Debate

Pundits Pontificate Pre-Debate

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 01.05.2008 | Home


Matthew and Peter Slutsky

We are here in the press filing center at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The room itself is a large gymnasium that has roughly 15 rows of tabl...

Batch 1: Photo Wire From Behind The Scenes At ABC/Facebook Debate

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 01.05.2008 | Home


Matthew and Peter Slutsky

Photo By Joshua Skaroff Photo By Joshua Skaroff Photo By Joshua Skaroff Photo By Cameron Hickey Photo By Cameron Hickey Photo By Cameron Hi...

2008 -- Your Choice: Empty or Extreme

Bill Curry | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics


Bill Curry

The debates have showcased each party's trademark weakness. The Democrats' is emptiness. The Republicans' is extremism. The GOP will probably nominate the first candidate to personally shoot an illegal immigrant.

Liveblog! Final Dem Debate, Final Shot For Hil (Plus — Baseball!)

John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar | Posted 12.13.2007 | Media


John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar

Welcome to Iowa, and the last Dem debate before the Iowa caucus. Today: Hillary's Last Stand. Can she recover from the Obama onslaught? Can she recover from Bill on the campaign trail? CAN SHE RECOVER FROM OPRAH?

10Questions.com's David Colarusso On CNN/YouTube Debate Deficiencies

Shelby Highsmith | Posted 11.30.2007 | Home


Shelby Highsmith

David Colarusso sits down to discuss just where the CNN/YouTube debate came up short.

Paging John Edwards and Barack Obama: Your Republican Talking Points Are Calling!

Rod McCullom | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Rod McCullom

Instead of throwing the hungry audience juicy sound bites, Edwards and Obama tossed stale, Republican talking points at Clinton and the audience booed and hissed. They lost their mojos.

Clinton Flogs Alleged Iranian Role in Iraq Even More Than Bush

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Why is Hillary repeating unsubstantiated allegations about Iran, when even the Bush administration has moved away from them?

Clinton is Back

Taylor Marsh | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Taylor Marsh

Liveblogging the debate from Las Vegas, one thing was clear from the start. Hillary Clinton wasn't going to take any crap.

The Next Democratic Debate

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


Nancy L. Cohen

How did Democrats, the same folks that brought you Mukasey, find their backbone on global warming? You'll get a glimpse of how it happened if you watch Saturday's debate.

Hillary vs. Rivals Is Vegas Bout Worth Viewing

Margaret Carlson | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


Margaret Carlson

Las Vegas, home to as many boxing matches as showgirls, may prove the perfect venue for the next-to-last in a series of bouts that have gotten bloodier.

Corrupt Polling and the Media

Richard Morse | Posted 11.08.2007 | Media


Richard Morse

You're telling me there was a thirty percent shift in the polls after the last debate which no one saw. Give me a break!

Hillary, the Debate, and the Media Folly

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.07.2007 | Media


Eric Boehlert

It was clearly a watershed moment for the media. But for voters? Not so much.

Michael Roston

Clinton's "Parsing" Aired Side-By-Side In New Edwards Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics


In a new video out from John Edwards' presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton gets called out for practicing the "politics of parsing." While much of t...

The Debate

Stan Goff | Posted 10.31.2007 | Home


Stan Goff

Yeah, I watched the first hour of it... then I had to go night-night. Notes: Clinton was dog-piled as everyone knew she would be. The attack... fli...

Obama Using Bill Clinton Tapes To Prep For Tonight's Debate

MSNBC | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics


As Sen. Barack Obama prepared for Tuesday night's crucial NBC debate in Philadelphia, his high command back in Chicago was watching a lot of old Clint...

Is Something On Your Mind, Senator Obama?

Michael Roston | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics


Michael Roston

This may be the first time in the history of political communications that a candidate's subconscious jonesing for a smoke has worked its way into his campaign literature.

After the Debate: The Candidates' Real Records on Iraq, Health Care

Art Levine | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics


Art Levine

The most definitive source for the actual voting records etc on the campaign's key issues is not found at the candidates' own websites, Wikipedia or others, but through the little-known DC for Democracy.

"Values Voters" Debate Changes God Bless America Lyrics To Condemn US

TPM | Steve Benen | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home


Condemn

Best Debate on Iraq So Far

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics


Jim Wallis

One of the best debates I have seen about the future of American policy in Iraq was between Kerry and McCain, two Vietnam vets who maintain passionate disagreements about the war.

The mush-up

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics


Jeff Jarvis

Sorry, Arianna, but your much vaunted presidential mash-up debate has been made into a pathetic insult to the voters thanks to Yahoo's decision -- as ...

Reading The Pictures: Nancy's Pull To Give In

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.07.2007 | Media


Michael Shaw

2007-09-07-20070907Pelosibabyfp.jpgWith Pelosi's agressiveness in confronting the war having evaporated over the past weeks and months, this newswire photo is as curious as it is painful.