Jim McDermott

Last week on this blog I noted that humor had been sorely lacking in the McCain campaign nbsp The days that followed had McCain cracking wise at the Al Smith Dinner and on the Letterman Show and Sarah Palin appearing twice on Saturday Night Live nbsp The Letterman interview in particular has a

The newest funny viral video a MoveOn com parody of a don t do drugs-type ad with young celebrities advising their friends about dealing with parents who want to vote McCain One of the most interesting parts of the 2008 campaign has been the use of viral videos to draw attention and sway opinion

Well the first two debates are over and while tomorrow s coverage will focus on how they did nbsp the pattern I note emerging is just how much the McCain campaign especially as sold by Gov Sarah Palin is trying to present Reagan-era ideas as relevant to a world that has moved on nbsp Fo

Reports in recent days described the deluge of phone calls that members of Congress have received about the bailout legislation By all accounts virtually all callers have been demanding that Wall Street not be bailed out In the wake of the failed House vote yesterday the vociferous and seemingly

Hillary Clinton s solid unambivalent endorsement of Barack Obama last night is the story of the day nbsp But Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer s speech should also turn heads nbsp A broad-shouldered ebullient former rancher with so much energy he couldn t quite stand still as he spoke to

Last Sunday s Book Review section in the New York Times has a wonderfully funny article by Dave Itzkoff Planetary Politics suggesting works of science fiction that different presidential candidates might say they ve been reading Rudolph Guiliani he posits might say he s been reading T