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Or at least, at some point, we did.

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Washington Post writer E.J. Dionne,Jr. compares the 1932 Hoover and Roosevelt race to the current McCain and Obama race. Check out the fascinating comparisons...

Rex Hammock thinks that the President might have done himself some good by laying this economic crisis at his own doorstep:

race42008.com has a nice video rundown of some of Joe Biden’s recent gaffes, from telling an enviro-wacko that the campaign opposes coal, when in fact Obama supports clean coal, to disagreeing with the Obama campaign ad making fun of McCain’s age, to saying that Roosevelt came on the TV in 1929, when in fact not [...]

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Looking in on the DNC's fight over seating delegates, it is amusing to watch as Democrats beat each other over the head with classic fallacious arguments.

Some were worried that Obama couldn't take on the fight in the General Election. I think he's shown that he's learned from the battles of the past that you can't just go and say "I'm as tough as you Mr. Republican," you have to show the weakness in the Republican argument and mindset.

• Margaret Truman, Eliot Roosevelt, Steve Allen - mystery writers? Did they really take the time out of their celebrityhood to craft, write and rewrite those mystery novels you see on the bookshelf?

We all know that politicians don't write their own speeches.

But novelists? Mystery novelists, in particular?

Don Daugherty says that the national press is following Carville and has requested credentials to cover the Knox Co. Democratic Party's Truman Day Dinner. It will also be taped for C-SPAN.