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As you might have heard. Phil Gramm really stepped in it by accusing Americans of being whiners.

Was it a low blow?

Jon Lindberg of the Main Street Journal breaks down the Republican primary in the Seventh Congressional District:

So the question remains – is Blackburn a “rising star” among House leadership, or is she simply a Congressional foot solider – part of the conservative wing of the Republican Party?

Reverend Jeremiah Wright continues to dog the Obama campaign every time he opens his mouth. It wasn't that long ago that Obama was a messiah, the agent of chance, the man who was above race. But that image began to unravel once his association with Reverend Wright was exposed. Rush Limbaugh had an excellent segment on Reverend Wright's racism during the second hour of yesterday's program.

The most eloquent words I heard from a politician yesterday came from Newt Gingrich. Actually the words weren't even spoken yesterday. I listened on my iPod to an archived speech he gave to the National Press Club on August 11, 2007. Like his politics or not, he's right on the money about how elections these days are terribly presented to us.