Right On The Right

What can I see about this besides the fact that Obama is tired and worn down by the meticulous details of campaigning? This is why gaffes happen. Yet another hat-tip to Hot Air for bringing us this video:

For once I agree with Tim Russert, and I think that Hillary Clinton's campaign is over. This historic election cycle is coming to an end, and the next historic election cycle is about to begin. Via STACLU, here's Tim Russert explaining:

Would an associate of Barack Obama say that he does things specifically for political motivations? Yes, especially if that associate was removed from Obama's campaign and semi-condemned by the candidate in front of the nation. Via RCP, the Ranting Reverend on Obama and doing anything to be elected:

Hot Air has a great video up with Sean Hannity interviewing Fred Thompson, and he talks about Obama, any potential Vice Presidential run, and more. His ripping of Obama is incredibly insightful and shows how a pragmatic Conservative can approach Barack's candidacy. Enjoy:

I was just on a blogger conference call with John McCain, and a large portion of the call was spent talking about Barack Obama, William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and the other shady members of corrupt Chicago. John McCain reiterated his stance that the North Carolina ad about Wright should be pulled, but he also said that he doesn't have the power to make that decision. Allow me to paraphrase a bit, but when questioned on the ad, Senator McCain said the following:

In my view, we should be talking about the differences between myself and Senator Obama on the issues. I don’t believe that [the Wright ad] is an appropriate issue. Just like I didn’t agree with Mr. Cunningham.

While the Senator disagreed with the Wright ad, he was a bit more confrontational towards Barack Obama when discussing Ayers. He's went after Barack for this association in the past. When Hugh Hewitt asked John McCain about the Ayers-Coburn association Obama made, our nominee expressed a bit of frustration with the media:

I’m surprised more hasn’t been made about the comparison, between an unrepentant terrorist, and that’s what Ayers is, and a great American [in Senator Tom Coburn]...

John McCain is drawing the line here between an unrepentant terrorist and just one kooky America-hating pastor. Later in the call, John McCain commented on one of Barack Obama's more traditional associates, a man pushing a huge tax increase in Cook County, Illinois. Our nominee wasn't surprised, given Barack's pension for supporting tax increases himself. To round this all out, Hot Air has a video of one of Obama's associates that wasn't discussed during the call, Bernadine Dohrn, making some radical statements. While McCain pushes a clean campaign, Obama is surrounding himself with dirty people: