Daily Archives: Oct. 21, 2008

Sebelius frequently flying for Obama

Oct. 21, 200811:34 a.m.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is testing Kansans’ patience with her frequent campaign trips for Barack Obama. Or at least that was one interpretation of the one-month drop of 7 percentage points in her approval rating among those Kansans surveyed by Rasmussen Reports. As we argued in our Monday editorial, it’s natural for Kansans to feel slighted by her travel, which has been via planes paid for by the Obama campaign. Another concern is “Sebelius’ newly unabashed partisanship, which clashes with the best of her six-year record as a Democratic governor of a heavily Republican state.”
Last week she was in Nevada. And today, according to the Washington Post, she is in Arlington, Va.

By Rhonda Holman | Filed under Kansas government | Comments (28)

Would terrorists test Obama?

Oct. 21, 20086:02 a.m.

Joe Biden predicted Saturday that Barack Obama, if elected president, would quickly face a challenge from some hostile power or terrorist group. “Watch, we’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy,” Biden said. The McCain camp is trying to capitalize on the comments and argue that the United States can’t afford to elect an untested chief executive.

By Phillip Brownlee | Filed under Presidential race | Comments (300)

Open thread 10/20

Oct. 21, 20086:01 a.m.

By The Editors | Filed under Open thread | Comments (345)

Too much money in presidential politics

Oct. 21, 20086:00 a.m.

As if we needed further evidence that there’s too much money in presidential politics: Barack Obama is buying a half hour of prime time Oct. 29 on CBS, NBC and Fox, at the price of $950,000 to $1 million to each network – a drop in the bucket of the record $150 million Obama raised in September. In Fox’s case, that means Major League Baseball has agreed to delay the start of a World Series game (assuming the game is necessary) by about eight minutes.

By Rhonda Holman | Filed under Presidential race | Comments (33)