2008 election

Mickey Mouse now runs presidential debates. (ABC News is a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney in case you didn't know.) Is that funny or sad?

Barack Obama's comment about small-town America was poorly worded but true. It may have been the most important thing he has said in this entire campaign. If nothing else, the fact that he would make such a blunt statement proves that he is the true-blue candidate of the people. In American politics, everything has been so scripted to such a sickening extent for so long that we are shocked -- SHOCKED, I tell you -- when a candidate speaks words that are not pre-approved by 36 consultants.

I voted today and, for the first time since Bill Clinton's first term, actually felt good about it. Obama is incredible. He is exactly what our country needs after these past seven years of incompetence, rot, and corruption: a true unifying force bearing a powerful message of hope.