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1. The Kicker

   Oh, that Court!

   October 2, 2008 10:22 PM

   Is Biden's Supreme Court answer meant to bring something else up in voters' minds? Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Branches!

   October 2, 2008 10:16 PM

   Gwen picks up where The Hill left off, and asks if the VP's office is in the Executive branch or the Legislative branch. Palin either doesn't know what she actually thinks about this, or doesn't want to say.... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Win a War

   October 2, 2008 10:07 PM

   Can we ask why, exactly, McCain knows how to win a war? And what wars he's won in the past? And how does he square this 'win' talk with the reported wishes of Gen. Petraeus (one of the... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   WWVD?

   October 1, 2008 02:09 PM

   Who doesn't love a Voltaire quote? Here's one of my favorites: ...the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. So what would Voltaire make of "Morning Joe: Election Extra," running on MSNBC as I... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   McCain at the Register

   October 1, 2008 11:38 AM

   Give John McCain credit for taking the time to meet with The Des Moines Register's editorial board. It may not be the friendliest territory, given that they endorsed Kerry, Gore, and Clinton in the last three presidential races. The paper... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Frontpage Signals

   September 30, 2008 12:20 PM

   When is the last time that you can remember that the entire front page of The New York Times was devoted to a single story? It's another signal of how seriously the crisis--and the bill's failure--is being taken. ... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   A bookish mea culpa

   September 30, 2008 10:30 AM

   Timesologist Gabriel Sherman has a good catch from over the weekend. In a Times book review of Bob Woodward's The War Within, New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson admits that she "failed" to push hard... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Sunset

   September 30, 2008 09:40 AM

   Grab 'em while they're hot. Today's issue of The New York Sun will be the last. The Sun may not have always been my cup of tea, but newspaper shutdowns are sad for all the things they represent--the... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   “Gambling their Reputation”

   September 29, 2008 04:01 PM

   This Sunday, The New York Times turned in a 4,500 word investigation into John McCain’s relationship with gambling and the gambling industry. As it turns out, many of his close advisors and friends have worked as lobbyists and... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Find the Pelosi Twelve!

    September 29, 2008 03:22 PM

    Just moments ago, House Minority Leader John Boehner offered this explanation for the plans failure to passage: I do believe that we could have gotten there today, had it not been for this partisan speech that the Speaker gave on... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Dropping in real time

    September 29, 2008 01:47 PM

    The cable nets are carrying the House's bailout vote live--as the Nay votes tick up, the Dow drops down. It's very dramatic, and I'm not afraid to say, very frightening. Of course, speculation immediately turns to Pelosi & Co. holding... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    Fact checking the debate

    September 29, 2008 11:57 AM

    In case you haven't already seen it, here's a valuable run down of Obama's and McCain's more questionable debate claims from the folks at FactCheck.org, run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. ... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    There it is!

    September 26, 2008 10:47 PM

    The narrative of the night on MSNBC seems to be that Obama didn't capitalize on the economy section of the debate. Will that thought last through the night? Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    And That’s a Wrap

    September 26, 2008 10:36 PM

    Well. I await to see how the post games manage to tell us that that was sharp or engaging. Am I wrong here? Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Obama on the Revolutionary Guard

    September 26, 2008 10:08 PM

    Obama laid out his position on the designating-Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-terrorists bill in a very artfully written op-ed in the Manchester Union Leader. Note how he opposes the bill (and therefore set up a dovish sounding counterpart to then prime... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Time keeping

    September 26, 2008 09:55 PM

    Lehrer just said something about all his "five minute things" having run over. He seems somewhat concerned about this point of debate procedural arcana. And I'm pretty sure he's the only one in the country who know's what he's... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Pakistan

    September 26, 2008 09:50 PM

    Justin can have Warshington. I'm impressed with Paak-ee-stahn. Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    “A Television Program”

    September 26, 2008 09:45 PM

    McCain calls out Obama for admitting on "a television program" that the surge exceeded beyond his "wildest expectations." He's got the quote slightly wrong. I'm pretty sure he's referring to Obama's visit to The No Spin Zone,... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Ms. Congeniality

    September 26, 2008 09:37 PM

    McCain brags about how he hasn't been elected as the senate's Ms. Congeniality. No, he hasn't. But Sarah Palin was elected as Wasilla's Ms. Congeniality, which is kind of shocking, given the record as portrayed in stories like... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    “Most liberal”

    September 26, 2008 09:30 PM

    Just as a fact-checky like diversion, it's worth reading a bit more about how The National Journal (which is the 'study' that McCain cites) arrives at their definition of "most liberal." In short, if you miss a... Continue reading

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