Bird’s-Eye View

There are two must-reads in recent weeks which will give you an idea how the race for president has arrived at the sometimes absurd, sometimes heated point where Obama struggles to get back on track and McCain is riding the surge of Hurricane Sarah. One is about McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, and the other is […]

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According to the Associated Press:
On Tuesday, Obama criticized McCain’s policies as similar to those of President Bush, saying: “You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It’s still going to stink after eight years.”
Let me put this plainly and […]

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Been doing some redecorating here at the Nest, and now we’re geared up for an enhanced version of our “LIVE” series. We’ve been consistently blogging live for major events featuring presidential candidates since April, and now we’re going to make the series interactive. No more having to click “Refresh” on the browser. Guests of the Nest can watch […]

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Gov. Ed Rendell held a press conference at Franklin & Marshall College this afternoon on the eve of John McCain and Sarah Palin’s visit. Most of Rendell’s conference was spent attacking Republicans for misleading the American public on Barack Obama’s tax policies, which Rendell is largely accurate. When the conference was opened up to questions […]

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A look around the blogosphere about Republican John McCain’s speech to the Republican National Convention last night.
Gerald F. Seib and Laura Meckler of the Wall Street Journal wrote that Sarah Palin had the easy part - firing up the base - while McCain had to appeal to moderates, independents and even crossover Democrats.
Delegates in the […]

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One thing many Republicans love is decisive leadership. They want that leader who can make choices using his or her gut instincts, which is one thing that helped sink Democrat John Kerry’s campaign in 2004 and could significant damage Barack Obama’s in 2008.
Hillary Clinton tried to use this tactic in the Democratic primary, but I […]

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The New York Times published a story today looking at the roots of Sarah Palin’s political career. Fascinating narrative in that she took a no-holds-barred approach to her campaign for mayor of Wasilla, in the mid-1990s a town of about 6,500 people. Municipal elections in Alaska like this are traditionall non-partisan affairs, which is why […]

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While Hurricane Gustav has mostly past the Gulf Coast, another storm is brewin’, this one around Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. No need to reiterate the disclosures from yesterday, which are damaging but not lethal to her nomination. However, today the Washington Post has this story about how Palin as mayor of the tiny town of […]

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Jon Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News penned a sharp op-ed noting how not only did taxpayers fund the illegal bonuses alledgedly dolled out to legislative staffers for campaign work, but taxpayers also paid for attorney fees, a double whammy Baer notes:
As reported by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Associated Press, House Democrats paid more […]

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Intrigue continues to grow about a possible McCain/Ridge ‘08 ticket. Here’s what the former governor said to Fox News this Sunday, according to the Associated Press:
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said Sunday he thinks Republicans would accept a vice presidential candidate who supports abortion rights.
But, he said, whomever John McCain picks as a running mate […]

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