Powell endorses Obama

As has been speculated this week, Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell announced his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama on MSNBC's Meet the Press today. Powell had said he would make this announcement after the conventions and debates and has finally broken his silence. Watch him explain his reason below.

I am so glad Gen. Powell touched on the Muslim point. In all honesty, that has been incredibly disconcerting to me since 9/11, but especially in this campaign season. It has frustrated me to no end and it was very touching to hear Powell describe this problem in depth and with such eloquence. I wish it was something more Americans would take the time to think about. Every time someone claims "Oh, Obama is a Muslim," people's first instinct is to say "No, he's not.. he's Christian," but what they should be saying is "What if he is?" Why is that any less American than being Christian? I feel deeply on this subject and hope people take the time to watch the above video.

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Ifill: There was nothing I could do

Moderator of last week's vice presidential debate, Gwen Ifill had a little powwow with Tom Brokaw, David Gregory and Co. to discuss everyone's favorite hockey mom and her performance in last week's debate.

Ifill also defends her decision not to respond to right-wings lambasting her for writing a book that they believed was about Sen. Obama, but rather, is about the turn politics has taken in the last few years with particular regard to African Americans. Check it out below.

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Bye Bye Olbermann

Not literally. But, the reigning king of MSNBC, Keith Olbermann, has been bested by the newest star of the leftist network, Rachel Maddow.

Maddow's new show beat Olbermann's Countdown in ratings by a count of 1.8 million to 1.63 million.

Not only did she trounce the notorious Bush hater but she wiped the floor with CNN's suspender-wearing Larry King.

Poor Olbermann. This blow will only serve as salt in the wounds of his latest stumble.

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Wow

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Watch this tirade in its entirety! Keith Olbermann just put into words what I'm sure many a people have thought, but dare not say. This is some divisive stuff.

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Obama on Countdown

Democratic nominee Barack Obama appeared on Keith Olberman's eponymous Countdown last night, in part to discuss the lies running rampant in the Republican campaign, as well as to discuss his response to the GOP ticket's latest ad, seen below.

Although Sen. Obama has Olbermann in his pocket, the interview helped shed some light on just where his campaign will be going. Especially in regards to how vitriolic the Republican campaign has become. Check out the interview of the liberal bedfellows below:

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The pot calling the kettle liberal

For shits and giggles, try and watch this video the whole way through. It's worth it to note, they're absolutely spot-on in their analysis. 

But, Fox News delighting in MSNBC's political leanings is like President Bush calling someone out for their verbal faux pas. Kinda freakin' hilarious.

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MSNBC tries to revive their good name

Or rather, their unbiased name. Ohhhh, that's right, they never had one.

MSNBC has demoted Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews to every reporter's nightmare, mere analysts. This is their punishment for failing to eject their liberal bias from their coverage of the election.

After months of accusations of political bias and tension between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, it was decided that David Gregory would succeed the role of anchor in the network's election coverage.

The problem with this scenario, is the majority of MSNBC's viewers tune in to hear that liberal bias. MSNBC intelligently emulated FOX' success with political leaning.

Something tells me they will try, and subsequently fail with their "straight talk" experiment.

[Source: nytimes.com]