Did you catch John McCain dropping his "g" at 9:20 ET -- "Americans are hurtin'"?  That, his repeated use of the word "angry," and his "Joe the Plumber" (aka Joe Six-Pack?) reference, signal to me that he is channeling Palin's fake populism.

((Cross-posted at Clintonistas for Obama)

The Washington Post is revealing a potential scandal that affects the McCains.  Seems that Cindy thought her ranch in the desert needed cell phone coverage, and fortunately, her husband happens to be "a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the Federal Communications Commission and the telecommunications industry."  So what a cellular service provider to do?  

I considered posting this in the live blog, but I think this note is worth its own post simply simply to prevent some folks from missing the debate.

The debate is scheduled to begin at 9pm eastern (8pm central time).  I live in the central time zone.  When I go to Hofstra's debate website, the countdown clock has the wrong time (see screen shot below).  Apparently, whoever set up the website didn't account for anyone living outside the eastern time zone to rely on it.  Anyway, spread the word in case some may be confused.

For me, the countdown clock should read 1 hour, not 2...

Maverick used to mean finding a novel way to solve a problem.  Now, it means ignoring the law, abandoning ethics and screwing everyone to get your way.

I have reached the point now, where if I ever hear someone use the word 'maverick' again, I may resort to uncontrolled sobbing or projectile vomiting.

( Cross-posted at The National Gadfly )

In just three days, Oregonians will be making their choice in the highly contested Senate race. Oregon is a vote by mail state and ballots will begin dropping this FRIDAY. Obama is up 17 points here and there's no question in my mind that he will carry Oregon. The Oregon Senate race is a different story. Follow me below the fold to find out why it's so important that we all come together to elect progressive Democrat Jeff Merkley.

Full disclosure, I am the netroots director for OR-Sen candidate Jeff Merkley

This has got to stop.  Never in my life have i seen such a sorry excuse for racism.  When did people stop being people, potential leaders of our country, and start to be objects of hate?  These small-minded people are on the other side, and i am happy for that.  

cross-posted from dKos

I realized I've been having a number of conversations about how election night is actually going to go, ranging from whether or not I can sneak in the gym between work and a party, to who should plan a vacation day on Wednesday to stay with late-breaking results.

So to get the information together, I did some quick breakdowns on when polls start closing, and here it is.  The plan relies on the election being pretty stead from here to election night; obviously, that's a huge assumption.  

Knock on wood.  And get to work.  I realized I spent way too much time here imagining an Obama win without contributing to it.

From this point on, it looks like the DSCC will be able to go 100% on offense in our march to 60 sets. Swing State Prject is pointing to this article from the Washington Post reporting that the NRSC is pulling out of Louisiana.