2008 Elections

McCain Surrogate Carly Fiorina Meets With Disaffected HIllary Clinton Supporters

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John McCain 2008, Carly Fiorina John McCain, 2008 Elections, Carly Fiorina, 2008 Election, Carly Fiorina Hillary Clinton Supporters, Politics News

The McCain campaign dispatched its top female surrogate Tuesday to meet with about 25 disaffected supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton in Westchester, N...

Read Whole Story

War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: October Surprise, Timetable, United Nations, Sovereignty, Iraq, Campaign, War Is Over if You Want It, Withdrawal, Bush, Iran, 2008, Sofa, Bridge Agreement, War Is Over, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Prime Minister, John McCain, Time Horizon, Yoko Ono, War, 2008 Elections, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Agreement, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, John Lennon, 08 Campaign, Sovereign, Bridge, Sadr, 2008 Presidential Race, Bilateral, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Aspirational Goal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without a microscopic examination of the seething cauldron of Iraqi partisan politics, it's safe to say that Maliki knows which way the wind is blowing. The Iraqi people want to know -- "when is the U.S. leaving?"

Read Post

Thomas B. Edsall

Are Obama And McCain Ebbing Or Flowing?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Elections, John McCain 2008, 2008 Election, Obama McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News

About a week ago, Republican media specialist Alex Castellanos asked pollster Scott Rasmussen to add a question to one of his surveys: If the November...

Read Whole Story

Obama Tells NAACP Blacks Must Take Responsibility

AP | GLEN JOHNSON and DAN SEWELL | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Barack Obama NAACP, Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Election, 2008 Elections, Naacp, Barack Obama Black Fathers, Politics News

CINCINNATI — Democrat Barack Obama received a prideful welcome from the annual NAACP convention Monday night, but in a stirring speech to the na...

Read Whole Story

Overseas Obama Fans Take To Bridges To Show Their Support

McClatchy Newspapers | Julie Sell | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Obama 2008, Obama Bridges, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Bridges, Politics News

From Australia to South Africa, from the Bosporus to northern France, American fans of Barack Obama have been staging rallies abroad at world-famous b...

Read Whole Story

Obama Frames Iraq Right, Bush And McCain Slow To React

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Troops, Timetable, American, Iraq, Campaign, Withdrawal, Military, Surge, 2008, Occupation, 2008 Campaign, Status of Forces, Parliament, John McCain, War, 2008 Elections, Congress, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Surrender, Election, Barack Obama, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Maliki, Politics News
Chris Weigant

McCain's going to have to come up with some new spin to explain why Obama and Maliki are now singing from the same songbook on timetables for withdrawal.

Read Post

Obama: Troops In Afghanistan Need Help

New York Times | Jeff Zeleny | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan, Iraq Warwire, Iraq War, Warwire, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Obama Iraq, Politics News

Senator Barack Obama is proposing that the United States deploy about 10,000 more troops to battle resurgent forces in Afghanistan, a plan intended to...

Read Whole Story

Obama Revels In Contrasts With McCain

AP | BY LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Obama Mccain Difference, Obama Mccain Contrasts, Politics News

CHICAGO — Barack Obama has found something that eluded him during the primary season _ contrast. And, he's basking in it. "He will not bring ch...

Read Whole Story

Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Convention, Timetable, Pow, Fisa, Immunity, Campaign, Withdrawal, Telecom, Rnc, Nuts, 2008, Sofa, Mccain Flip-Flop, Dennis Kucinich, Midotw, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Status of Forces, Leni Riefenstahl, Football, Amnesty, Democrat, Nuremberg, 08, Acceptance Speech, Platform, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, Sister Soulja, 08 Election, Stadium, Elections, Mddotw, Martin Luther King, Whiners, Maliki, Russ Feingold, Cheesehead, Speech, Senator, Impeachment, Iraq, Pittsburgh, Anniversary, Denver, King, Republican, Lion of the Senate, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Mental Recession, Green Bay Packers, John McCain, Mlk, Prisoner of War, 2008 Elections, Jesse Jackson, Green Eggs and Ham, 2008 Election, Teddy Kennedy, Recession, 08 Campaign, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, I Have a Dream, Telecommunications, Medicare, Steve Schmidt, Flip Flop, Steelers, Broncos, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

Read Post

McCain's "Knowledge Gap": It's An Issue

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Privatization, McCain Economics, Phil Gramm, Social Security, McCain Social Security, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Race, Obama McCain, John McCain Gaffe, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

McCain's gaffe on Social Security indicates that he is not any better informed on major domestic policy issues than he is on foreign policy.

Read Post

Obama's Stadium Acceptance At Convention Squeezes Networks

Politico | David Paul Kuhn | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

Read More: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama 2008, Network Convention Coverage, Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama Denver, Barack Obama Convention, Barack Obama Stadium Acceptance Speech, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Media News

Major television networks are considering curtailing coverage of the Democratic National Convention after Monday's announcement that Barack Obama will...

Read Whole Story

Thomas B. Edsall

The Struggle To Define Barack Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Defining Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News

The struggle to define Barack Obama over the next seventeen weeks will pit the two presidential campaigns against each other, along with independent 5...

Read Whole Story

Seeking 60 Seats

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Harry Reid, Filibuster, Senate Democrats, Senate, Senate Republicans, 2008 Election, Politics News
Bob Burnett

If Democrats want to increase their majority in the Senate to 60 so that Barack Obama's agenda would not be held hostage by Republican filibusters, they will have to gain 10 new seats.

Read Post

Sam Stein

GOP Looks To Redistrict Itself Back Into Power

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Redistricting, Gerrymandering, Republican Governors, Democratic Governors, 2010 Elections, U.S. Census, 2008 Elections, Congressional Seats, State Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Politics News

For months, a sense of dread has been percolating within Republican circles over potentially massive congressional losses in 2008. Facing the possibil...

Read Whole Story

Lindsay Graham Emerging As McCain's One-Man Kitchen Cabinet

McClatchy Newspapers | James Rosen | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, John McCain, John McCain 2008, John McCain Lindsey Graham, 2008 Election, John McCain Advisers, Politics News

If Andrew Jackson created the notion of a president's "Kitchen Cabinet," Sen. John McCain is reinventing it months before his possible election to the...

Read Whole Story

Obama Repeats Call For Merit Pay In Front Of Powerful Teachers Union

The Hill | Jackie Kucinich | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Obama 2008, Barack Obama Teachers Unions, Barack Obama Merit Pay, Merit Pay, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama National Education Association, Politics News

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear that ...

Read Whole Story

NRA: Gun Licensing and Registration "Tougher To Criticize" Now

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Supreme Court, National Rifle Association, Gun Registration, Gun Control, Gun Licensing, 2008 Election, Nra, Willian Bratton, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Now that gun confiscation is off the table, maybe we can start finding some areas of agreement that will help make us all safer.

Read Post

The Coming Together Of McCain And Obama On Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Doublethink, John McCain, Petraeus, Timetable, Iraq, 2008 Elections, Media, Campaign, 08, Policy, 2008 Election, Withdrawal, Election, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, 08 Election, Iraq War, Middle, Elections, Troop Withdrawal, 08 Campaign, Surge, Troop, 2008, 2008 Presidential Race, Victory, 2008 Campaign, Politics News
Chris Weigant

McCain knows that the electorate wants America out of Iraq, even faster than Obama has proposed. He also knows that his ties to Bush's foreign policy are an albatross around his neck.

Read Post

McCain's Campaign Game Plan Worries GOP Insiders

Politico | David Paul Kuhn | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Gop, John McCain, GOP Insiders, John McCain 2008, McCain Game Plan, McCain Campaign Strategy, John McCain Campaign, John McCain Campaign Worries, 2008 Elections, Republican Party, 2008 Election, Home News

our months have passed since John McCain effectively captured the party nomination and the insiders are getting restless. Top GOP officials, frustrate...

Read Whole Story

McCain Opens Southwest HQ Amid Protests

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, 2008 Elections, John McCain, New Mexico, West, Colorado, Arizona, Southwest, Barack Obama, Home News
Dawn Teo

During the grand opening of the McCain Campaign Ariz. headquarters Friday, a couple of hundred supporters showed up and at least half that number protested outside in the 110 degree heat.

Read Post

NRA Gathering Ammo Against Obama

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: NRA Barack Obama, National Rifle Association, Obama, 2008 Elections, Obama NRA, Barack Obama, Nra, Politics News

The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year's presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying B...

Read Whole Story

Electoral Math, From Knucklebiter To Landslide

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Election Day, Battleground States, Safe States, Landslide, 2008 Elections, 08, Campaign, Electoral College, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Electoral Math, 08 Campaign, 2008, Electoral, Electoral Map, 2008 Presidential Race, 2008 Campaign, Election Outcome, American Idol, Obama Landslide, Prediction, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I am ready to take a look at the map and do some electoral math. Now, we're still pretty far out from Election Day, but we've got to start somewhere.

Read Post

Obama's Plan To Win In The South

New York Times | Robin Toner | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama Southern Strategy, Barack Obama South, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama 08, Southern States Barack Obama, Politics News

As they look to the fall election, Democrats face a strategic decision that has bedeviled their party for 40 years: How hard should they fight in the ...

Read Whole Story

Bill Clinton Says Obama Must 'Kiss My Ass' For His Support

The Telegraph | Tom Shipman And Phillip Sherwell | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Bill Clinton 2008, Bill Clinton, 2008 Elections, Bill Clinton Barack Obama, Politics News

Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama's victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his ...

Read Whole Story

McCain Tells Donors: Sen. Obama's Word Cannot Be Trusted

ABC News | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Mccain, John McCain, 2008 Election, John McCain Barack Obama, Politics News

ABC News's Bret Hovell reports: At a fundraiser tonight in Louisville, Ky., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that the word of his opponent for the Whit...

Read Whole Story


 

 Site  Web ask.com