Normally on opening the day I try to figure out what other people are saying and make that the headline. Today I'm a bit surprised that the compromise that both McCain and Obama are inching towards on opening up more lands for oil leases isn't getting more traction, as this will help both Obama and McCain solidify the narrative that both are reasonable people trying to do the right thing for the country across party lines.
Obama is siding with the 'Gang of 10' in the Senate who want to break the impasse on oil drilling. Ian Welsh at Firedoglake has the explanation.
Interestingly, now John McCain is signaling that he too wants to compromise on drilling.
The wealthy are getting hurt in the downturn as well.
Brookings Senior Fellow and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs SUSAN RICE, UT Austin LBJ School of Public Policy Dean and former Deputy National Security Advisor JAMES STEINBERG. Willams & Connolly trial lawyer and former special counsel to President Clinton GREGORY CRAIG, and lastly, Washington Institute for Near East Policy counselor and former Clinton Middle East envoy and negotiator DENNIS ROSS.
Obama is liberal and corrupt, says another anti-Obama book. Movement conservatives are arguing about the right line of attack, but the thesis in this latest book seems to be losing.
"I don't think you beat Obama by saying that he's Paris Hilton," said Freddoso, a reporter for the conservative magazine National Review, referring to McCain's latest advertising campaign. "The more important thing is really to look at is he who he says he is? Is he really this great reformer?"
Nancy Pelosi is still pushing Chet Edwards for VP. I don't get it. Nice conservative guy in R+17 district does not make a good VP pick.
Drew Westen offers some advice for Obama on how he can handle race.
Obama has a new ad out hitting McCain on gas prices and his ties to oil executives. It's a standard DC Democratic ad, with sad music interloped over a narrative against McCain and his contributions from oil executives as gas is pumped into a car (and the price register increases), followed by an upsurge in music and Barack Obama's plan. It's the same ad we've seen a million times before.
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