Joe the Plumber not the guy to fix the leak
With Election Day closing in, Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign has been lurching along like an old car that can't get out of first gear. He desperately needs to gain...
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McCain and civility
It is a great paradox of American democracy that our president might well be chosen, after all these months, by simple state-by-state majorities of the least-informed voters. That helps explain...
Red-meat blitz stains McCain
What happened to the Sen. John McCain we once knew? What happened to the jovial, optimistic war hero who promised a civil and elevated presidential campaign? Where's that campaign that...
A lame rap aimed at poor folks
In the storm over who is to blame for Wall Street's financial meltdown, guess who's getting the biggest bum rap? Poor folks. In a desperate attempt to deflect blame from...
It was Palin’s night to avoid losing
Sen. Joe Biden won, yet Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not lose. That's because the bar was set so low for the vice presidential debate. All either candidate had to...
A few moves a la Muhammad Ali
John McCain and Sarah Palin have been doing so much to help Barack Obama's presidential campaign lately. I wondered, as I watched Obama's debate performance Friday, why he was doing...
How to avoid next housing collapse
It is fashionable in some circles to fume and fuss that the current financial crisis was born out of greed. It wasn't. This mess was born out of the best...
Obama hurdle called ‘Bubba’
What's Barack Obama's biggest remaining obstacle on his road to the White House? A nationally prominent Republican sums it up in a word: "Bubba." "The Bubba vote is there, and...
Palin’s silence
Enough about Sarah Palin. What about John McCain? What does McCain think of Palin? There's no question that the Alaska governor has been a huge energizing asset to McCain's presidential...
MEMO TO OBAMA: Dumb it down
After months in the lead, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has slipped in the polls to dead even with Republican challenger Sen. John McCain. As we enter the season...