Okay, both the RNC and McCain have put out ads.

But not enough.

Produced by A Better Where.

For some reason A Better Where forgot to hire a voice over actress who sounded just like David Axelrod's, though. more...

Posted by: Ace at 08:45 AM | Comments (23)
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Tough week. 2 push games too.

1 buzzion 42
1 moflicky 42
1 Physics Geek 42
4 Nodakdrunkhobos 41
4 mesablue 41
4 chinpoko-mon 41
4 Super Karate Monkey Death Car 41
8 JPT 40
8 Hazy Dave 40
8 Yeah Right Whatever 40
11 Drew W. 39
11 All Hail Alex 39
11 AliceH 39
11 Murph 39
11 gamecockdude 39
16 DrZin 38
16 Blitz 38
16 jimmytheleg3 38
16 gresmi 38
16 Darkkan 38

Bunch of racists.

Special recognition to moron King of Farts HQ (INCITEmarsh) at 33, who although he chose some goofyass name, at least told us who he was.

Although with that name I'm not sure I'd a told that.

BONUS: TNOYF One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Redux

tip: CAD Daddy

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 05:14 AM | Comments (17)
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Time for a pep talk.

Take a breath, folks, it's all going to be okay. I know the polls have looked bad the last few days, but this election isn't over yet.

1. As quickly as things turned sour, things can turn around.
The last week's sudden surge of support for Obama isn't the result of anything his campaign is doing right. Nor is it the fault of McCain doing something wrong. Obama's bump is a result of the sudden shock of economic crisis. Formerly skeptical voters of the yellow dog persuasion are running home to mamma.

You will note that McCain's numbers aren't that bad. His national average is right around where it's always been: 44%. In effect, he's simply lost his convention bump, something that most people were predicting would happen all along. Obama's soaring, but there's no reason to expect his new supporters are all that solid. Things aren't over yet.

2. Today's debate format favors McCain.
Now, I thought McCain was going to bomb during the first debate; that turned out to be wrong. Maybe he'll have trouble tonight, but based on past performance I doubt it. McCain has an amusing tendency to get under Obama's skin whenever they're in the same building. I anticipate that Obama's going to be puffed up on his good press, which will make him extra-sensitive when McCain starts to prick him this evening.

Sure, we expect the so-called "undecided voters" that Gallup is rounding up for this townhall to be center-left, but that type of crowd is actually McCain's type of crowd. The burden is going to be on Obama to distinguish himself from McCain, not the other way around. My greatest worry is that McCain is going to be too centrist for Republican tastes. But, things aren't over yet.

3. McCain is finally, finally on the attack.
I'm glad he's forcing the media to at least mention Obama's connections to Bill Ayers and Fannie/Freddie, even if major news organizations misleadingly shrug it off as "going negative." Too many people are completely ignorant of both. I know you almost don't believe me (and I still can't quite believe it either), but it's true. People who are generally well-informed have no idea that Obama held his inaugural political event at Ayers' house. They have no idea how much money Obama has taken from Fannie/Freddie PACs and individuals. That needs to change.

McCain and his proxies need to remind people that Obama's path to the presidency has been paved by extremists, racists, and crooks like Father Pfleger, Reverend Wright, and Tony Rezko. Sure, everyone has known that stuff since May and it's lost all its force. But it wouldn't hurt to call this to the minds of centrist voters. Contrast the ideal of corruption-fighter Obama with the truth that he took a sweetheart deal from a criminal to buy his house. Contrast the ideal of the post-racial candidate with the truth that he took a pew at the church where refrains of "U.S. of KKK A." are commonplace.

There's still time to turn this around. McCain needs to explain it slowly and without taking a tone. If he gets nasty, people will just say he's having a temper tantrum, the "last gasp" of a dying campaign. That doesn't have to be the case.

Remember, last year at this time McCain was supposed to be finished, too. We have four weeks to go. Let's not give up just yet.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 05:13 AM | Comments (50)
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Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 05:11 AM | Comments (30)
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As Steve Martin explained, I forgot.

Posted by: Ace at 11:17 PM | Comments (76)
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That's how afraid they are.

They actually simply cut his speech off before his remarks on Fannie/Freddie, and then said he was afraid to talk about the economic crisis.

Posted by: Ace at 11:02 PM | Comments (35)
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First CBS, now Zogby.

I pray that McCain doesn't get it into his fool head that this means Everything's Awesome and that he can afford to play Nice Guy Eddie at tomorrow's debate.

Posted by: Ace at 10:11 PM | Comments (69)
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Details over at Blackfive.

Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: Open Blog at 10:06 PM | Comments (7)
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Ok, THIS is the overnight thread you've been waiting for.

Complete with Vikings/Saints NFL update.

(dammit. my picks go to hell again)

Check out the block on Reggie Bush's return at 2:20 or so. Erin Henderson has a headache I'm thinkin.

If you're so inclined.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 10:05 PM | Comments (6)
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Okay, so I don't really buy that this group of convicts, connected together only by a previous jailbreak (and the fact that they're all still under contract with the show) would be shanghaied by a shadowy government agent working against an even more shadowy paragovernmental conspiracy to do a series of heists and cons.

But, if you do buy that, it's a lot of fun.

Prison Break has always had a hard-on for making despicable villains and then humanizing them, little by little, until they became quasi-heroes, or at least became aligned with the Brothers Scofield. This time, though, they've struck gold, as former psychotic junkie and FBI hitman Alex Mahone has not only become a hero, but probably the series' real star at this point.

Michael's good and all, but a bit of a one trick pony; but the show really is good when it's focused on the still-kinda-crazy Mahone. Played by probably my favorite "That Guy" actor out there, William Fitchner.

I fear they're giving him a lot of screentime because they plan a dramatic death. I hope not. They tend to kill off the interesting evil-ish guys.

Just had to say. Good to have this show back.

Good line as Agent Self explains to Michael Scofield, mastermind of the Fox River Penitentiary prison break, how difficult a break-in will be:

Self: You don't understand. The Department of Homeland Security pays millions of dollars to top security specialists to make sure this place is absolutely impregnable.

Scofield (unimpressed): Yeah, they had those guys at Fox River, too.

Posted by: Ace at 09:56 PM | Comments (9)
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