Politics Roundtable

Joe Klein is scandalized:

John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire:

This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. ...

There seems to be a growing amount of it surrounding the Obama campaign. Here concerning the upcoming Berlin speech:

“It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United ...

This sort of nonsense (and yes, I consider the source, but it is all too common on the left as it is) drives me up a wall. But trust me, this is precisely the sorts of "programs" you’re going to see with an Democrat majority in Congress and ...

Here is Obama squirming and shuffling about the surge:

Katie Couric (CBS): Before the surge, as you know, Senator, there were 80 to 100 U.S. casualties a month, the country was rife with sectarian violence, and you raised a lot of eyebrows on this trip saying even knowing ...

Of course, criticizing Ms. Obama is verboten per her hubby. But his particular quote is so, well, Michelle:

“I wish we had time to be divided. I wish we had time to be upset. To be angry. To be disappointed. I wish we did,” Obama said. “Because if we had ...

Dan Balz points out:

When Sen. Barack Obama left Washington last week, he was under pressure to defend what Republican critics called an arbitrary deadline for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq. By Monday, the White House and rival Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign were at pains to ...

An interesting vid shot at UC Santa Barbara earlier this month. It is a rather revealing look at what constitutes the state of the anti-war movement at this time. It is not a pretty picture. They’re uninformed, ignorant of the terms they throw around, and prone to childish ...

The lede:

An Obama campaign ban on green clothing during the candidate’s visits to Israel and Jordan has created wide puzzlement among observers of the Middle East.

Most have sad "Whaaa? Never heard of such a thing."

The Obama campaign says, "We just wanted to be respectful, ...

Ford plans to bet its future on smaller cars:

The struggling automaker, reacting to what it sees as a rapid and permanent shift in consumer tastes brought on by high gas prices, plans to unveil its new direction on Thursday, when it will report quarterly earnings.

Among ...

All is not well in the newspaper business:

In the past two months almost 4,000 jobs have vanished at US newspapers.

The lay offs - including many editorial positions - have ranged from the Honolulu Advertiser to the Hollywood Reporter to the Baltimore Sun. Even the Washington ...