Top Items:
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain Prepares Rezko Ad; Wright “Now Fair Game”; GOP 527 Attacks — Sen. John McCain's campaign is finishing a hard-hitting television ad highlighting Barack Obama 's ties to shady Chicago land dealer Tony Rezko, the one-time Obama patron who was convicted earlier this summer of fraud.
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain unsure how many houses he owns — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. — “I think - I'll have my staff get to you,” McCain told us in Las Cruces, N.M. “It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you.”
Discussion:
The New Republic, Think Progress, The Huffington Post, Ovi, Marc Ambinder, Associated Press, TPM Election Central, Matthew Yglesias, The Caucus, The Huffington Post, Hotline On Call, News Hounds, The Carpetbagger Report, Hot Air, Outside The Beltway, Comments from Left Field, The Jed Report, TigerHawk, New York Magazine, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Wall Street Journal, Wake up America, MoJoBlog, The RBC, Old Man McCain, Newsweek Blogs, Jack & Jill Politics, The G Spot, Alas, a blog, Gawker, Gothamist, MyDD, Don Surber, Ben Smith's Blogs, Political Punch, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, The Washington Independent, Flopping Aces, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, Wonkette and ProgressiveAccountability.org
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain Spokesman's Retort: Obama Lives in “a Frickin' Mansion” — SEDONA, Ariz. — A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today's story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama's ties to a Chicago developer and charges that Obama is an elitist.
![](/080821/i108.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW! — The McCain campaign is road-testing a new argument in responding to Obama's criticism of his number-of-houses gaffe, an approach the McCain camp has never tried before: The houses gaffe doesn't matter because ... he was a POW!
Discussion:
TalkLeft, The Carpetbagger Report, Newshoggers.com, AMERICAblog News, Ben Smith's Blogs and Marc Ambinder
![](/080821/i155.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain family owns 8 properties — John McCain's family owns at least eight properties — not the seven Democrats are alleging or the four McCain's staff identified — according to a Politico analysis of property and tax records, as well as interviews. — The presumptive Republican nominee …
![](/img/pml.png)
New group plans Ayers attack on Obama — A new conservative group has produced a television ad attacking Barack Obama for his relationship with former Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers. — “How much do your really know about Barack Obama? What does he really believe?” asks the ad …
Discussion:
The Daily Dish, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Gateway Pundit, The Mahablog, Wake up America, PrezVid and TIME.com
![](/img/pml.png)
Analysis: Why the Home Debate Matters — In politics, there is nothing worse than appearing out of touch. — From time immemorial, a candidate who is effectively portrayed as forgetting about the “little” people, of having “gone Washington,” of living higher on the hog than voters, loses.
![](/080821/i120.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
McCains Bought Second Beach Condo At Around Time McCain Said …
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, Sadly, No!, PoliticalBase.com Blog, Oliver Willis and Pam's House Blend
![](/img/pml.png)
Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
Discussion:
michellemalkin.com
![](/img/pml.png)
Obama says he's chosen his VP — won't reveal who it is yet — Barack Obama told USA TODAY this afternoon that “yes,” he has made up his mind about whom his running mate will be — but he would not reveal the name or just when he will tell the nation about his choice. — USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely writes that:
Discussion:
Washington Wire, Political Radar, Minnesota Campaign Report, Newsweek Blogs, Buck Naked Politics, FOX Embeds, Fox News, Hot Air and TIME.com
RELATED:
![](/080821/i133.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age — Tim Reid in Washington, Jeremy Griffin and Jane Macartney in Beijing — The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into mounting allegations that Chinese authorities covered up the true age …
Discussion:
Sports Illustrated, The Opinionator, michellemalkin.com, JustOneMinute and HolyCoast.com
RELATED:
![](/080821/i165.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain campaign offices get threatening letters — DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — Sen. John McCain received two suspicious letters at two campaign offices, with at least one containing an unidentified white powder, U.S. Secret Service and McCain's spokespeople said.
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
BARACK'S FAVORS FOR CORRUPT CRONY — Barack Obama has ad mitted it was “boneheaded” to get involved in a land deal with Tony Rezko, his friend and fund-raiser. But the media's focus on that deal has distracted from the bigger question: Why would Obama become involved in any deal with a man like Rezko …
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
The Anatomy of a Deception: How The McCains Changed Their Baby Adoption Story Just Before 2008 Campaign Began — As was pointed out yesterday by the Christian Science Monitor, the McCain campaign was called out for lying about the purported urging of Cindy McCain by Mother Teresa herself …
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
Obama gives nod to success of surge — Sen. Barack Obama, edging away from a long-held position, tacitly acknowledged the success of the Iraq troop-surge strategy during an appearance Tuesday before the country's largest organization of combat veterans. — “Let's be clear …
RELATED:
![](/080821/i135.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
Video: Volleyball team wins gold, blindsides NBC with shout-out to Bush — A palate cleanser by popular request; you'll remember our heroines here from the Butt-Pat That Wasn't. The official Olympics site has highlights of the match but this snippet had to be rescued from oblivion by Tivo.
Discussion:
Wizbang
RELATED:
![](/080821/i117.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
More Americans Question Religion's Role in Politics — Some Social Conservative Disillusionment — Some Americans are having a change of heart about mixing religion and politics. A new survey finds a narrow majority of the public saying that churches and other houses of worship should keep …
![](/img/pml.png)
OBAMA VS. BALDILOCKS — A blogger's African dad came here on the same airlift as Obama's dad. All similarities end there — Los Angeles blogger Juliette Ochieng has a lot in common with the man who might be the next president, Barack Obama. A lot. — Both were born to Kenyan fathers …
Discussion:
baldilocks
![](/080821/i121.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
Who Has The Cooler Podium? — SUSPENDED — This vote suspended until I get an official picture of the DNC podium... The GOP... Or the DNC? — (image courtesy of Reuters)
Discussion:
Weekly Standard Blog