The Vig

Is he really going to campaign on the environment? How Rooseveltian of him. Teddy, the greatest 20th century Republican of them all, that is.

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5th Congressional District Republicans got a little October Surprise tonight. Seems candidate Mike Erickson may have paid for a woman’s abortion back in 2000.
[O]n Monday, the woman agreed to share her story with the Portland Tribune, after Erickson’s primary opponent, Kevin Mannix, referred to the incident in a campaign mailer and press release. The […]

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Canzano is reporting he’ll have Barack Obama as a guest on his show this afternoon. If you don’t know, The Bald-Faced Truth is now on 95.5 FM from 3-6.
JC says he’s going to ask Obama who would win a one-on-one basketball game between himself and McCain. I want to know how long it takes Canzano […]

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This morning’s talking heads and their guests.
ABC:
George Stephanopoulos. Age: 47
George Will. Age: 67
Cokie Roberts. Age: 64
Ruth Marcus. Age: Unknown (a gentleman neither asks, nor speculates)
Sam Donaldson. Age: 74
Sen. Harry Reid. Age: 68
CBS:
Bob Schieffer. Age: 70
John Edwards. Age: 57
Terry McAuliffe. Age: 51
NBC:
Tim Russert. Age: 57
Sen. Chris Dodd. […]

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Josh Marshall wonders aloud about the changing electoral demographics.
But it brings one point into sharp relief: though America’s racial make-up is much more complex than just black and white, in the context of blacks and whites, the Democrats are the bi-racial coalition. They win elections by winning overwhelming margins of African-American votes and keeping the […]

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Slog’s Eli Sanders shares a plane ride with a member of the Obama email’s target audience.
Kirby is one of those fascinating people who both know that Obama spent 20 years at a Chicago church with a fiery Christian pastor and firmly believe that Obama is a secret Muslim.
“All the evidence points to that he is,” […]

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Rush Limbaugh yesterday declared Barack Obama the weakest of the Democratic candidates. Weaker than Kucinich. Weaker than even Gravel.
It’s tough to tell when El Rushbo is kidding or when he’s being serious. Olbermann long ago gave up on trying to distinguish between the two Rushes. He now only refers to him […]

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Know hope.
HT: Sullivan

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From the New Yorker:
McCain wants to stay in Iraq until no more Americans are getting killed, no matter how long it takes and how many Americans get killed achieving that goal—that is, the goal of not getting any more Americans killed. And once that goal is achieved, we’ll stay.
Whoever the Democratic Senate nominee is, they’re […]

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I stumbled across the Bob Costas special on HBO the other night. I missed the part with Deadspin’s Will Leitch and Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger, but it’s been the talk of the sports Interwebs. You can view the exchange here, but be forewarned, the language is salty. If, however, you’ve […]

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