Why are some American's so obsessed with Europe?

For those of you know know me on Facebook, you may recall that my status a couple of weeks ago was something to the effect of

"Ben is...sick and tired of hearing about how great the European way of life supposedly is..."

Today on Real Clear Politics I stumbled across this little gem...which describes exactly what I have been thinking.

The Europeanization of the Democratic Party

By: William Moloney




Enjoy...

Some Good Readin'

"Obama's Winning, But not by Much" Michael Gerson- The Washington Post

"It's Simple: Drill and Conserve" Charles Krauthammer

"Democracy-- A Flickering Star?" Pat Buchanan

"Things Have Changed over the Past 4 Weeks" Peggy Noonan- The Wall Street Journal

Race Update

On the Presidential Front:

The Cook Political Report has changed North Carolina's Rating from "Lean's Republican" to "Toss-up" after the polling gap between John McCain and the Obamassiah has fallen to within the margin of error.















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The Real Clear Politics Average (RCP) in North Carolina now has John McCain at 47.0% and Barack Obama at 43.3% a difference of +3.7.


On the Senate Front:

Also last week the Cook Political Report downgraded Republican Incumbent Elizabeth Dole's race against challenger State Sen. Kay Hagan from "Likely Republican" to "Leans Republican"
















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Under the Dome recently reported a survey by Research 2000 for ultra-liberal DailyKos that showed incumbent Elizabeth Dole at 50% of likely voters while, her opponent Kay Hagan had 42% of likely voters, a difference of +8.0. This poll showed a slight drop in Elizabeth Dole's numbers compared to polls released in mid-July that showed Dole with a double digit lead.

The RCP Average has a little bit better news for Dole, 50.8% of likely voters are currently choosing Dole, while 41.0% choose her opponent Kay Hagan, a difference of +9.8 for Dole.


While I have no doubt that Elizabeth Dole will keep her seat and North Carolina will remain a "Red State" this just serves as a friendly reminder that all of us conservative types are going to have to do our part. Virginia may have decided to go crazy on us, but that doesn't mean that we have to.

News Commentators

The other day on MSNBC I saw Andrea Mitchell talking to a gentleman about his article on how politics in the south has changed in the 2008 Presidential Election. The man from Newsweek (Christopher Dickey) was talking about a recent trip he had taken throughout the south judging people's reactions to Obama's "Historic" candidacy. And there a few things I noticed that bothered me about the news segment.

Observation 1

Christopher Dickey's article "Southern Discomfort" unfairly portrays all people from the south as either born-again followers of the Obamassiah or conservative racists afraid of change.

Had I not been a person from the south or a frequent observer of the political process I could have come away with the idea that every southern conservative is a racist or is afraid of Obama's falsely rumored Muslim faith.

There isn't a single example of an articulate or educated conservative in his article. The only conservatives are delusional racists.

Observation 2

Andrea Mitchell is an idiot.

In our 24 hour News world we are constantly reminded of the stupid questions people can ask. In this Clip, Andrea Mitchell asks if Tim Kaine's (D-VA) potential nomination for Obama's VP has a potential spill over affect in North Carolina. IS SHE KIDDING?

Think about this: In 2004 John Edwards a Democratic Senator from NC was on the ticket and that didn't help John Kerry get one vote that he didn't already have. This is common known knowledge. John Edwards didn't help John Kerry in NC one iota.

So the question is begging to be asked: Why would Andrea Mitchell think that the governor of another state would help swing undecided votes to towards a particular ticket? Does she know anything about politics?

I can't figure out why she would ask such a stupid question unless its just to fill time. Watch the clip below:



So basically, I want to know: Why are these anchors on TV so stupid? and why do they get paid so much for mindless dribble?