Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, who should know better, was caught by an open mic yesterday  making demonstrably false statements — Sarah Palin is “no genius,” for example. Rendell also said that Arizona Governor and Homeland Security Secretary-nominee Janet Napolitano is perfect for the job because she has no family, “no life”...

Minnesota’s Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty, was runner-up (or close to it) in McCain’s VP search. I was certain that McCain would select him as his running mate (shows what I know — McCain really outsmarted all of us on that one).  Pawlenty is young, well spoken, and popular in a Democratic state. Had he been picked, McCain today...

To nobody’s surprise, McCain aides have apparently given up on Iowa and New Mexico. But they’ve also concluded that “Obama will win Colorado.” So now, the aides say, McCain has to win Nevada, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania to have any shot at the presidency. Over the past couple of weeks, as polls have...

Appearing on CNN’s Late Edition today, Obama supporter Debbie Wasserman-Schultz pounded the bejesus out of Congresswoman Heather Wilson of New Mexico. It was a bitter exchange on the election in which McCain supporter Wilson (who frequently just keeps talking even when her turn is over) tried to end with a zinger. Quoth Wilson at the very end,...

Reporting on the House’s passage of the Wall Street bailout today, CNN’s Frank Sesno relates the mood of the country: the salient public emotion about the current situation is anger: “Anger at Wall Street, anger at Washington, anger at the Congress, anger at the White House.” People certainly aren’t going to be angry at themselves,...