The Houston Chronicle hasn’t endorsed a Democrat for president since LBJ in 1964. Yesterday, it endorsed Barack Obama, no doubt triggering a wave of subscription cancellations. Like so many other newspaper endorsements, the Chronicle pointed to a certain vice presidential candidate as being a deal-breaker for the non-endorsed ticket: Perhaps the worst...

Reputed double-minority Matt Drudge has the red headlines up at his site. To him, the news of the day is not that Colin Powell today endorsed Barack Obama, but that he (Powell) claims that the endorsement has nothing to do with race. Drudge helpfully reminds readers that Powell previously said that having a black president would be good for the country: Oh and...

I’ve been writing about the inevitable tightening of the presidential race. This is from Electoral-Vote.com: National Race Getting Tighter Here are the national polls today. Obama’s lead down slightly, to 5.7% - Diageo (Obama +7) - Gallup expanded (Obama +4) - IBD (Obama +7) - Rasmussen (Obama +5) - Research 2000 (Obama +7) - Zogby (Obama +4) The...

It’s like getting the first and second Bush presidencies all in one: [youtube qvSOlD2A3tQ] [youtube dN26Bpx_o1A]

Talking about his lead in the polls and fighting complacency, Barack Obama yesterday said that Democrats’ ability to “screw it up” shouldn’t be underestimated. Today, Stephanie Cutter vividly illustrated what he was talking about. Appearing on Hardball, contemptible Congresswoman Michele Bachmann told Chris Matthews that the media ought...

Obama and McCain did dueling stand up routines at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York last night.  Not to spoil the fun, but if you don’t have time to watch the videos (they’re about 15 minutes each), here are the best lines of the night: From Obama, noting that the dinner was being held at the Waldorf: “They tell me that from the...