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  • Higher Ground


    The presidential election was getting ugly. In recent weeks, John McCain depicted Barack Obama as an airheaded celebrity. Obama painted McCain as a forgetful fuddy-duddy. McCain called Obama a hypocritical opportunist. Obama went after McCain for his Read More...
  • Patriot Games


    Next week, the Republican Party will rally around the theme “Putting Country First.” Pundits have railed against the theme’s implicit suggestion—and other more explicit ones—that Barack Obama is a selfish elitist. But tonight, John Kerry was the first Read More...
  • Hillary Puts Barack Over the Top


    Sen. Hillary Clinton stepped to the microphone during the roll-call vote at the Democratic Convention and made a motion that Sen. Barack Obama be selected by acclamation as the party's presidential nominee. Watch what happened next. Read More...
  • Subtext


    Early Saturday morning, the 3 a.m. phone call finally came. But it wasn’t a phone call. It was a text message . It’s hard to imagine that the method and timing of Barack Obama’s vice presidential announcement wasn’t, in some small way, a reference to Read More...
  • AP Says It's Biden


    The Associated Press is reporting that Joe Biden is Barack Obama's running mate, ending weeks of frenzied speculation. This passage is my favorite: The official who spoke did so on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to pre-empt a text-message Read More...
  • Stickers Don't Lie [Updated]


    Or do they? A Kansas City TV station is reporting that a local printing company has produced bumper stickers that say "Obama/Bayh ’08." And they have the photo to prove it. No guarantees, obviously. But in the past, campaign merchandise has been an accurate Read More...
  • It’s Not Easy Being a Leafy Green


    When the Obama campaign attacked John McCain for owning seven houses—or was it eight ? or 12 ?—a McCain spokesman hit back , calling Obama "an arugula-eating, pointy headed professor-type." Such a vicious attack must not go unsanswered. How dare he insult Read More...
  • Tire Joke


    Call it the Candidate-Campaign Consistency Quotient: the ability of the candidate to remain in line with the campaign’s message. Judging from the past few weeks, John McCain’s CCCQ is low and trending downward. Last week, the Washington Post noted McCain’s Read More...
  • Obama's Travel Schedule: TBA


    Complaints of tighter press handling by both campaigns have been mounting in recent weeks. Obama’s people push back on stories. Reporters on the McCain beat can’t ride shotgun . What next—secret travel schedules? Oh, wait. One of the great frustrations Read More...
  • Does Sarcasm Sell?


    Comedians have been fretting about how hard it is to make fun of Barack Obama. Now John McCain is running up against the same problem. In two weeks, the McCain camp has released its “ Obama Love ” video, the now-famous “ Celebrity ” ad, and now a Web Read More...
  • The $2.8 Trillion Deficit Gap: Holtz-Eakin Responds


    John McCain’s tax policy has come under fire in the past, particularly for its dependence on huge revenue windfalls to balance the budget. But now a new study from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center (a joint venture between Brookings and the Urban Institute) Read More...
  • The Next Rumor


    Is Barack Obama a secret Jew ? Read More...
  • Department of Unwelcome Endorsements


    From the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger : PARCHMAN—Before he died Wednesday evening, death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop apologized to his victim's family, thanked America and urged people to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "For those Read More...
  • In the Year 2030


    This ad , created by Ohio congressional hopeful John Boccieri, dings his opponent for supporting domestic oil drilling. But it could just as easily be an Obama spot. Obama has criticized McCain for suggesting that off-shore drilling would ease oil prices Read More...
  • Careful What You Wish For


    The reviews are in : Obama’s trip to Iraq came off without a hitch. John McCain, meanwhile, has managed to attract relentlessly negative coverage . His only break was Drudge touting his rejected New York Times op-ed, which wasn’t exactly flattering either. Read More...
  • Dodging Blackwater


    Over the past year, Barack Obama has spoken out aggressively against private security contractors in Iraq. He proposed legislation to hold these firms accountable for their actions eight months before Blackwater employees killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Read More...
  • Samantha Power on How To "Frame" Withdrawal


    AUSTIN, TEXAS — Samantha Power has kept a low profile ever since leaving the Obama campaign. But she resurfaced Saturday to appear on a panel about “war pundits” at Netroots Nation. Power no longer speaks for the Obama campaign, at least not officially. Read More...
  • Maliki's Gift to Obama


    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave John McCain a headache last week when he publicly announced his desire for American troop withdrawals. The Bush administration then turned the screws yesterday by agreeing to a “general time horizon” for withdrawal. Read More...
  • Chris Dodd’s Loan Problem


    On the surface, Chris Dodd is the perfect vice presidential candidate for Barack Obama. He’s Catholic, while Obama has struggled to win over Catholics. He speaks fluent Spanish, which could help among Latinos. He’s a veteran, just like you-know-who. Jews Read More...
  • The Refiner


    If you flip-flop on an issue that itself flip-flops all the time, is that considered flip-flopping? That’s the question confronting Barack Obama, who hinted Thursday that he might “refine” his position on withdrawal from Iraq. Obama quickly held a follow-up Read More...
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