Presidential Campaign

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?

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Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.

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The America That Can Be/The America That Has Been

William Bradley | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

In Barack Obama and John McCain, we representatives of an emerging set of values and an enduring tradition. But we didn't get the sort of constructive debate between these traditions showing the value of each.

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Supposedly Safe GOP House Seat in CA Too Close To Call

Erik Ose | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Despite voting with George W. Bush 94.4% of the time, this fall Calvert distributed mailers without a single mention that he belonged to the Republican party, proclaiming himself "An Independent."

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Yes We Can, Said Barack Obama, And We Did

Erik Ose | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Obama's victory does not spell the end of racial disparity in America, but it is a ringing sign of progress, a triumph on the road to greater equality and realizing the Dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed to us.

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Apathy is So Last Season

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Patricia Handschiegel

For the first time in a long time, the people of our country seem to care. For those who have all along, I can only imagine what a relief it is.

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The TV Ad Wars Conclude

William Bradley | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media

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William Bradley

Despite John McCain's pledge this spring not to make Rev. Jeremiah Wright an issue in the campaign, at least one official organ of the party he now heads is running a hit spot on Wright.

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Early Voting Flood in Swing States Predicts Obama Tsunami

Erik Ose | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Banking base voters early is now allowing the Obama campaign to focus its energy in the home stretch on independent and undecided voters.

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A Letter to Sarah Palin from God

Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Ellis Weiner

You are a disappointment to Me, Sarah. You seem to think that what you profess to believe -- and, indeed, what you may actually in fact believe -- is more important than what you do.

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Obama & Biden Rally Sunrise

Tracy Russo | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Tracy Russo

5th grade reporter Damon Weaver was the most popular person in the arena before the rally started. Congressman Wexler made a beeline for him to congratulate him on his now famous Biden interview.

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TV Ad Wars: McCain Takes His Last Shot(s)

William Bradley | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media

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William Bradley

For all the rumor-mongering about Obama as a "Manchurian candidate," there is no silver bullet to defeat the vampire that haunts the nightmares of the far right. Reality is dawning.

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Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

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Eyes and Ears: Beehive Hairdos, Gas Station Discounts, Bob Barr, And Drive-By Insults

Off The Bus | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Off The Bus

Before I could stop myself, it came out of my mouth: "No, I like my coffee the way I like my presidents, BLACK!"

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Ashley The Liar: Another Moment In The "Black Kid Did It!" History

Karen Russell | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Karen Russell

Did the McCain campaign want to stir up the racial tensions in PA? Is there a race baiter on McCain's staff? Is this Willie Horton 2.0?

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America's Pastime: Politics or Baseball?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

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Lloyd Garver

Right when I think it's possible that people could be turned off by the long campaign, along comes America's Pastime to take our minds off politics.

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Global Obama: Big Opportunities, Bigger Challenges

William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

If he wins, Obama will have the global popularity that no American president has had in a great many years.

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McCainnibalism

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Yvonne R. Davis

The interesting thing about McCainnibalism is that it does not stop with trying to obliterate members outside of the campaign. The political gorging begins to happen on the inside.

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McCain Campaign Tried Using Assault Hoax to Slime Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

According to one of the actual police reports documenting the charade's unraveling, Ashley Todd says she can't remember whether she mutilated her own face, or had someone else do it.

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The Lady Who Doesn't Like Polar Bears

Tom Hayden | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Tom Hayden

Sarah Palin doesn't believe in evolution either. She believes instead that everything around us was created according to God's plan.

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The Monster is Dying

Mary Mapes | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Mary Mapes

This whole two-year presidential campaign is starting to feel a lot like the climactic death scene at the end of a 1950s monster movie.

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McCain and Palin Inciting Violence in North Carolina

Erik Ose | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

In the wake of McCain-Palin visits to North Carolina, a string of election season crimes have occurred around the state involving violence, vandalism, and harassment.

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TV Ad Wars: McCain's "Joe The Plumber" Campaign (Seriously)

William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2008 | Media

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William Bradley

McCain is going with Joe the Plumber as the advertising centerpiece of his campaign and absent some fantastic new character attack against Obama, it's his best shot left at an economic message.

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Is the McCain Campaign Being Secretly Run by Democrats?

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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Tom D'Antoni

The Republicans appear to be following a script written by people who want to see them not only lose, but lose big and be humiliated and reviled at the same time.

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"It's Because He's Black, Stupid"

Lloyd Garver | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

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Lloyd Garver

The election is only a few weeks away, and there are still "undecideds." What are they waiting for? And how can they be torn between these two guys. T...

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Inside The "Bradley Effect"

William Bradley | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

It's clear that the problem lay not with significant numbers of voters lying to pollsters, but with the nature of the campaign itself. The "Bradley effect" was created by faulty polling.

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