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» Gallup Daily: Obama Moves Ahead, 48% to 42%

The Daily Tracker is a joke because it’s national polling and because I don’t even like Gallup that much anyway, but this is great news reflecting the start of a convention bump. Gallup: “The current three-day average would reflect any impact of Monday night’s speech by Michelle Obama, and Tuesday night’s speech by Hillary Clinton, but would not completely reflect Wednesday night’s lineup of speakers.”

“ The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American - even illegal aliens - as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care.

— John Goodman, who helped craft McCain’s health policy

“ I think he’s perfect.

— MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), asked to name McCain’s weaknesses, “Morning Joe,” MSNBC, 8/28.

» The economy and, like, such as?

On the columns

The Democrat-running-scared types are saying the campaign should have been wiser in planning this. How in gods name could the campaign think “we’re going to build something styled after the Lincoln memorial on the 45th anniversary of one of the most famous speeches in American history that was at that location that just happens to coincide with our guy being the first black nominee, I hope republicans don’t analyze the style of the Lincoln memorial and correctly conclude its reminiscent of the Parthenon and other greek temples, and then say that our guy thinks hes god.” I mean we all know if it wasn’t the columns it would be the rock bands or the fireworks or something else. Republicans do this. This is what they do. Fuck it.

“ Democratic officials said, ‘Last time we got drunk at our convention, we ended up nominating Walter Mondale.

— Conan O’Brien, on why Democrats were warned not to drink too much in Denver

check the polls, which color should we go with guys

Time: There's a theme that recurs in your books and your speeches, both about putting country first but also about honor. I wonder if you could define honor for us?
John McCain: Read it in my books.
Time: I've read your books.
McCain: No, I'm not going to define it.
Time: But honor in politics?
McCain: I defined it in five books. Read my books.

epic

“ Joe Biden is right: We need more than a good soldier, we need a leader with the experience and judgment to serve as commander in chief from day one.

— John McCain, failing at a comeback

“ You think there’s a little time delay in this circuit, John? This is like being inside McCain’s brain.

— DNC Chairman Howard Dean, being incredibly awesome about an audio delay affecting communication with a news anchor.

“ These times require more than a good soldier, they require a wise leader. A leader who can deliver the change everybody knows we need. Barack Obama will deliver that change.

— Joe Biden, earning his nomination

“ On the two great questions of this election, how to rebuild the American Dream and how to restore America’s leadership in the world, he still embraces the extreme philosophy which has defined his party for more than 25 years, a philosophy we never had a real chance to see in action until 2001, when the Republicans finally gained control of both the White House and Congress. Then we saw what would happen to America if the policies they had talked about for decades were implemented.

— Bill Clinton, earning our forgiveness

“ Candidate McCain now supports the wartime tax cuts that Senator McCain once denounced as immoral. Candidate McCain criticizes Senator McCain’s own climate change bill. Candidate McCain says he would now vote against the immigration bill that Senator McCain wrote. Are you kidding? Talk about being for it before you’re against it.

— John Kerry, earning our forgiveness

look guys bush had a greek temple too!