John McCain used Jackson Browne’s song “Running on Empty” in one of his attack ads without permission and is now being used by Browne according to this story at Reuters.

Fox News billionaire Rupert Murdoch is well known for his conservative views so it may come as a shock to read read in this Reuters article that he thinks Barack Obama will win the 2008 general election in a landslide. Far more shocking are the positive things he says about Obama and that he appears [...]

The latest Reuters/Zogby poll (taken from 5/15 to 5/18) gives Barack Obama a huge national poll lead over Hillary Clinton nationally and a big lead over John McCain who is set to be his general election foe. Obama leads Clinton 59% to 33% (a 26% margin.) Obama leads McCain 48% to 40% (an 8% margin.)

Read this Reuters story. While McCain & Clinton talk about the Gas Tax Holiday pandering scam, Obama is working on truce deals that may have a real effect on lowering the cost of gasoline. The positive effect of having a true diplomat as president is hard to calculate. Certainly after 8 years of diplomatic failure [...]

Last week Hillary Clinton (sounding a lot more like Dick Cheney than she really should) said she would “totally obliterate” Iran if they attacked Israel. While such a remark probably should garner plenty of press coverage, the mainstream media is too concerned with Miley Cyrus and Jeremiah Wright to cover any issues that may actually [...]