Text of coop yrighted (gettit? coop?) material.  The final analysis of not even having a good back game.

McCain is going to go down as an asterisk in the history books.

Take it away Les Nessman:

Here's a list from John Phillips of the Employment Law Post blog detailing state-by-state employee rights to take time off to vote.

http://employmentlawpost.com/theword/200 8/10/15/time-off-to-vote-for-employees-a -state-by-state-survey-2/

Hope that a. You have a job.  b. You've already voted  c.  Your employer is doing the patriotic thing and giving you paid time off to vote.

Change?
I'll admit it, I'm a cynic.  Glass half full?  Just means you drank enough for Montezuma's revenge.  The bigger the silver lining, the bigger the cloud.  I expect the worst out of people, and I'm rarely disappointed.  It explains why I'm a Democrat, they almost never let me down.

I submit exhibit "A":

"I have been tested,'' McCain said, with a certain gritted-teeth look at the state fairgrounds in New Mexico. "I'm gonna test them. They're not gonna test me.''

Sarah Palin's triumphal tour of New Hampshire?!?.  Huh?  Could someone please tell me what I'm missing here.  I know that the campaign is scrounging for votes like a junkie pawing away beneath the sofa cushions for a lint-covered M&M, but seriously, New Hampshire?

Browsing the internals of the Washington Post polling data, and wanted to share some of the more interesting highlights.  I think that Obama's performance is a giant lawn dart skewering McCains hope to appeal to undecideds and moderates.

Sure this will be made available youtuby style later but here's what the asshats were saying @8:25am, talking to Bernard Goldberg on "Fox and Friends".  Don't ask why I was watching.

Gretchen Carlson:  "51% of the people said that they felt that Joe Biden won, which is close, really close.  But the headlines said, "Biden wins.  I mean, is that what we're still up against?"

Until people finally figure out the difference between regressive and progressive taxes, here's a little tax calculator to shut up talking point trolls:

http://www.willobamacutmytaxes.com/

The short answer is YES