May 17, 2008
From The UpTake
While chasing Senator Hillary Clinton through central Pennsylvania I asked her supporters about their motivations. Committed supporters in town after town said they were ready to take...
Chris Weigant | Posted April 21, 2008 | Politics
Since we've got a primary tomorrow, it's (once again) time to "put up or shut up," and make a prediction for Pennsylvania. Plus, since it's also appropriate, we'll continue the contest to pick the date when the nomination will be locked up, and what the outcome will be, at the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | April 21, 2008 02:23 PM
Edward Ugel | Posted April 21, 2008 | Politics
Never underestimate the Clintons. That much we know. But, perhaps we've been watching them slash and burn their way through the last few months of the campaign without realizing what's really going on?
To understand a Clinton, you've got to think like one. To pull that off, you've got to...
Anchorage Daily News | April 20, 2008 11:26 PM
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | April 20, 2008
The Uptake | Posted April 20, 2008 | Off The Bus
From The UpTake
While chasing Senator Hillary Clinton through central Pennsylvania, I talked to people who are voting for her and those who are considering giving her their support. On...
The Uptake | Posted April 20, 2008 | Off The Bus
From The UpTake
The Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania is in transition: economic recession and recovery exist side by side. Here are four perspectives of small business owners on the race for the Democratic nomination for president.
Huffington Post | April 20, 2008 09:23 PM
New York Times | Frank Rich | April 20, 2008 05:07 PM
Harold Pollack | Posted April 20, 2008 | Politics
Passover is a time to celebrate with family, laugh and tremble with Pharoah Yul Brenner and Charlton Heston as in his pre-NRA days. It is a time for remembrance and a challenge for us to address so many injustices that disfigure our world.
The power of this holiday hits home...
ABC News | April 19, 2008 10:37 PM
MSNBC | Lauren Applebaum | April 19, 2008 08:03 PM
Brave New Films | April 19, 2008 07:28 PM
McClatchy Newspapers | Margaret Talev and William Douglas | April 19, 2008 07:00 PM
MSNBC | April 19, 2008 05:48 PM
Just when you think it can't get any worse, we get this: Rick Sloan, communications director for the International Association of Machinists as Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) distributing a McCarthy-esque red-baiting attack on Obama titled "What Is Rove Up To?"
Clinton Backer Distributes Essay On How GOP Would Link Obama...
Chris Weigant | Posted April 18, 2008 | Politics
The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed.
I must admit, I was kind of surprised at the ferocity of the response, myself. Because I actually expected exactly what happened during the first hour of the debate -- shallowness...
Celeste Fremon | Posted April 18, 2008 | Politics
At a small closed-door fundraiser after Super Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton blamed what she called the "activist base" of the Democratic Party -- and MoveOn.org in particular -- for many of her electoral defeats, saying activists had "flooded" state caucuses and "intimidated" her supporters, according to an audio recording of...
Russ Wellen | Posted April 18, 2008 | Off The Bus
Low-information voter indeed.
In the previous two presidential election campaigns, Al Gore and John Kerry, starched at the collar to begin with, ran campaigns prudent to the point of pussyfooting. Both Democrats attempted to court the corporate interests that helped bring Bill Clinton success. Meanwhile, those who had sought to...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the...
As the odds get longer and longer, the obvious question is: Why doesn't Hillary Clinton gracefully concede...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
NEW UPDATE BELOW As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
George W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself,...
The Uptake | Posted April 21, 2008 | Off The Bus