I'm watching MSNBC and Chris Matthews went outside the temporary studio in Denver to interview people who are standing outside the glass windows of his studio.

First he interviews a McCain group from Colorado and Utah but then he interviewed three women who are Hillary supporters and who now support McCain. These three women stood there holding Hillary and McCain signs and then they opened their mouths and smeared Obama. They didn't talk about issues or Hillary..nothing as substantial as something real or valid. No, they SMEARED him.

This will be short and not arfully linked. My apologies.

I thought it might be important to alert one and all to the fact that in 2003 Congress Passed the Partial Birth Abortion Act: http://www.whitehouse.gov/...

Might also be important to inform one and all that in 2007, the Supremes upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Act in a frightening decision, Gonzalez v Cahart, 2007: http://www.aclusandiego.org/...

This openthread is for anyone watching HBO's Recount airing tonight at 9:00.

Cliff Schecter, author of the new book,The Real McCain , has posted an devastating YouTube video at his blog on HuffingtonPost.com. chock filled with McCain's flipflopping and confused statements all emblematic of his Derailing Confused Talk Express.

I don't think YouTube video's can be embedded here at Dkos so just clink the link and take a look.

This is a heads-up and a big thank you to Dkos diarist, LizzyPop.

His/her diary entitled Huckabee comments on Obama & Rev. Wright flap was picked up by Politico's Ben Smith:Huck Defends Wright. Smith included the video and printed most of Huckabee's comments.

Huffington Post picked up Ben Smith's piece and did a nice write-up again including the video .Huckabee Defends Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Via Swampland's Mike Dorning:

Clinton aide: Obama unqualified for veep
by Mike Dorning

After several days of Bill and Hillary Clinton floating the idea of a joint ticket with rival Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton chief spokesman Howard Wolfson declared Monday that Clinton does not consider Obama qualified to be vice president.

Still, Wolfson said Clinton would not "rule out" Obama as a potential vice president, in the event the Illinois senator is somehow able to prove he meets the test for commander-in-chief between now and Denver.

Update with full comments to come shortly

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/...

Deep Thoughts: I wonder what 'proof' Wolfson and Hillary would need? Tea with the ladies of Ireland? Singing on stage with Sinbad? The mind boogles.

Once again on national TeeVee, the writers of SNL have led off their Clinton Comedy Hour with a live circular jerk-off celebrating the wonders of Hillary and the Stupidity of Obama. Hey, it worked for the ratings the last two weeks, why not try for three in a row?

Via Huffington Post, Larry David has a funny take on Hillary's Three A.M. ad.

As Martha Stewart might say, 'Vetting is a good thing".

I agree and that's why I think Hillary and Bill Clinton's recent past should be vetted just as thoroughly as Obama's. The last eight years or so since Bill left office, there hasn't been  much examination of the Clintons.

For instance, I wonder about those donations to the Clinton Library. Who were the donors and how much did they give? Why isn't there full disclosure about the Clinton Library?

Right now, I wonder about her tax returns? Why aren't they released? Surely, Clinton must have an accountant that can help her get her records in order for a speedy release? Why do we have to wait?

It seems Senator Obama's campaign is wondering the same thing because they released the following statement.

Did anyone watch SNL last night? It was the first show since the writer's strike and Tina Fey was guest hosting, so I decided to tune in even though I no longer watch it regularly anymore.

It was interesting to say the least. Not because the writers found their comedic mojo again (they didn't) but because it seems the Cool Kids have spoken about who is in and who is out.

Here's a quick synopsis:

SNL "hearts" Hillary.

Tina Fey really, really "hearts" Hillary.

Tina Fey wants Ohio and Texas to vote for Hillary because she's like a nun you hate but makes you know the capitol of Vermont. Plus, it's okay that Hillary and Bill run the country together as co-preznits because it's kinda like Starsky and Hutch. (I kid you not.)

B**ch is the new black. (Who knew?)

Obama is not cool. ObamacultObamacultObamacult. Rinse and repeat.

Obama is their new Gore.

I'm sure most of us have seen the Obama "Yes We Can" YouTube video.

If you haven't viewed it yet, clink the linkie below now and take a look because you have to se it first in order to appreciate the McCain parody video on YouTube now.

Obama Yes We Can

Via Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo, Obama's candor about his past drug use is now being used against him by a very desperate Hillary Campaign in New Hampshire

Although John McCain appeared uncomfortable at a public forum when a woman in the audience asked him, "How do we beat the bitch?", he did nothing but giggle nervously.

McCain laughs when questionner refers to Clinton as a "bitch"

Since we have some great John Edwards diaries up today and an interesting Hillary diary concerning her interest in chosing a running mate (already!), I thought I'd throw some Obama into the mix...just keep everything ''fair and balanced".  :)

Justice Roberts' suffered a seizure today while vacationing at his Hupper Island summer home in Maine.

According to the Washington Post, Roberts and his wife purchased the vacation home last year from the former host of "This Old House" Steve Thomas. Washington  Post

The story also stated that Roberts' and his wife secured a $275,000 mortgage and a $100,000 credit agreement to purchase the home.

Scotusblog describes the summer home thusly:

His summer home, bought in the late spring of 2006, is on a 2-acre plot on Hupper Island, about 2 kilometers off the coast from a point near Port Clyde, Maine. Port Clyde is described locally as "a fishing village located on St. George Peninsula, which is a point of land between the towns of Thomaston and Rockland." Roberts' home there is about 225 feet from shore with a water view across Muscongus Bay toward the mainland, according to a news wire account in June 2006. That report said the island had 20 to 30 homes.

If you have the stomach for it, click on the linky below and take a look at "Generation Chickenhawk: The Unauthorized College Republican Tour" by Max Blumenthal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

The Sacaramento Bee is reporting tonight that  'arch- conservative' Republican Representative John Doolittle is calling for our troops to pull back from its military role in Iraq and let the Iraqi Army take over combat operations.

I expected a slew of "Free Scooter" editorials and OpEd columns from the Washington Post. What do you expect from a newspaper that has Fred Hiatt dominating the Editorial Board? The myth of the Washington Post being a bastion of elite liberal thought has long been discredited. The glory days of Watergate have long faded. In fact, I shudder to think how WaPo would handle Watergate today.

But..