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December 11th at 12:20PM

GOP Celebrates Very Short-Lived Resurgence

POSTED BY: Matthew Tobey

Sure the Democrats took back the White House and increased their majorities in the House and Senate this year, but what about Saxby Chambliss and Joseph Cao and Rod Blagojevich and Charlie Rangell? Those stories all bode well for the GOP, right? Which is why at 4:36 this morning, Politico posted a story entitled GOP hopes rise, Dems hit rough patch.

To put it simply, it was a great time to be a Republican. Gains in Congress were punctuated by corruption across the aisle. Sadly though, it was not to last. Because at 4:40am, a mere four minutes later, Politico then posted a story called The Great (GOP) Depression.

Well, it's probably for the best. Because as with all things, it's better to begin comebacks in moderation. Maybe in a few months, Republicans will be able to celebrate an entire hour of good news. But until then, on their behalf, please join me in a heartfelt chant of "Four More Minutes! Four More Minutes! Four More Minutes!"

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Indiana, Iowa, Illinois... Everything east of the Rockies (except Denver) looks the same to me until you hit ocean.

by Bearness December 12th at 11:13AM
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November 19th at 5:26PM

As Missouri Goes, So Goes 46% of The Nation

POSTED BY: Matthew Tobey

You thought the election was over, but you were wrong, except now you actually are right. According to Politico, Missouri has been called!

Missouri finally, goes for McCain.

The Republican won the state by a bit more than 4,000 votes.

That would leave Obama at 365 electoral votes.

Now, on the one hand, you've got those 365 electoral votes for Barack Obama. But on the other hand, Missouri has gone to the victor in 25 of the past 26 elections.

So you're either ignoring numbers or history. They say those who ignore history are forced to repeat it, but they don't say anything about those who ignore numbers, so I'm going to go ahead and call the election for John McCain.

UPDATE: Politico has added a correction, pointing out that state officials have yet to formally call Missouri, so there remains a sliver of possibility that Barack Obama will be our next president.

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I've always hated know-it-all Missouri !

by obamagramma November 20th at 7:03AM
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September 23rd at 10:19AM

John McCain's Campaign Enters the Spin Cycle

POSTED BY: Ethan Ris

It's amazing how the Beltway politics/media merry-go-round feeds upon itself.

In just a few hours yesterday, the following vicious cycle occurred…

* In Monday morning's paper, The New York Times runs a story reporting on McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' consulting work for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which netted him $2 million.

* Davis and McCain spokesman Steve Schmidt hastily organize a conference call with political reporters, in which they accuse the Times of being "an organization that has made a decision to cast aside it's journalistic integrity to advocate for the defeat of John McCain."

* Blogger Ben Smith from Politico, who was in on the conference call, immediately writes a blog piece criticizing the McCain camp for several inaccurate statements made during the call.

* McCain spokesman Brian Rogers announces that Politico is also "in the tank" for Barack Obama.

* The New York Times writes an online news article about how the McCain camp "lashed out at The New York Times on Monday, accusing it of dropping its journalistic standards."

* Bill Keller, the executive editor of the Times, does an interview with Politico defending his paper.

* Hundreds of media sources, from The Wall Street Journal to The Atlantic to Th