Indie rockers can cancel gigs. Presidents don't.
No need to find new plans for Friday night; Barack Obama says the debate is on!"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when…
More wild and craaaaazy Repub antics (now with writing contest!)
As a writer and editor, I found this story in today's Salon fascinating. Called I ghost-wrote letters to the editor for the McCain campaign, it…
The impending big federal GIFT of YOUR money to the banking system (and what to do about it)
I know a lot more about indie rock than I do about economics and financing. And frankly, I'd rather be blogging about that great new…
This looks suspiciously like real journalism
An independent political publication called the Michigan Messenger is totally kicking ass all over the GOP place, breaking the story of how the GOP is…
Obama on Letterman (updated with video)
Did anyone see Obama on David Letterman last night? If only his political commercials were as funny and self-effacing and simulaneously ZING! as he was…
"Putting lipstick on a pig" PSA
Imaginary Public Service Announcement to McCain et. al. -- it's an expression. And a well-established one at that. So would you please just STFU with…
Even Business Week thinks Obama's tax plan is better
I don't know about you, but I have several very right-wing relatives. Mention Obama to them and -- when they're not raging about how he's…
Keeping America Smrat
The liberal editor geek in me (which is, in essence, all of me) couldn't resist sharing this gem. From the RNC, posted on Pundit Kitchen,…
"No one knows what war is like other than my family, period."
Meghan McCain, daughter of (overshadowed) Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, writes a blog called McCain Blogette, documenting pop culture, music, and fashion while out on…
Sarah Palin on Freddie and Fannie
While our intention at TIG is to provide positive, pro-Obama coverage (versus negative, anti-Palin McCain coverage), sometimes we need to point out when one of…