Hard to see the upside in denying having said something on national TV since it’s a provable lie. But Rep. Michele “Anti-American” Bachmann (R-MN) is gutting it out, telling local TV in her home state that it’s just not true that she said what she said:
Sarah Palin put on the spot about a piece from National Review:
Late Update: The National Review‘s Rich Lowry emails to note that CNN took his mag’s piece way out of context. I think he has a point there.
New union robocall in Ohio labels McCain a pro-Wall Street “disaster for the middle class.”
Joe Biden, calling McCain to the carpet today over his “scurrilous” robocalls:
The Nevada GOP is demanding that voters with errors on their registration forms cast provisional ballots rather than simply fixing those errors when they go to the polls and casting regular ballots, arguing that any last minute changes violate state law closing new voter registrations three weeks before the election.
Politico reports on the RNC apparently shelling out $150,000 to clothe and accessorize the Palin family.
Nothing says Main Street quite like Saks Fifth Avenue.
You may have seen Democratic Rep. John Murtha’s sweeping statements about his part of western Pennsylvania being “racist” (and his subsequent “redneck” mea culpa). Not exactly laying the ground work for racial harmony. So John McCain arrived in Pennsylvania today all set to capitalize on Murtha’s boneheaded remarks. Well, McCain’s got the boneheaded part down:
You can see the glimmer of recognition of the flub, like he just chased Road Runner off the edge of the cliff. There’s the split-second decision to try to pull off a miracle escape. But his legs stop spinning and gravity takes over and from there it’s a long way down. For a guy who spent the last week reminding everyone he’s not Bush, that’s got to hurt.
Obama camp to unleash blistering robocall returning fire at McCain for running “sleazy” campaign.