It is not over till it is over!
USATODAY-There’s a connection between two very different stories this morning.
One is a serious analysis about why current polls that show Democrat Barack Obama leading in the presidential race mean little and the other is a humorous tale about the senator going unrecognized even though his face seems to [...]

Wesley Clark ripped John McCain over the weekend attempting to discount his service to America.

Clark — “Getting shot down in a fighter jet does not qualify one to be president”.  Maybe not the most eloquent way to say it, but I agree.
The problem for Clark and the rest of the messiah’s flock is they cannot provide qualifications [...]

Interesting!
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Does anyone disagree with Bob Barr?
THEHILL-Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr, who has some Republicans worried that he might take votes from their nominee, on Sunday accused the GOP and its standard-bearer Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) of saying one thing and doing another.
“What’s wrong with John McCain is symptomatic of what’s wrong with the [...]

Does anyone not think McCain will not push the McCain/Kennedy/Bush immigration plan if he becomes President?
HOTAIR-Via Byron York. We know he’s planning to revisit the issue — the day after he’s inaugurated, no less — but the lack of remorse is news to me. What happened to that “lesson” he supposedly learned about securing the [...]

Is Webb the choice for VP?
WT-Speculation about Virginia Sen. Jim Webb’s prospects as a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination got a boost last week with the passage of an important GI benefits bill — a signal achievement for a freshman lawmaker that won him praise from both parties.
The artfully crafted bill allowed [...]

How does Kathy Cox State School Superintendent solve her failed Math 123 program which produced a 40% failure rate? PASS THEM ANYWAYS!
YES according to the AJC Kathy Cox gives out waivers with little regard to any standard.
89% of Georgia fifth graders never passed the CRCT math test and were promoted!
In Gwinnet County alone 54% did [...]

Does Bill need help?
HP-”What does Bill Clinton want?”
Barack Obama quickly determined what Hillary Clinton wants in the aftermath of defeat: a major role in the general election campaign, a star turn at the convention, help with her debt, and Obama’s support for elected officials who backed her. The big-time holdout turns out to be her [...]

Does it matter against McCain?
HOTAIR-Has Barack Obama damaged his brand with a series of high-profile reversals on policy stands, on everything to FISA reform, gun control, and public financing, among other points? Charles Krauthammer doesn’t believe he has, at least not among his main constituency, but recent polling may tell a different story in [...]

Will this help or hurt his chances of becoming a VP candidate for McCain?
HOTAIR-Gov. Bobby Jindal attracted national attention and strongly worded advice about how he should deal with the Louisiana Science Education Act.
Jindal ignored those calling for a veto and this week signed the law that will allow local school boards to approve supplemental [...]

Will this help McCain like the abortion issue?
Politico-Conservatives may not be enamored of John McCain, but on a subject that is near and dear to their hearts—legal philosophy and judicial appointments—they are finding a lot to like about the Arizona senator.
Between his campaign trail rhetoric and a stable of legal advisors who are well-regarded in [...]

HP-The man Allen found who takes credit for the first posting of an article falsely asserting Obama is a Muslim is a man named Andy Martin.
Martin, a former political opponent of Obama’s, is the publisher of an Internet newspaper who sends e-mails to his mailing list almost daily. He said in an interview that he [...]

HOW BAD IS IT?
USATODAY-Investors who thought they’d seen the worst of 2008 are seeing reasons for hope vanish one by one.
The optimism that stocks had bottomed in March and would enjoy a second-half rally suffered a serious setback Thursday. Selling slammed the Dow Jones industrial average 358.41 points to 11,453.42, its lowest since September 2006, [...]

With the dollar and stock market falling can we afford this?
AP-The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office.
The package, approved 92-6, includes a doubling of GI Bill college benefits for troops and veterans. [...]

Does this issue help McCain?
NPR-John McCain welcomed a Supreme Court decision invalidating a District of Columbia handgun ban. Barack Obama sought to straddle the subject by saying he favors an individual’s right to bear firearms as well as a government’s right to regulate them.
The hotly contentious issue surfaced in the presidential campaign Thursday after the [...]