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Sarah Palin is off the campaign trail but not out of the spotlight. Now that she isn't running for anything, she's doing interviews left and right (that's not a political reference, by the way). This morning, NBC aired the first part of Matt Lauer's interview with the Alaska Governor;...

ANOTHER update to the "McCampaign staffers can't seem to stop talking" story. From Gawker : Republican and former Bush executive secretary of the National Security Council Steve Biegun has gotten in touch with National Review editor/wonderboy Rich Lowry to redeem the former vice presidential...

Let the backbiting begin! As Madeline reported over in Morning News , some members of the McCampaign is seemingly saying that Sarah Palin is to blame for John McCain not being elected President of the United States. Even you think that's going too far – I haven't heard anyone say that directly...

CNN, The New York Times, and even Fox News have called the Presidential race for Barack Obama. (UPDATE: so has everyone else .) Amazing to think that it's almost all over after so much campaigning. Not much to say. I'm still going to watch the news for awhile; I'm like Yogi Berra – it ain't...

So the United States is picking a President today. But there are other candidates, and also many ballot measures in play today. A quick round-up: ARIZONA: - Ban same-sex marriage. - Require that any initiative involving spending or tax hikes be approved by majority of all registered voters, not just...

The line to vote for President and other stuff today might be kind of long. If you get cranky, here's an inspiring story to keep you a little bit sane. From the Austin American Statesman: Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries...

When you were a kid, did you ever make prank calls? Call a bar and ask to speak to Dick Hertz? Dial 867 5309 and ask for Jenny? Or "is your refrigerator running? Well, you'd better go and catch it!" (That last one is way old school, dude.) Some lucky grown-ups actually make a living doing...

This is really ugly. I hope that whomever you happen to be voting for, this isn't something you can condone. As the blog We Are Respectable Negroes (the name comes from the Forty Acres and a Mule document) puts it: "It seems that Barack Obama was finally called a 'nigger' at a recent...

Kim Mance breaks down some of the key points in the Obama and McCain health care plans. I have a few thoughts to add. I didn't realize this, but the debate about a national health care system goes back much further than when Bill Clinton attempted to implement one when he was first elected way back...

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave a speech in Pittsburgh on Friday where she discussed the challenges facing children with special needs. Here is a video clip with a few choice digs at the Obama-Biden tax plan: If the clip does not appear, try clicking here to see it. And a couple...