What a difference a week makes! This time seven days ago, I was a nervous wreck, so sure that any number of catastrophic potentialities would certainly occur to derail the Obama campaign. By Wednesday afternoon, simply looking at the cover of the pre-election New York Magazine, with Obama on the cover, and speculation of what [...]

Operation Leper.
RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper.
We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details.
We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, [...]

At least he got to Hawaii to see her one last time.
Story here.
Warning: Tough Language Incoming.
There will be shitheads on the Right who will say her death was faked, or that Obama had her killed, or that she’s been dead for months and they just said she was alive, to boost sympathy for him the [...]

This is Palin, today:
If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations,” Palin told host Chris Plante, “then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear [...]

It’s Halloween, and in the spirit of the day, I’m posting a link to a Rolling Stone article from 2 years ago. It’s written by Robert Kennedy Jr., and it details just how the 2004 election was stolen. Yeah, that’s right. The 2004 election was stolen, and I don’t have any doubts about it. This is what keeps me up at night, and this is why I want margins of 5% or better in all these states. It’s also why I don’t think we can win Ohio unless we’re way ahead. The GOP Voter Fraud Machine is powerful. It’s my fear in Pennsylvania, too.

OK, so the national polls are definitely tightening a bit. RealClearPolitics has the spread at +5.9 for Obama, down from a +6.7 yesterday. Pollster.com has it at +6 for Obama, down from +7 yesterday. Also, the Pew poll, at 53/38, is increasingly looking out of place, and it’s buffering those numbers some. I’d put the [...]

After last night’s report at Talking Points Memo that the McCain campaign was involved in pushing the Ashley Todd story by claiming the B on the cheek stood for Barack, the McCain campaign is fighting back against those allegations, unsuccessfully.

The second Ashley Todd was revealed to be a College Republican, I knew it was a hoax. Yes, that’s right, the word is out: Ashley Todd of carved ‘B’ fame lied about the whole incident. Susan Smith’s body lies a’smoldering in prison.

John McCain, interviewed by Brian Williams tonight, was asked what “elitist” meant. His answer:
“I’ll be very frank with you. Who think that they can dictate what they believe to America rather than let Americans decide for themselves.”
You mean, like life beginning at conception? That belief? Or that gays shouldn’t be allowed to get married? That [...]

That’s where this story’s legs come from. It’s not just that it opens Palin to ridicule. It opens McCain to criticism and actual outrage from his own party, and furthers the fractious image of the GOP. On the surface it’s superficial, but really, it’s a symptom of the larger problem with the campaign. It’s wasted money, and it portends bad government.