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Jay began writing politically themed commentary and founded his blog, Swimming Freestyle, in October 2007. Here he'll write about politics from a progressive perspective.
  

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The McCain Meltdown

POSTED July 23, 8:21 AM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
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Joe Klein has never seen anything like it.  As unbecoming a comment from a presidential candidate as Klein has ever seen covering nine presidential campaigns.  From Swampland:

John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire:

This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign.

This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation. It renews questions about whether McCain has the right temperament for the presidency. How sad.

Scurrility Update: Readers should note that I said that I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. Smart politicians leave the scurrilous stuff to their aides; in fact, a McCain spokesman expressed these words almost exactly on July 14. There is a reason why politicians who want to be President don't say these sort of things: It isn't presidential. A President exists in the straitjacket of literality. His words mean something. So John McCain has to literally believe that Barack Obama would "rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign." I can't imagine that he does. He popped off, out of frustration.

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Palin will do interviews when she's "comfortable"

POSTED September 7, 10:35 AM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
This is now day 9 of the "lock Sarah Palin away and not allow anyone to ask her any questions" watch.  McCain campaign manager, Rick Davis, appeared on FOX News Sunday and elaborated on when, or if, Governor Palin would ever be available.Rick... Read More
Topics: Sarah Palin , Rick Davis

Looks like we're in the mortgage security business

POSTED September 7, 10:15 AM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
Just in case the abysmal labor numbers released on Friday didn't scare the crap out of you, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson announced the U.S. government would be nationalizing troubled mortgage houses Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Shareholders in... Read More
Topics: Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , U.S. Treasury

A Picture for the Day

POSTED September 6, 4:48 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
Benjamin Arthur: "Fisher boys in a boat in the ethereal, magical Halong Bay in Vietnam" (Photograph: Benjamin Arthur) ... Read More
Topics: A Picture for the Day

Hey, Palin WAS vetted

POSTED September 6, 3:16 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
In 2006 by Democrats.  And it's not all bad news - she did some good things.  Here's the full vet (PDF).  Sullivan points to Palin's record on the Wasilla and Alaskan economy:Debt Service Increased 69 Percent Under Palin.In fiscal 2003... Read More

"They must think you're stupid"

POSTED September 6, 2:51 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
It takes a quantum leap of faith to presume anyone, after spending 26 years on the job, will suddenly become an agent of change.  John McCain's new "trust me, I'll change things" campaign might make some wonder why, if he's been so outraged,... Read More
Topics: John McCain , Barack Obama

Coming attraction: "Not Vetting Sarah Palin"

POSTED September 6, 1:31 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
Coming soon to a theater near you(h/t Boing Boing)... Read More
Topics: John McCain , Sarah Palin

Please, not that American flag thing again.

POSTED September 6, 1:12 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
There are, apparently, some out there still desperately trying to build a case that Democrats don't sufficiently respect the American flag.  Just for the record, here are photos of John McCain and Barack Obama addressing the Republican and Democratic... Read More
Topics: American flags

Building the Palin narrative

POSTED September 6, 12:23 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
Last night I posted a short piece on Alaska's executive jet and the urban myth being constructed about Sarah Palin selling the jet on eBay for a profit.  It's untrue - the jet was not sold on eBay and it was sold at a loss. A reader commented:...you... Read More
Topics: John McCain , Sarah Palin

"What do you talk about when you can't explain"

POSTED September 6, 12:04 PM
Jay McDonough - Progressive Politics Examiner
Go Joe Biden.  While Ms. Palin is esconced away (like a delicate flower), hidden from the press and interested voters hoping to learn something about her positions, the McCain camp and Ms. Palin apparently too afraid she would blow their carefully... Read More
Topics: Joe Biden , Sarah Palin

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