Fourth Branch Sarah

By: emptywheel Saturday October 4, 2008 10:48 am

I’m appalled that Sarah Palin has bought Dick Cheney’s claim that the Consitution makes the VP some loosey-goosey hybrid position. At the same time, reading Bart Gellman’s Angler makes me confident that Palin could never pull off what Dick Cheney has.

VP Debate: Shredding the Constitution v. Duck [sic] Hunting

By: emptywheel Thursday October 2, 2008 4:30 pm

I wonder if Palin would have had more problems with Dick Cheney’s drunken hunting accident if she knew that he was hunting quail, not duck. In any case, though, her answer shows how little she values the Constitution.

McCain Campaign So Concerned about Palin, They’ve Forgotten about Joe

By: emptywheel Monday September 29, 2008 10:51 am

The McPalin campaign is so panicked about Palin’s weakness on foreign policy, they seem to forget that Joe Biden is just as strong on domestic issues as he is on foreign ones.

The Politics of Resentment

By: emptywheel Saturday September 6, 2008 6:46 am

Among other weak and strong attacks on McCain-Palin, Biden’s beginning to undermine the Republican politics of resentment.

If You Had Any Doubts Obama Would Be Dominant in this Partnership…

By: emptywheel Wednesday August 27, 2008 7:30 pm

Joe Biden’s speech.

SJC Mukasey Hearing

By: emptywheel Wednesday January 30, 2008 7:06 am

Arlen Specter, Chuck Grassley, Herb Kohl, Jeff Sessions, Joe Biden, Pat Leahy, Sam Brownback, and Ted Kennedy question Mukasey.

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