Herdwatching

The last thing either PV and I need is to become a game of blog-pong. So I am not going to directly answer each post… but this one is a useful launching point for some comments. Hopefully we can use each other to expand our thoughts and not go head to head all the time! [...]

There is no doubt that there is a deep divide in the United States right now. The left (fringe and a lot of the mainstream alike*) feel pushed aside, downtrodden and disenfranchised. Many of them are still nursing the stinging rebukes of losing the last two elections. We need only look at the work of [...]

My friend runs the Political Virgin website and in an attempt to be supportive I have agreed not to get overly argumentative and evil in the comment stream there. Honestly it has been worth it because I have really enjoyed viewing this election through her fresh eyes. That being said, I will respond to her [...]

Here is the full text of a letter from John McCain to Barack Obama on Feb 6, 2006. I think it pretty much sums up how much Obama is not anything new under the sun. Just another flip flopper. On a side note, McCain is a damn funny guy. I like him more and more. [...]