A comment from Stan
John McCain announced at an afternoon press conference today that he was suspending his campaign and urging Barack Obama to postpone or cancel Friday’s planned debate.
Is anyone impressed by this as anything other than a grandstand move to claim “ownership” of the issue?  And why not debate? Here’s the issue to which [...]

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A joke from Stan
Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s staff revealed today that her highly successful day of talks with foreign leaders was the result of intensive practice and rehearsals and, particularly, newly devised five-minute “empty chair” sessions. In this photo, Governor Palin is practicing to meet with the President of Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zardari.

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