- AP, Analysis: McCain hampered by campaign missteps. Yes, AP. Sue me.
- Carpetbagger Report, With McCain, it’s about more than a simple change of heart
- Crooks & Liars, Top McCain Adviser: Another terror attack would give McCain “big advantage”
- HuffPo, Impossible: Finding An Expert Who Says McCain's Energy Plan Provides Short-Term Relief
- Here's the sort of shocking flip-flop on a basic issue of principle for which I can imagine no justification other than naked ambition: McCain in 2005: Gitmo Detainees Deserve Trials Or Should Be Released. Now, of course, McCain claims that a Supreme Court decision giving minimal habeas rights is one of the worst decisions in the the Court's history….
- Nitpicker Blog, McCain Lying about oil spills
- Crooks & Liars, A novel defense for McCain’s policy reversals
- Politico.com, John McCain doesn't work weekends
Recent Bluessky Posts- Spine at last. Now to see how it holds up January 26, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Bonuses. Quietly. January 26, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Crim: Darryl Brown, The Supreme Court’s Failure to Stop the Politics of Mass Incarceration, JOTWELL (January 26, 2026) (reviewing Rachel Barkow, Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration (2025)), crim.jotwell.com/the-supreme-.... January 26, 2026 Jotwell
- The pain is the price of leverage alas. But it's not a good look for senators to say they allowed a shutdown of all these other valuable things because they insisted on funding ICE killers. January 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I believe that these funds don't evaporate; of course Congress can always rescind unexpended previous appropriations. ICE $ are bundled with many other agencies' including FEMA so if there's a standoff those agencies will go into shutdown mode unless Congress breaks up the bill and passes the rest. January 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
And from the equal time department, comes this column from the Washington Post:
The Ever-Malleable Mr. Obama
By Charles Krauthammer
— Bret
By the ever-wrong Charles Krauthammer
& don’t forget a little bashing for McLame’s beautiful wife Cindy, or rather, Madam “oxycontin chic”
“To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.”
— Obama spokesman Bill Burton, Oct. 24, 2007
Both of these bozos will change their views on issues if they think it means more votes in November.