The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Rep. Bob Etheridge: ‘Who Are You?’

A Democrat in a Republican-leaning North Carolina District, Etheridge was leaving a fundraiser with Nancy Pelosi when two college kids with a video camera asked him a simple question: “Do you fully support the Obama agenda?” Madcap hijinks ensued: A “macaca” moment for the Democrat. His Republican challenger is Renee Ellmers. UPDATE: Department of Unflattering […]

VIDEO: FL-20 Republican Debate; Taxes, Herpes and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

Javier Manjarres at the Shark Tank got video of this weekend’s debate, but first let me give you some background:  Florida’s 20th District (parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, including Fort Lauderdale) has been controlled by Democrats since the district was created following the 1990 Census. In 2004, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was elected with 70 percent of the vote. One of […]

Yankees Invade Georgia — Again!

Da Tech Guy is on the prowl this week near my hometown of Atlanta, but I made him promise to leave his matches in Massachusetts.  Of course, Atlanta’s been utterly overrun with Yankees in the past few decades — I blame air-conditioning, interstate highways and Hartsfield Airport — and it figures that the first person Da […]

Does Congress Know What It’s Doing?

A Rasmussen poll finds that seven out of 10 likely voters said “nuh-uh” when asked, “How confident are you that Congress knows what it’s doing when it comes to addressing the country’s current economic problems?” Of those surveyed, 29% said, “Not very confident,” while 43% said “Not at all confident.” (Evidently, “Are you freaking kidding […]

VIDEO: A Mosque at Ground Zero?

Another great ad from Alabama, this one from 2nd District Republican candidate Rick Barber: Excerpts: “We weren’t attack by a nation. We weren’t attacked by ‘terror.’ We were attacked by Islamic jihadists. . . . Jihad threatens our freedom, our families and our way of life. . . . Islamic jihadist pose a clear and […]

VIDEO: Les Phillip Swore to Defend Against ‘Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’

Wonder who he has in mind on the domestic front? Here’s the Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s Fifth District: Marc Ambinder predicts that this will be the political ad everyone will be talking about this week. The transcript: This is the story of two young men. One fell in with left wing radicals. The […]

PA-12: The Final Wisdom

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Back home now, after driving 430 miles in 24 hours for the Election Day swing through Pennsylvania’s 12th District. Am I totally bummed out? Yeah, especially because I spent four hours sleeping in my car at the West Virginia Welcome Center on I-79 after staying until 3:30 a.m. at the post-election bull session. The […]

PA-12 LIVE Election Results; UPDATE: Democrat Wins; Burns Concedes

WASHINGTON, Pa. Election results online here. 11:30 p.m. ET: Well, everybody else has gone to drown their sorrows, but I’ve still got to hit a late deadline for The American Spectator. A defeat is always harder to report than a victory. Maybe when I get off deadline, I’ll feel better. If anyone feels an overwhelming […]

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