by Taylor Marsh

No one could have beaten Barack Obama this year. It was destiny meeting up with a crack in the facade of time, capped off by the hunger of tens of millions. It came with a hope from around the world that the people of America...

1. George W. Bush

2. The Iraq war

3. The economic implosion this fall.

4. Without the national security card McCain couldn't win.

5. Hillary Clinton made Barack Obama a better candidate than he ever would have been on his own.

6....

by Taylor Marsh

Let's start with Juan Cole's "McCain Racism, Hypocrisy on Khalidi Issue." He gives an explanation that is continually ignored no matter how many people point it out.

The...

by Taylor Marsh

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

All doubters come forth.

Watch, listen, release any qualms you've been harboring.

Bill Clinton joined Barack Obama last night in Florida and lit it up. Nothing was...

by Taylor Marsh

McCain only threatened to skip a debate.

Mitch McConnell took a page from McCain's playbook, then did him one better. He simply ducked out... more than once, in fact. Is this any way for...

by Taylor Marsh

Jack Murtha really stepped in it recently with his comments on Pennsylvanians and race. The right-wingers are making the most of it. Now even the swiftboaters are entering the fray, as

It had to come from a conservative and again this season Kathleen Parker steps in it. But, finally, someone else wrote this so I didn't have to be the first one. Listen to Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence O'Donnell, the guy next door......

by Taylor Marsh

I cast an early and enthusiastic vote for Obama-Biden. As a die hard Hillary support, I didn't start out feeling that way about the top of the ticket. But that's how it ended up, proud to vote for Obama. When I saw the crowds in my...

Sarah Palin isn't stupid. Her performance at the Republican convention was masterful. Evidently, after George W. Bush, Republicans think the American voter will buy anything. As for me, I simply find Palin's position on the veep ticket...

But when does a political ad go too far? Of course, this is the ad I'm talking about. The ad raising questions about John McCain's health.

If McCain was a happier warrior, maybe this wouldn't even be an issue. But he's not, so it is. Much of it stems...

From the start of the debate McCain wouldn't meet Obama's eye. At the end of it that hadn't changed, even as Obama gave McCain his due time and again, which the McCain camp has already turned into a...

by Taylor Marsh

Meet John McCain's mannequin. Her name is Sarah Palin. She is to be seen, but never heard.

The AP reporter shouted a question at Gov. Palin ("Governor, what have you learned...

by Taylor Marsh

Had the opportunity to be one of a couple of bloggers and reporters privy to a conference call that just happened with Senator Hillary Clinton, as she announced her new general election push, "Hillary Sent Me," which is specifically...

I heard it on Hannity first.

Then the very next day, just yesterday, I heard it on Rush.

Yeah, I listen and watch all sorts of things to see what the opposition is doing. But this latest stunt was one of their...

1. Sarah Palin is a gift to the Republican base, who has been energized by her presence, which could bring them out in droves. She's already inspired $10 million in fundraising, something McCain has never seen before, with last night's speech making her the first real Republican...

by Taylor Marsh

If Sarah Palin was a man being nominated for vice president she would be laughed out of politics and so would John McCain.

About the woman thing: "We should all be proud," Hillary Clinton said in a statement, of this "historic nomination."

by Taylor Marsh

"It was a genuinely outstanding speech. It was magnificent. It is the finest - and I saw Cuomo's speech, I saw Kennedy in '80, I even saw Douglas MacArthur, I saw Martin Luther King - this is the...

Did Joe Biden kick the door in last night or what? I just love this guy, rough edges and all. But he doesn't stand alone. What a family he has standing beside him.

When Mama Biden came into view I couldn't hold back the tears. But I was already...

by Taylor Marsh

Standing on center stage, Hillary Clinton was as relaxed, composed and so completely in her element, all notions of the media concocted dramafest disappeared. All rumors about how she wanted to sabotage Barack evaporated. She was so good the...

by Taylor Marsh

Live from Denver, as we say this week.

This part of the story began in June and is now non-stop.

The how many houses do you have? issue just won't go away. So in an effort to recover, McCain played the POW card yet...