By way of Right Wing Liberal we find that Big Oil sure does like them some “hope” and “change”:
The Center for Responsive Politics took a look at the candidates campaign contributions from employees of Exxon-Mobil (companies themselves are barred from donating). Here’s what they found (ABC via Jim Geragthy):
Through June, Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 [...]
Dragging Paris Hilton into political debates strikes me as kinda weird. Sure, John McCain did it and shame on him. But it seems he wasn’t the first of our presumptive presidential nominees to do it:
If it’s so awful to pull Paris Hilton into politics, as John McCain recently did in a commercial, then [...]
Today the NYT covered McCain’s lack of computer literacy and what that means on a broader scale:
While 73 percent of American adults use the Internet (only 35 percent 65 or older), according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, it’s likely that many of them would rather have a president who [...]
Even though he denies it, the idea of John McCain personally roughing up commies makes me respect the man more.
Barack Obama may be the hottest politician online, but when it comes to unfiltered Internet commentary, nobody beats John McCain.
D.J. McGuire takes the New York Times to task for their John McCain smear piece and points out that Senator McCain really did a lot of things right.
Ollie North calls it “Decision Time For Conservatives“:
Neither John McCain nor anyone in his campaign asked me to write this column. But I cannot sit silently while my fellow conservatives do to John McCain what GOP “moderates” did to me. Today the stakes for our country are far higher, and the implications for the future [...]
QandO’s Jon Henke dissects the Republican Party and where McCain fits.
DJ McGuire compares John McCain’s conservative credentials to Mike Huckabee’s, issue by issue. The verdict? McCain.
Former Gov. and current Senate candidates Jim Gilmore has endorsed John McCain for President. (h/t Mason Conservative)
Newt Gingrich backs John McCain and warns of a potentially “catastrophic election”.
Former Virginia Governor and Senator George Allen just endorsed and introduced John McCain at CPAC.
Patrick Ruffini gives a breakdown of vote totals for the Republican candidates yesterday:
McCain 3,016,739
Romney 2,369,027
Huckabee 1,610,951
That breaks down to roughly 40% McCain, 32% Romney, 22% Huckabee. Many will say that this shows a majority of Conservative voters don’t like McCain. But that’d disregarding actual figures that show a majority of Huckabee’s supporters [...]
Also of note, Huckabee supporters break more to McCain than Romney by a huge margin. (h/t Marc Ambinder, from Pew)
PS - “Convince Me Of The Merits Of Mitt”
I’ve been reading Instapundit tonight.
Chris Green (aka STD) wondered why I support John McCain and why I chose now to express it. It’s a good question and one I answered back in the comments, but I figure I should share it here as well for anyone else who might find themselves scratching their heads:
I had avoided making a full [...]