EXCERPT: I can only make sense of the timing if I suppose that the pro-industry people inside the FDA leadership, or the pro-industry people in the White House, or both, are in a hurry to be sure that industry friendly measures are enacted during the Bush watch--with the predict …

How can a news company be stupid enough to throw their reputation in the toilet? MSNBC has lowered themselves to nothing more than Obama's cheerleader. Makes me sick.. Bill O'Reilly says "'One of the most outrageous things I've ever seen in my 35 years in journalism'

McCain/Palin ticket at 47 percent, and the Obama-Joe Biden ticket at 45 percent. Mr. Zogby said his interactive online poll shows Mr. Obama and Mrs. McCain "have solidified the support among their own parties." Mr. Obama won 86 percent of Democrats and Mr.

Yes, the Democrats hate America. Proof of this is evident in their crying and screaming about the inadequacy of Sarah Palin as a Vice Presidential candidate. She has just as much experience as Senator Obama. But the crying goes on and on about how she is not qualified.

Today is the third of a four day Weekend of Action, in which grassroots volunteers across the country will be canvassing and registering voters in one of our largest coordinated field efforts yet.

In Colorado the Weekend of Action started early. Jenn Prosser was at Mile High on Thursday, where volunteers were phonebanking on-site in the hours before Barack's speech . . .

In the hours leading up to Barack's acceptance speech, people took the energy of Mile High and turned it into action. Throughout the stadium, people were registering to vote, signing up to volunteer and even making phone calls to make sure that people across Colorado tuned in to watch Barack's speech.

Cheryl, a volunteer who traveled from Washington state to help out in Colorado, talked to us about the amount of excitement that is flooding Mile High.

She said:

We're calling voters in Colorado and telling them to watch Senator Obama speak tonight... It's packed, we have 100 phones here and I'm looking for phones all the time. They love it and they're so enthusiastic about making calls for Barack.

No matter where you are, you take part in this Weekend of Action by finding an event near you.

AFP - Hurricane Gustav barreling towards New Orleans Sunday gave presidential foes John McCain and Barack Obama their first real chance to show they can lead the nation at a time of crisis.

As the conventions celebrate the anointed, it's worth exploring how our long slide away from the Founding Fathers' modest notion of presidential responsibility has left us with a dysfunctional politics and a bloated imperial presidency.

AP - Barack Obama seems to have only one problem with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president: She holds the same positions as John McCain, the GOP presidential candidate who tapped her.

Most of the activities Monday are suspended. Bush and Cheney will skip it altogether.

Republicans today dramatically scaled back their presidential nominating convention as Hurricane Gustav targeted the Gulf Coast, and they sought to recast it from a partisan event to one focused on the impending natural disaster.