The Obama administration has decided to order the FBI to Miranda-ize high-value targets detained by military operations inside Afghanistan, essentially extending constitutional protections over foreign fighters captured in combat and making their behavior and objectives a law-enforcement, rather than a military, issue. The Justice Department has confirmed the practice is in use. [...]

If McCain gains momentum from his performance tonight, he has to do it by hitting the trail tomorrow hammering the points he hammered tonight. He has to fire his campaign, turn Palin loose, and rally his supporters to his cause. He has to have his face in the media every day making the points that [...]

McCain by a hair. He was aggressive, forceful, and stuck to the points he decided to go after. Obama seemed unprepared at points, including a log pause before he responded to the race baiting accusation. McCain, however, seemed unsteady at points, a place he suffers against Obama’s surety. How this helps McCain depends on how [...]

Is it enough? -=DLH=-

It is difficult for some people to hear, but John McCain is dangerously behind. Some people, not just me, say McCain has already lost. I am not willing to say that just yet (I did not say that before either), but McCain needs to do something powerful tonight and in the next several days to win. [...]