by Bill Scher | Aug 6, 2008 | Blog
Conservatives are trying very hard to sustain their coastal drilling propaganda campaign, which is difficult when you have no facts to sustain your case. They have to stay one step ahead of the fact-checkers, which means regularly concocting new lies that make...
by Sara Robinson | Aug 5, 2008 | Blog
Drew Westen and Mike Lux both have cogent and persuasive posts up that deftly explain — and raise the alarm about — the timidity that's recently settled into Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Sen. John McCain's shooting live rounds now; and, as usual, the...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 5, 2008 | Blog
Take gas prices, the most pressing issue on the minds of Americans. Offer a blatant ploy that in fact won't help — but will profit Big Oil. Pocket over a million in contributions from oil executives and use the money to put up an ad promising to take on Big Oil. Call...
by Bill Scher | Aug 5, 2008 | Blog
Yesterday in my post on inflating tires versus coastal drilling, I noted that: "Conservatives -- lovers of childish mockery over substantive ideas -- later today are apparently planning to distribute tire gauges at an Obama energy event." Over at The Huffington Post,...
by Bill Scher | Aug 4, 2008 | Blog
Sen. John McCain says he is (now) for coastal drilling. Today, he said Congress should abort its August recess and convene a special session to vote on drilling. "Congress should come back in session, and I'm willing to come off the campaign trail," said McCain to...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 4, 2008 | Blog
It was another 0-for-3 weekend for the watchdog, though Speaker Pelosi successfully resisted a grilling on drilling. It was Nancy Pelosi who shone brightest this Sunday on ABC's This Week, as she held the line against the push to "drill, drill, drill," and met George...
