This has been nagging at me for a while. Karl Rove this morning told yet another variation on the story of the McCains’ adoption of their daughter Bridget. In his version, like the others I’ve heard, Cindy didn’t tell John in advance that she was bringing this child back with her from abroad. She just did it, a fact which usually gets a hardy-har-har from friendly audiences.
In Rove’s version today, Cindy specifically told someone else not to tell John in advance. The point of Rove’s story was that John McCain needs to reveal more of himself publicly so that voters can see the kind of character he has.
Am I the only one who finds that story to be a poor reflection on Cindy, John, and their marriage?
A short time ago, I put the “Where is Hillary?” question to former Clinton flack Howard Wolfson:
As Greg Sargent reports, Hillary is scheduled to campaign in Florida for Obama on Monday, although it’s not clear whether that was a pre-scheduled event or a response to Palin.
Confirmed: Rudy ran way long in his convention speech, forcing planners to nix a planned soft-focus bio video of Palin that was set to run before she spoke.
You can view the Palin vid here.
We wrap up reaction to Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican Convention, in the most patriotic episode of TPMtv ever:
Full-size video at TPMtv.com.
As you know, despite earlier promises to the contrary, Sarah Palin is now refusing to cooperate with the trooper-gate investigation. Her lawyer now says she will refuse to be deposed unless the head of the current investigation relinquishes control and hands the investigation over to the state Personnel Board made up of three of Gov. Palin’s appointees. We’ve been trying to see whether Palin’s argument has any merit under Alaska law. And the former Alaska Attorney General we just spoke to told us, in essence, that it’s a bunch of bunk.
Not surprising, since the whole gambit is an effort to push any depositions out past the election.
Rep. Lynn Westermoreland (R-GA): Obama’s too “uppity.”
When he’s right, he’s right. Chris Matthews is, as I write, whacking away at the GOP spinners claiming all the press criticism saying Sarah Palin shouldn’t be vice president because she’s the mother of young children. Who said that?
The basketball court line got the headlines. But Barack Obama’s statements today on camera were, I think, exactly right. Brush off the insults, turn every question back to John McCain. He’s running against John McCain. Don’t get distracted.