Many of you are watching the Presidential election very closely and will appreciate the heads-up that I am about to give to you. There is a website that compiles all the latest polling data on the race for president (and other races as well). It’s a one-stop shop for all the hard stats that you will need. It’s called RealClearPolitics.com, and it is fast becoming the gold standard for political junkies. I’ve been using it since 2004, and I think it’s very helpful. This is just an FYI for those of you who may not be aware of this site already. Here’s the link for polling on the presidential race.…

Doug Wilson comments on the effects of McCain’s VP choice. In the process he has some hard-hitting words for “evangelicals” willing to vote for Obama: ‘All the early returns indicate that this has moved discontented evangelicals from “stay at home mad” voters or “hold your nose” voters to enthusiasts. I am not counting here the bedwetting evangelicals who were willing to support Obama, the most radical pro-death candidate to ever reach the national stage. I am not counting them because they don’t count. Among real evangelicals, the kind who read their Bibles, the response to Palin has been striking. As I read the responses from various directions, I can only…

In two recent posts (here, here), I noted the unhidden bias of cable news coverage of the Democrat National Convention. I don’t think any of the major cable news networks were innocent in this regard, but MSNBC in particular was particularly overt last week. Peggy Noonan went on MSNBC yesterday morning and light-heartedly chided MSNBC’s coverage. She called their coverage “fatuous suck-upping.” By the end of it, she had the two anchors (Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski) doubled over in laughter. FYI. (HT: Mark Finkelstein)

On Thursday night, Barack Obama accepted the Presidential nomination from the Democrat Party. The speech that he delivered was powerful and sounded positively Aaron Sorkin-esque (I’ve seen “The American President” many times and heard the echoes). I have to believe that the average American watching this speech was deeply moved, and that’s what saddens me. Here’s why. Obama warned against making “a big election about small things.” And no doubt the genuflecting media will agree with Obama that issues like “abortion” and “gay marriage” are small things about which citizens should no longer trouble their political consciences. Sadly, there are many “evangelicals” who are helping Obama make that case. As…

The video is self-explanatory and hardly needs any comment from me. But I would nevertheless add some caveats. 1. There is a dramatization of a baby being left to die. It’s not real, nor is it a gruesome depiction. But it is disturbing nonetheless. 2. There are some other personalities featured in this video, and I do not want readers to think that my posting this video means I endorse them. I’m thinking in particular of Alan Keyes. 3. I don’t know anything about the group that produced this video. The only reason I’m posting it is so that you can see and hear the testimony of Jill Stanek, who…

From John Fund in today’s Wall Street Journal: ‘Mr. Obama’s stand on the issue [of abortion] is significant. The federal “Born Alive Infant Protection Act” sailed through the Senate in 2001 on a vote of 98 to 0. The bill was supported by Senator Barbara Boxer, the body’s leading pro-choice spokeswoman, and was not opposed by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. By getting his facts wrong, Mr. Obama is now in the difficult position of trying to explain why he voted against a bill that the legislative record shows addressed infanticide rather than abortion.’ “Obama’s Abortion Position? It’s a One-liner” – by John Fund (Wall Street Journal)