Obama’s energy policy, presented by Obama

Here is Barack Obama setting forth his plan for keeping America energy independent.   His plan is that America should control it's own energy and it's own destiny.  How?  By taking real steps away from purchasing $700,000,000 of foreign oil every day and, instead, creating our own energy.  We import more…

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Garrison Keillor on McCain’s accusations of elitism

Garrison Keillor often writes with a sharp pen.  Here's what he recently wrote (at Salon.com) about McCain's attempts to brand Obama an elitist: And it's an amazing country where an Arizona multimillionaire can attack a Chicago South Sider as an elitist and hope to make it stick. The Chicagoan was…

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The real “debate” is whether to obstruct big issues with non-issues

It's a tactic the GOP has carefully developed. Andrew Sullivan sums it up well: [I]t is hard to avoid a sense of deep concern about where we're headed. We have war criminals as president and vice-president, and a constitution staggering after one serious terror attack. But the campaign is about…

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Really, filling up your tires and tuning up your car would make a bigger impact than more drilling

Newt Gingrich recently ridiculed Barack Obama's suggestion for a way to immediately save LOTS of oil: make sure your tires are filled with sufficient air and make sure your car is tuned up. Who's right? According to Think Progress, it's Obama. Obama is correct to suggest that inflating tires properly…

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The burden of proof. THIS is why the race for President isn’t already over.

Why is John McCain still competitive? Bob Cesca hits the nail on the head with this post: In scientific terms, the left has been tagged by the corporate media as the "experimental group" while the right is the "control group." The Republicans are the Awesome Republicans no matter what. They're…

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