2008 Election

While the media is busy catering to the press releases on Gov. Bill Richardson's astonishment and surprise that the Clintons are angry with him (Breaking News: Top Politicians Share Angry Words Over Key Endorsement!!!!!) John McCain is sticking his red white and blue flag in the "Aztec Ruins" of New...

Ask people why Dukakis lost, and they'll tell you: the tank.

Ask people why Gore "lost" (that is, failed to lock the election up so tight that it couldn't be stolen) and they'll tell you: he claimed to have invented the internet.

Ask people why Kerry lost (or, just possibly,...

The following is an excerpt from my new book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Myths of Republican Politics. The book is available for online ordering now and will be in bookstores on April 15.

It examines the deceitful, personality-based election tactics the Right uses to build absurd cults...

Late Sunday evening, the Clinton campaign confirmed that Mark Penn was stepping down as chief strategist in the wake of his dust-up with the Colombian government. That his tenure at the helm of the campaign ended because of a connection to a Burson-Marsteller client is not terribly surprising. But there...

There have been some who have tried to read my comments last week on CNBC's SquawkBox as stepping back from my support of Senator Clinton. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I personally know, respect and like both Democratic candidates. Both are qualified. Both will be an agent...

Hello, this is democracy calling. Whatever you read in the coming months, the American primaries are not another transatlantic electoral fiasco. They are the opposite. They are a nation testing its potential leaders by openly arguing, wavering, splitting, befriending, feuding, cohering and ultimately validating. Would that other democracies did the...

Bill Clinton was right! Voting for Barack Obama is rolling the dice!

Now before Obama supporters fire off a series of vitriolic emails because this column does not line up with their "Yes We Can" mantra and Hillary Clinton supporters see this as a justification to sway superdelegates in their...

Since the campaigns of both Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama have seemingly taken my advice earlier this week, and are both concentrating on attacking Senator John McCain rather than each other, we have the luxury of getting away from the campaign trail this week and focusing on...

The Pennsylvania Primary is less than three weeks away. The state has 187 delegates at stake in the tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton is favored to win though some recent polls show her lead being narrowed by Senator Barack Obama, who continues to lead in...

This November, if you want out of Iraq, vote blue. If you want to stay, vote red. That is how the Democrats and Republicans are framing the debate. However, as much as we would like it to be that black and white, sophomoric, and simplistic -- it just isn't so.

How is a lie like a fart? The only person laughing about it is the one who did it. (You can find that in the encyclopedia under, "whoever smelt it dealt it.")

If Hillary is like Rocky, as she keeps saying, then it must be because they both suffered brain...

I didn't get a chance to note yesterday that Michelle Obama's campaign stop in Pennsylvania Wednesday earned the First Lady hopeful glowing front-page stories in both Pittsburgh papers.

The writers of each used a faulty microphone as an example of her grace under pressure.

The Post-Gazette has a nice...

NOTE: Originally published Thursday, April 3

Sen. Barack Obama just sent supporters this note:

I want to tell you about one of the most exciting projects of this campaign. It's called the Obama Organizing Fellowship.

When I was a young man, I was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement...

NOTE: Originally published Thursday, April 3

Sen. Hillary Clinton's new ad, running in North Carolina:

Here's the script:

"Hi, if you are looking for a typical political commercial, switch the...

NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED THURSDAY, APRIL 3

Clinton's Howard Wolfson put on his media analyst hat this morning and notes he isn't sure what it signals but there is an "interesting confluence of events" - both Drudge and HuffPo have same lead headline:

Comments from the Clinton inner circle in the last few days indicate that the Clinton campaign has settled on an end game strategy for the campaign. Are you ready for this? I'm going to go with "no."

Here are the pieces of the puzzle:

* On Saturday, Clinton herself...

Were the superdelegates to nominate Hillary Clinton, despite Barack Obama gaining a plurality among the pledged delegates, they would run the risk of alienating black voters in November.

But what exactly would that mean? In how many states do black voters make the difference? I ran some rough numbers over...

Yesterday The Hill reported that John McCain has rejected Secret Service protection, despite it being standard practice to protect presidential nominees. This, of course, is in stark contrast to Barack Obama, who began receiving Secret Service protection in May of 2007, earlier than any other candidate in history. McCain cited...

Among McCain's pro-choice women supporters, 50% don't know his positions and an additional 25% assume his views are in line with their own! McCain has stated (it's on his website) he thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned.**

McCain's reputation on choice is a favorable grey area for him...