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Politics 2008:
Who's winning, who's losing, and why.
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- White Voter Trap Why Clinton wasn't intentionally playing the race card.
May 9, 2008 - Obama Wins Split Decision Clinton survives, but barely.
May 7, 2008 - Clinton's Final Full Day in Indiana Plus, Obama shows he's patriotic and personable.
May 3, 2008 - Gas-Tax Tussle A policy fight breaks out in the Democratic race.
May 2, 2008 - Obama and Orwell What the master Brit can teach Democrats about elitism.
May 1, 2008 - Hillary for Mother Superior Why Catholics prefer Clinton to Obama.
May 1, 2008 - That's Hysterical Attacks on a "hysterical" Hillary Clinton have a long literary pedigree.
April 30, 2008 - Obama Tries To Get Back on His Good Foot Cutting loose Jeremiah Wright to get back in step.
April 29, 2008 - Three Reasons To Believe The best cases for why Clinton and Obama are electable.
April 25, 2008 - She's Got a Friend in Pennsylvania Clinton's victory gives her one last shot to wrest the nomination from Obama.
April 23, 2008 - It's 3 A.M. What's Your Ring Tone? New from Slate: The Hillary laugh and more political sound bites for your phone.
April 22, 2008 - Clinton's Closing Argument Watching Hillary make her final pitch to Pennsylvania voters.
April 22, 2008 - The Brokered Convention Is No More Why the Democrats won't have one.
April 21, 2008 - Pledge Hedge My quest to discover whether I could break my pledge to be an Obama delegate.
April 21, 2008 - Obama's Closing Argument Watching Obama try to convince Pennsylvanians.
April 21, 2008 - Barack Track Riding the rails with Sen. Obama in Pennsylvania.
April 19, 2008 - Clinton Wins, but Barely She looked competent. He looked tired.
April 17, 2008 - I Campaigned. I Won. I Governed. Does a strong campaign machine make a good presidency?
April 16, 2008 - Hillary's Praise-Obama Tour The work Clinton is making for herself if she loses.
April 15, 2008 - Big Snob or Little Snob? Trying to figure out what Barack Obama was trying to say.
April 14, 2008 - Fair-Weather Wolverine Hillary Clinton wants to seat Michigan and Florida delegates. She sang a different tune last year.
April 14, 2008 - How They're Playing in Baghdad How sensitive will Iraqis be to the presidential race?
April 12, 2008 - McCain's Outreach Tour Going where Republicans fear to tread.
April 9, 2008 - The Great McCain Story You've Probably Forgotten What an old anecdote about Mo Udall in the hospital reveals about McCain's character.
April 9, 2008 - Will Penn Stay Quiet? Suffering in silence is his new job for Clinton.
April 8, 2008 - Finding the Exit The moment presidential candidates know it's time to go.
April 5, 2008 - What I Mean, Not What I Say The little fibs campaigns tell all day long.
April 3, 2008 - Chicago School Days Obama's lackluster record on education.
April 2, 2008 - What Made Richardson Flip? Clinton insiders speculate about Obama's offer to him.
March 28, 2008 - The Education of a 9/11 Reporter The inside drama behind the Times' warrantless wiretapping story.
March 26, 2008 - How Barack Uses Bill Turning Hillary Clinton's husband against her.
March 24, 2008 - And Speaking of Perfect Unions … What if Hillary Clinton gave a speech about gender? (And why she won't.)
March 21, 2008 - Picking Up the Bill What Richardson's endorsement means for Obama.
March 21, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I believed the groupthink and contributed to it.
March 21, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I seriously misjudged Bush's sense of morality.
March 21, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? Wrong question. How did Mary McGrory and Barack Obama get Iraq right?
March 20, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I didn't realize how incompetent the Bush administration could be.
March 19, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? Rather than bore you with the answer, here are lessons from the experience.
March 19, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I'm proud of my service there, but now it's time for us to leave.
March 18, 2008 - The Full Obama Barack Obama's sweeping speech on race.
March 18, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I forgot that security must come first if democracy is to come later.
March 18, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I thought we had a chance to stabilize an unstable region, and—I admit it—I wanted to strike back.
March 18, 2008 - The Democrats' Pain Threshold How much danger is the party really in?
March 18, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I trusted Colin Powell and his circumstantial evidence—for a little while.
March 17, 2008 - Why Did We Get It Wrong? Five years on, "liberal hawks" consider their support for the Iraq war.
March 17, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I underestimated the self-centeredness and sectarianism of the ruling elite and the social impact of 30 years of extreme dictatorship.
March 17, 2008 - How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I didn't.
March 17, 2008 - Obama Won Texas Winning doesn't mean exactly what it used to.
March 12, 2008 - The Map of Shame A guided tour of Washington's sex-scandal locales.
March 12, 2008 - The Umbrage War, Continued Clinton and Obama jockey to take advantage of Geraldine Ferraro's provocative comments.
March 11, 2008 - The Bush Tragedy Bush's evangelical politics: An excerpt from The Bush Tragedy.
March 11, 2008 - Tainted Gov Slate's complete coverage of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.
March 11, 2008 - Primary Lessons What do the results so far tell us about Clinton and Obama as general election candidates?
March 11, 2008 - Me Fatigue But enough about us, let's talk about the candidates.
March 8, 2008 - Achieving the Right Level of Nasty Obama and Clinton fight and also fight not to fight.
March 7, 2008 - She Lives! Clinton has come back, but has she come back far enough?
March 5, 2008 - Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck Why voters always choose the wascally wabbit for president.
March 4, 2008 - Gone in 60 Seconds How my blog started the avalanche that buried presidential aide Tim Goeglein.
March 3, 2008 - Tough Call Will Clinton or Obama protect your children?
Feb. 29, 2008 - Slate's Delegate Calculator Obama now looking at 11-delegate pickup from Tuesday.
Feb. 27, 2008 - Most Improved Debater In what may be the final debate, Obama shows how he's grown.
Feb. 27, 2008 - Taking Offense Is the Best Offense How umbrage has become this year's hottest campaign tactic.
Feb. 25, 2008 - Obama Rolls On In the Texas debate, Clinton doesn't slow the front-runner.
Feb. 22, 2008 - What's Huck Hiding? Searching for the lost Huckabee tapes.
Feb. 21, 2008 - The Supervisor, the Champion, and the Promoter What psychological personality tests reveal about Clinton, Obama, and McCain.
Feb. 20, 2008 - White Men Jumped How Obama won over key Clinton supporters in Wisconsin, and why it matters.
Feb. 20, 2008 - What's a Superdelegate To Do? A map for choosing between the candidates.
Feb. 19, 2008 - The Totally Coolest Candidate Ever Can Obama become too hip for his own good?
Feb. 16, 2008 - Wisconsin Should Be a Showdown The case for expecting Clinton to thrive in the green-eyeshade state.
Feb. 15, 2008 - McCain vs. Obama The general election debate takes shape.
Feb. 13, 2008 - Reaganites for Obama? Sorry, McCain. Barack Obama is a natural for the Catholic vote.
Feb. 13, 2008 - Eating Her Lunch Obama sweeps the night by winning over Clinton's core supporters.
Feb. 13, 2008 - Hillary's Scarlett O'Hara Act Why some of us aren't falling for it.
Feb. 12, 2008 - Hillary Comes Alive The conventional wisdom says Clinton is doomed. Don't believe it.
Feb. 12, 2008 - Chelsea Is All Grown Up It's time for the press to scrutinize her.
Feb. 11, 2008 - Mitt Out of Luck Romney drops out of the GOP race.
Feb. 7, 2008 - Bragging Rights Did Obama or Clinton win Super Tuesday?
Feb. 6, 2008 - McCain Not Stopped But Romney is not seen as a true conservative.
Feb. 6, 2008 - Can McCain Hold It Together? The conservative revolt could pause his glide to the nomination.
Feb. 5, 2008 - Signposts for Super Tuesday It will be a nutty night. What to look for.
Feb. 4, 2008 - Obama's RFK Moment How he could win over white working-class voters.
Feb. 4, 2008 - Super Tuesday, Live on the Web Video coverage of the campaign's biggest night from the Washington Post and Newsweek.
Feb. 4, 2008 - Kind Words, but No Winner In their biggest debate yet, Clinton was more commanding, Obama was more inspirational, and both were polite.
Feb. 1, 2008 - Getting Naked What a frankly political campaign ad might look like.
Jan. 31, 2008 - Romney's No Blow Mitt misses a chance to derail the Straight Talk Express.
Jan. 31, 2008 - Preacher to the Choir The fiery John Edwards ends his campaign.
Jan. 30, 2008 - A Front-Runner, at Last McCain's victory and Giuliani's catastrophe.
Jan. 30, 2008 - A Computer Reads the State of the Union What natural-language analysis tells us about the president.
Jan. 29, 2008 - Remember Me? President Bush takes a final swipe at Congress.
Jan. 29, 2008 - That Old Kennedy Magic Ted Kennedy's roof-raising endorsement of Barack Obama.
Jan. 28, 2008 - Opening Up a Can of Obama Barack trounces Hillary.
Jan. 27, 2008 - Barack to the Mountaintop The unfulfilled promise of Obama's response to the Clintons.
Jan. 25, 2008 - The Clinton Fallacy Did blacks really make big economic gains during the '90s?
Jan. 24, 2008 - The Late State Gets the Worm The unexpected ins and outs of the 2008 primary calendar.
Jan. 23, 2008 - Fred Checks Out Thompson ends his lackluster presidential campaign.
Jan. 22, 2008 - The Race Card Does George Bush care about black people?
Jan. 20, 2008 - So, Can We Call Him the Front-Runner? How McCain's South Carolina win changes the GOP race.
Jan. 20, 2008 - Hillary Hatches a Win A Clinton win in Nevada ends on an ugly note.
Jan. 19, 2008 - A Few Inconvenient Truths Is Obama as much of a straight talker as he claims?
Jan. 18, 2008 - Romney's New New Thing His Mr. Fix-It pitch—do we have a winner?
Jan. 17, 2008 - Mitt's Not Over The GOP race gets more confusing after Romney's Michigan victory.
Jan. 16, 2008 - Clinton Meshugas There's so much noise, it's hard to hear the candidate.
Jan. 14, 2008 - Fred's Fired Up In what may be his last debate, Thompson comes alive.
Jan. 11, 2008 - Mitt vs. Michigan Romney may be a native son, but he represents everything that Michiganders can't stand.
Jan. 11, 2008 - What If We Banned Polling? A Slate thought experiment.
Jan. 10, 2008 - Rally for Him Now! How black America can revive Obama's campaign.
Jan. 9, 2008 - Hillarycare How Clinton pulled it out in New Hampshire.
Jan. 9, 2008 - Too Tough to Die McCain gets the good news.
Jan. 9, 2008 - Who's Afraid for Obama? What the claims that a black man is unelectable say about the rest of us.
Jan. 8, 2008 - The Baby Primary Can I get my 5-month-old daughter photographed with every presidential candidate?
Jan. 7, 2008 - A Doer Not a Talker Clinton says Obama is all chatter.
Jan. 6, 2008 - Comeback Swing Clinton tries to take down Obama in the Democratic debate.
Jan. 6, 2008 - The Mitt Maul The GOP candidates pound on their wounded rival.
Jan. 6, 2008 - The O'Reilly Rumble Watching reality television at an Obama rally.
Jan. 5, 2008 - Mike and Mitt Huckabee takes down the establishment candidate.
Jan. 4, 2008 - Hope Inc. How Obama's message found its mark.
Jan. 4, 2008 - The Hillary She's Been Looking For Watching Clinton 48 hours before the Iowa vote.
Jan. 3, 2008 - The Final Iowa Push Searching for Edwards voters door-to-door.
Jan. 1, 2008
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