race for president might be viewed as a competition to see who can tell the more convincing lies about his or her opponent. This might come as crushing news to idealistic followers of Barack Obama or John McCain (and, ...
Has McCain Lost His Media Touch?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs you know, when it comes to media love, one day you're in, and the next, you're out. So it must seem to perennial Project White House contestant John McCain, the media darling of the 2000 presidential election, who, despite a heartfelt bond with the Washington press corps, could not quite parlay his "Maverick" title into a runway stroll to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Eight years older and deeper in debt, the media and the country at large have shifted their spotlight away from McCain and found Barack Obama, the next big thing in political fashion. That's how the story goes, anyway. But are ...
Top 50 Pundits: Colbert Beats 'Papa Bear,' Keith
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe UK Telegraph continued its rollout of the 50 Most Infpundluential Political Pundits with numbers 20-11 today, and it looks like Colbert has been the beneficiary of a "Himself Bump," just edging out his friend, mentor, and microwave provider, "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly. Also sure to be disappointed are fans of Keith Olbermann, who landed at #13, forming the bottom slice of bread in an O'Reilly sandwich. I, myself, predicted a #1 finish for the Special Commenter, and must now further question the judgment of my tea-sipping, croquet-playing brethren across the pond.Also sure to be disappointed ...
Klein Suggests Gore-Obama a Possibility
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyMike Allen of The Politico dropped a tantalizing nugget in a post this morning. It appears Time Magazine's Joe Klein is floating a Gore-Obama ticket as a possible resolution to the fight over the Democratic presidential nomination. The pitch from Klein goes like this: Let's say the elders of the Democratic Party decide, when the primaries end, that neither Obama nor Clinton is viable. ... All they'd have to do would be to convince a significant fraction of their superdelegate friends, maybe fewer than 100, to announce that they were taking a pass on the first ballot at the Denver convention, ...
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