I really admire that Obama was able to flat out call this a "mistake" - a word that hasn't yet entered the vocabulary of the current commander-in-chief...

Quoted: Barack Obama said it was a mistake to allow his daughters to be interviewed extensively by “Access Hollywood,” and he will not allow it to happen again. “I think that we got carried away in the moment,” the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said.

It will be interesting to see if Franken is able to overcome some of the hesitations voters might have about his comedian past.

Quoted: Americans say they want to be represented by "real people" and not by "professional politicians." This year a professional jokester, Al Franken (a Democrat), is challenging a professional politician, incumbent Norm Coleman (a Republican), for a Senate seat from Minnesota.

Great Slate analysis of why the Supreme Court will be a huge issue this coming election. Scary.

Quoted: The composition of the high court is one of the most important issues at stake in the November election. While the justices cannot bring down gas prices or bring home the troops, their decisions in the coming years will affect just about everything else.

Wow, it's amazing how much thought Michelle Obama had to put into every detail of this appearance on The View.

Quoted: Obama had approached the appearance, to quote Barbara Walters' on-air reading of the morning's New York Times, "with an eye toward softening her reputation." To this end, she did not do her hair in the Jackie Kennedy flip that André Leon Talley—the Vogue editor who Page Six alleges to be her style guru—pegs as central to her "image strategy."

That Lieberman really gets my goat sometimes...

Quoted: Joe Lieberman is fast becoming the Democrats' public enemy No. 1. The four-term Connecticut senator has not only been campaigning for his pal, presumed Republican nominee John McCain, but now he's publicly criticizing the Democrats' standard-bearer, Barack Obama, aswell.

Ha, love the comparison to Finding Forrester. Brings up some good points, though...

Quoted: John McCain is old and, as news outlets have reported, he's only getting older. This wouldn't be a problem if his opponent were equally chronologically gifted. But Barack Obama is one of the youngest Democratic nominees ever. Standing side-by-side, the two candidates look like a still from Finding Forrester.

Amen! Meanwhile, that's a great bumper sticker: "A woman's place is in the House."

Quoted: As we keep our collective eye on November, the media's sexist attacks against Clinton should not be allowed to stand.

This article raises some good points about Webb - his Republican past and some of his sexist statements about women in the military could potentially counter much of what Obama stands for and isolate Hillary supporters.

Quoted: It's anybody's guess who Barack Obama wants to be his running mate, but the chattering class has fallen hard for Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. But here's why he would make an awful running mate.

I agree with this article - I find it tiresome how the European media harshly covers racism and immigration issues in the U.S. when it might serve them well to do a little more introspection (especially when it comes to immigration)...

Quoted: "Will Americans vote for a black man?" I think I've been asked this question by foreigners of various origins a dozen times since the U.S. presidential campaign began in January. But contrary to European newspaper reporting, racism is not unique to the United States.