Obama-mentum rapidly closing in on McCain in Arizona!

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Some recent polling in Arizona shows that the presidential race has narrowed to single digits, even though Obama has run a low-key grassroots operation in Arizona with little media presence. We are a bottom-tier priority state because we have the misfortune of being John McCain's home state. That sucks! The Rasmussen (GOP … Read more

The state of the presidential race with one week to go

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The national polling data has been remarkably stable for well over a month now, with most of the major polls showing Obama fluctuating in a range of 49-53% and McCain fluctuating in a range of 40-46%. The daily tracker polls show some statistical noise with occasional movement of a point or two on … Read more

The long knives are out as the GOP civil war has already begun

Posted by AzBlueMeanie : These guys don't even wait for the body to be buried first. The post-mortems for the McCain campaign have already begun,Chris Cilizza blog: McCain Campaign Post-Mortem.  In a New York Times Magazine article by Robert Draper on Sunday The Making (and Remaking and Remaking) of John McCain, Draper takes the first cut … Read more

“There is an alignment of elites taking place…”

by David Safier Christopher Buckley, conservative, novelist, essayist and son of William F., recently said he's voting for Obama. The right is piling on, so he's fighting back. In an essay on The Daily Beast, he goes after Rush Limbaugh. Buckley actually likes Limbaugh. Go figure. But now that Buckley is the object of the Rush-man's scorn, … Read more