The Tuesday ‘BushWhack’ing

We’re back and better than ever before…

• The VP race is on!
• Seeing that he’s getting raked over the coals for his opposition to Sen. Webb’s GI Bill, Sen. McCain is hastily trying to explain his opposition. It’s not working… and he’s now resorted to calling Sen. Obama’s criticism of his (McCain’s) opposition as a ‘campaign pledge’… never mind the fact that that is exactly what McCain is doing in trying to explain himself…
• President Bush lauded U.S. troops yesterday as an “awesome bunch of people” while lamenting that some of them have had to die in defense of freedom… (That’s how a president is going to carry himself at the Tomb of the Unknowns? By saying they’re ‘awesome’ people? His language abilities – or lack thereof – continue to amaze me…)
• The Libertarian Party picked former Georgia republican Rep. Bob Barr as its presidential candidate this past Sunday. While Barr is on record that he has “no intention of being a spoiler,” his disdain for John McCain is well-documented and he could bleed votes away from him in November. (and with that, the Democrats chances of getting the White House back have increased significantly… stay tuned)
• Cindy McCain is proving to be Sen. McCain’s Sugar Mama, having earned a whopping $6 million dollars in 2006…
• Sen. Tom Coburn (r-OK) is saying what most of us already know… that “republicans are in denial.” Coburn wrote an Op-Ed in today’s WSJ and says that “much is being written about the supposed soul-searching in the Republican Party. A more accurate description of our state is paralysis and denial.” (True… very, very true… and good news for Democrats)
• “The American people are fed up…. we’ve lost the House and Senate, and everybody hates George Bush.” Who said it? Sen. Obama? Sen. Clinton? Gov. Dean? Nope… Texas republican congressman Pete Sessions… ouch. Think that’s bad? Well…
• And have we mentioned? That Sen. McCain wants to keep his distance from “President” Bush? The pair are hosting a joint fund-raiser in Phoenix tomorrow and will mark the first time in three months that the two will share the spotlight and be seen together… problem is, McCain’s campaign is trying its damndest to make sure cameras don’t capture the two of them together… (when the head of your party has historic disapproval ratings and your nominee for the White House doesn’t want to be seen with him, you’ve got problems. Bigger problems than the Democrats do… to bad the MSM isn’t talking about it…)