A top aide of McCain says a terror attack would be a great advantage for McCain
see,
http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/Philadelphia/2008...
Perhaps someone could find a better link than an entire newspaper page.

i.e., The war over the war against terror.

Most of us have chosen side; we dream of a hypothetical situation where a nuke is ticking to go off and a hardened al Qada suspect has the code to stop it memorized in his head, or we dream of a hypothetical situation where if you mention civil liberties to our grandchildren, they won’t know what you are talking about.

Americans somewhat united desire to avoid hearing bad news means that we aren't aware that it is possible for what the US considers the Official Iraqi Government may ask the US to leave even before our November election.
see,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...

["Capitol" was spelt "Capital" in original posting, sorry]

Can’t we choose the best person for the job, without turning the other choices into demons?

The Time to stop Racist Hysteria is before it starts

If the Mumia drama was a TV soap opera instead of real life certain detail would be obvious, but for 27 years I've been at times stating what should be obvious details without anyone noticing.

Now that Clinton won Puerto Rico the general feeling that Hispanics don't like McCain has increased. LA Times writer Louise Roug and others suggest that Hispanics tip the balance in choosing the next President. The math tends to be a little strange because 40% of Hispanics going for Bush was considered an amazing success because Republicans aren't supposed to get any Hispanic votes.

Robert Creamer has some extremely good news, I personally hope it's more than a pep talk, see,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/why-t...

The real story behind Mumia abu Jamal’s death row saga, and the Move 9.

Hillary is not perfect but she is no monster.

I am sad that Hillary is spending her personal wealth in an uphill battle toward the White House.

According to conventional wisdom the antiwar movement swept Republicans out of office in the 2006 midterm elections, and the incompetent Democratic party has been throwing away what the antiwar movement won ever since. -- However, most of the Republicans swept out of office such as our local Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum happened also to be against immigration.

People power from around the world has led China to negotiate with the Dalai Lama.

Bob Cavnar in the Houston Chronicle is upset that commentators not wearing flag pins get huffy that Obama isn’t wearing a flag pin, but ignore neither Hillary or McCain wear them.

click the word link,

Who should McCain pick as his Vice President?

An almost unbeatable team would be if McCain picks Hillary. This especially since he and Bush are cutting the gas tax this summer before the election which is almost like handing the average voter $5 to vote for him.

We hairless monkeys and flying saucers or superior intelligence encounters.