Political Equinox

With Obama dragging out his selection process for at least few more weeks, we’ve still got plenty of time to speculate about the myriad of potential candidates, but recently Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has been thrust into the spotlight as a likely choice for the VP nominations. Add to the fact that John Edwards is essentially out of the picture with his recent spectacle, Bayh has all the more chance of landing the job.

Bayh made a joint appearance with Obama last week in Indiana and appeared opposite Joe Lieberman on Fox News Sunday arguing vehemently in favor of Obama’s policies and giving that ever-so-famous non-answer to the …

Tags: evan bayh, Hillary Clinton, iraq war, joe lieberman, John Edwards, obama, upcoming election, vp slot

Well, I’d like to say this is official from the McCain campaign, but it’s not. In fact, nobody has even mentioned the fact that Mike Huckabee is obviously off the VP List of about 20 names, but Huckabee certainly knows it. Of course, I’m making the assumption that the former Arkansas Governor was even on the list.

So how do I know he’s off the list? Typically, when you find out you are no longer a candidate for your desired job you go searching for other opportunities.

Huckabee is moving forward with all due speed on setting up a television show on the Fox News Channel. Why would a man who could …

Tags: fox news channel, huckabee, mccain campaign, Mike Huckabee, paul harvey, vp choice

John McCain wrote an op-ed piece that apparently defended his stance on the Iraq War and attempted to lay out his plan for Iraq. The editorial was rejected by the New York Times. At first, I was ticked that the NY Times would play bias and print only an editorial by one side, but then I discovered the real problem. After reading the editorial released by the McCain campaign, it is apparent why it was rejected in that it contains little regarding McCain’s plan.
I have said that I expect to welcome home most of our troops from Iraq by the end of my first term in office, in 2013.
Only one statement in the editoral seems to lay out …

Tags: Barack Obama, iraq, John McCain, mccain campaign, New York Times

Although referencing Romeo and Juliet is incredibly trite, it nonetheless underscores an important point - it shouldn’t matter in picking the leader of our country. In politics it helps if your name is Bush, Roosevelt, Kennedy or Rockefeller or is alliterative (Ronald Reagan, Hannibal Hamlin etc). But unless your shtick is railing against elite political families or hating repetitive letters and sounds, names usually do not have a negative affect on a politician.

Enter the 2008 presidential race. Although the McCain camp has done a good job denouncing the practice, some of his supporters have selectively chosen to insert Senator Obama’s middle …

Tags: Bush, Hussein, Kennedy, New York Times, president, Rockefeller, Romeo and Juliet

Great work by Shan Carter and Amanda Fox of the NY Times. They have complied an interactive and interesting graphic of exit polling data between Obama and Clinton.

Check out the full version in action.

Tags: Barack Obama, elections, exit polling, Hillary Clinton, ny times, polling data, voting