Elections have consequences as John McCain likes to say. So it would be unrealistic of us hawks to expect the president-elect to appoint the kind of national security team that John McCain would have. But from a hawkish perspective, the team unveiled in Chicago this morning is about as good as it gets. Hillary Clinton is one of the soundest Democrats on foreign policy; we can be confident that she...

Is this some sort of joke? It's not a very funny one. First a Secretary of State who as a Senator voted in favour of the Iraq War, whose foreign policy views were rejected in the person of John McCain, and who as a candidate had promised a nuclear strike against Iran (where there are more women than men at university) if so instructed by her campaign contributors in the feminist paradises of Saudi...

Jon Stewart's missing her already. Are you? Here's Comedy Central's roundup of Sarah Palin's most magical moments. The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c The Daily Show's Best Sarah Palin Moments Barack Obama Interview John McCain...

From OneNewsNow By Peter Chagnon School officials in Fayetteville, North Carolina, have completed their investigation of a teacher following a classroom incident captured on film. The Independent Women's Forum says the video shows an elementary school teacher browbeating a student for her support of John McCain in the school's mock presidential election. (See previous article) "What do y...

George Packer of The New Yorker, the best American political journalist, has written a characteristically thoughtful piece putting the recent Obama victory is some historical perspective. I don’t think he exaggerates. Barack Obama’s decisive defeat of John McCain is the most important victory of a Democratic candidate since 1932. It brings to a close another conservative

Some of the last pieces of the November 4th US election are falling into place. Felonious Republican Ted Stevens has conceded the Alaska senate race to Democrat Mark Begich. Missouri has finally declared for John McCain by just over three thousand votes out of 2.5 million - a major achievement for Obama - leaving Obama with more than twice as many Electoral College Votes as McCain in the final

The US Democrats are traditionally the underdogs when it comes to funding. They cannot match the fat cats that donate to the Republicans. Yet Barack Obama managed to do far better than John McCain through millions of small donations that, together, totalled well over $100 million dollars more than the big donors to the Republican camp. Labour is in dire straits financially, with accumulated debt a...

John McCain met with Barack Hussein Obama today and announced that he will work closely with the in-coming administration. As Rush Limbaugh put it: "That scares the hell out of me!" One Senator who will not be working to facilitate big government, socialist solutions to every problem facing the nation is South Carolina's valiant, conservative US Senator, Jim DeMint. In speaking to GOP officia...

Had to laugh at the news that Obama and John McCain have promised to work together "to fix the country". Sure. Just in the same way that a Vet fixes a male dog. When politicians agree, the people should start worrying. I've had enough of John McCain to last me a lifetime and all he does is to convey spurious cover on the Democrats by working alongside them. When it comes to considerning polit...

It looks like it may not be Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama seems to be keeping his options open and he is still meeting with John McCain on Monday. Perhaps my prediction was right. Wait and see. I can't think of a better man for the job.