Random sniping roundup

For whatever reason, my blog aggregator seems to be particularly full of distribution-worthy gaffes today. To that end:

Staffers at John McCain's campaign are said to refer to Barack Obama as "The One" - sarcastically, one might assume. In that vein, they've been taken with quite the bout of self-pity regarding allegedly biased media coverage of Obama. The campaign is now holding a lopsided election between two different soundtracks for a compilation of talking heads saying "Obama" and swooning. Interestingly, McCain himself said last night that coverage of the campaign has not been unfair, and that since he's a "big boy," he is "certainly not complaining" and even finds it "fun to watch." I hope he keeps us posted about his mood swings.

Despite their complaining (or not?) about the media's adulation of Obama, the folks at McCain HQ are apparently cool with a little bit of messianic imagery themselves:

On the plus side, the campaign also seems to have a sense of humor, as evidenced by their distribution of a press pass that reads: "McCain Press Corps JV Squad - Left Behind to Report in America," with the French translation on the back. Disappointingly, though, those press passes may not have gotten the wide audience in trend-setting New Hampshire that they so richly deserve, as McCain was greeted on his arrival at the Manchester airport late Monday night by precisely one reporter. (And a photographer, if you're picky.) Conservatives can insert more griping about biased media coverage here. I will begin to prepare a riposte about how McCain's publicity people clearly suck.

In less hilarious news, everyone's favorite columnist Bob Novak was on the guilty end of a hit-and-run today. Apparently he hit a pedestrian and started driving his Corvette away - until a cyclist pulled in front of him to block him from going anywhere. Kind of reminds me of the time Greg Mankiw almost ran his BMW over my blockmate. Moral of the story: yay, bicycles!

Finally, despite the urging of forty thousand signatories to a petition circulated by Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street, yesterday Joe Lieberman made an appearance at a convention of Christians United for Israel, a group headed by the, um, outspoken Reverend John C. Hagee. If you've forgotten about him, here's a quick refresher:

If you don't want to sit through that (totally understandable), the gist of it is that Hitler was doing God's will by chasing the Jews back to Israel. Wow! A perfect friend for Joe Lieberman!

Every time Robert Novak is frightened, an angel gets its wings

Huckabee is campaigning as a conservative, but serious Republicans know that he is a high-tax, protectionist advocate of big government and a strong hand in the Oval Office directing the lives of Americans. Until now, they did not bother to expose the former governor of Arkansas as a false conservative because he seemed an underfunded, unknown nuisance candidate. Now that he has pulled even with Mitt Romney for the Iowa caucuses and might make more progress, the beleaguered Republican Party has a frightening problem.

A Republican who supports universal health care, energy independence, and fair trade -- that is to say, a guaranteed-winner election platform? Run away, Novak! Run away!

(From Novak's column today. Via Drudge, not that he needs the traffic.)