The Palin VP Paradox: A Pawn In a Geopolitical Game? - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC L...

• Still no convincing reason why McCain picked someone so untested• Did he choose her it because he felt he had to?Could John McCain's odd GOP convention adventure of the past week be subtitled, "The politics of induced schizophrenia?"He headed to the twin cities after a...

PALIN-PALOOZA! Veep Vamp Does the Nasty - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON

* She's the hard-right's queen of sassy and mean* Her venom lets the Dems take their gloves offHold the call to Tina Fey! Quick... get me Ana Gasteyer! You know, the one on Saturday Night Live who played Bobbi Mohan-Culp, the junior high school singing teacher to Will...

PALIN VP SHOCKER: Will Scorned 'Hillarians' Turn To Hot GOP Mamma? GET...

• "Hell Hath No Fury..." but don't the issues matter more? • Is experience now optional in presidential politics? To all those who deride McCain's VP pick of inexperienced short-term female Alaska governor Sarah Palin as handing the election to Barack Obama: The joke...

Hillary's Choice: Ambition Over Principle? - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON

• She could have said, "Hell, no!"  Instead, she elected to put ambition first.• In the end, Clintonian calculation trumped Hillarian courage.• Is a phony "unanimous" voice vote a portent of things to come?Hillary Clinton delivered a gloriously powerful speech...

GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON - 'JOEBAMA' Can't Save the Dems' Ticket. Now...

• Obama's pick of Biden as running mate only underscores Barack's deficiencies Most Americans spent a beautiful summer's afternoon outside on Saturday, not watching two predictable stump speeches that reflected more desperation than inspiration.  Presumptive...

GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON - Memo To D.C. Pundits: The Hillary 'Putsch' ...

• "Battle for Invesco" could see the Clintons take the field as first in command• Theory: Barack knows she's got the votes -- that's why he delayed his VP pickMEMO TO:   Inside-the-Beltway scribes and pundits headed to...

GET POLITICAL W/ VIC LIVINGSTON - Obama Demands 'Forced Labor' for Admission ...

• Pledge of volunteer work for a "community credential" • Violation of campaign finance regulations? A scan of the political blogs reveals the lengths to which the mainstream media will go to protect Barack Obama from himself. Turns out that to get "preferred...

GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON - Obama's Faith Forum Demeanor: Why So Serene?

• Does he know something about the Hillary convention 'putsch' that pundits have yet to figure out? • Key clue: "We will get the president we need." Maybe Barack wasn't talking about himself... First impressions immediately after that Obama-McCain faith forum...

GET POLITICAL w/VIC LIVINGSTON - Hillary's Trojan Horse Roll-Call Anything Bu...

The mainstream media has spoken: the New York Times and the Washington Post, in news articles and in commentary, already have labeled as "symbolic" Hillary Clinton's well-played gambit to have her name placed in nomination at the Democratic convention in Denver (despite her...

GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON - Mark Penn Was Right. Obama is...

• Too many Democrats are spellbound.• An "AL-le-GORE-y" foretold by John Lennon? "Oh!" The pundits gasp. "That Mark Penn! How could he say those mean things?" To which we say, yeah, how could Penn speak the unvarnished truth and find his on-point prophecies...

GET POLITICAL with VIC LIVINGSTON (Opinion) ...

• Affair raises memories of the blue dress and the Bill Factor • But Hillary could anoint Al Gore if Obama sputters Today's sad news about John Edwards' cheatin' heart could prove to be both good news and bad news for Hillary Clinton -- and the blowback could be very bad...