May 17, 2008
Endorsements usually do not mean much, and have multiple, and sometimes unclear, motivations. Sometimes just old history with the person trumps other considerations such as nation and party.
Those hiring people for jobs do reference checks with former co-workers and former employers. Why? They have the best information about how...
The Huffington Post | May 2, 2008 12:56 PM
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted May 2, 2008 | Media
As usual, Ann Coulter's newest round of violence-tinged pundit appearances included going on CNN to call millions of Americans "traitors" (treason is a crime punishable by the death penalty) and suggest that Sen. Barack Obama is a covert terrorist assassin.
What did Ann Coulter do this week to...
Trey Ellis | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
Certainly Spring has been unkind to the Obama campaign and his supporters can't just blame Hillary's bottom-feeding anymore. The only bright side to Jeremiah Wright's twisted, egomaniacal schadenfreude is that the media so overplayed it that I can't believe that it will still be news in the fall (even though...
Chez Pazienza | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
I'll make this very quick and to the point, since there's already far too much discussion of this particular topic.
If the American voters really are willing to take into consideration, even for a moment, Barack Obama's association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright when deciding whether or not to vote...
Ben Cohen | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
As a supporter of Barack Obama (and donor), it is hard for me to bring up issues that will damage his chances of election this year. But the truth is more important than politics, as Obama's former pastor hinted at in his speech to the National Press Club this week....
Howard Winant | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
Start with this: every national election has been about race. Go back as far as you want. You'll find the slavery-oriented elections, the immigration-oriented elections, the Jim Crow elections. You'll find civil rights as an issue before the eruption of the modern civil rights movement (1948 anyone?). There's Lyndon Johnson's...
AP | BETH FOUHY | May 2, 2008
Huffington Post | May 2, 2008 08:28 AM
Dylan Loewe | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
In the aftermath of the Reverend Wright tornado, many of Barack Obama's most ardent supporters have begun to feel a bit of trepidation, a kind of uncertainty that is deeply unsettling. What was easily the most trying week for the Obama campaign appeared to follow a week that was nearly...
New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY and CARL HULSE | May 1, 2008 10:45 PM
Christina Bellantoni | Posted May 1, 2008 | Politics
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A voter's question about meeting foreign leaders in a fancy plane inspired a little riff from Sen. Barack Obama about the presidential airplane.
Obama said he has been on Air Force One once - after speaking at the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln presidential...
The Huffington Post | May 1, 2008 05:34 PM
Paul Abrams | Posted May 1, 2008 | Politics
On June 4, 2008, Barack Obama will be less than 100 delegates from wrapping up the nomination. That assumes he gets 50% of the North Carolina, Indiana and Guam delegates, takes only 45% of the remaining 217, and no other superdelegates (SDs) declare between now and then.
Today's unpledged SD...
The Huffington Post | May 1, 2008 05:04 PM
Robert Silvers | Posted May 1, 2008 | Off The Bus
It's been the toughest week of the toughest month for the Obama campaign. And, at least for the moment, the media pendulum has swung in the other direction. Fawning over Obama has largely given way to questioning his experience, patriotism, and judgment -- mostly due to the incendiary words...
Mariangela Anzalone | Posted May 1, 2008 | Off The Bus
When the writer's strike was coming to a close, I (like most of America) was overjoyed by the idea of new episodes of Scrubs, 30 Rock and Grey's Anatomy. Moreover I relished the return of political satire (the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, SNL) that is an amalgamation of two...
Steven Weber | Posted May 1, 2008 | Politics
So now she's gotten mean and he's gotten weak. And the disappointment is palpable in both their faces.
Oh, for the heady days months ago when there stood before us a virtually intact, ready-to-go cabinet of intellects, activists, statespersons and progressive Americans, each with passion, zeal and breadth of knowledge...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted May 1, 2008 | Off The Bus
What a day in superdelegate endorsements. Yesterday, I reported that Obama had snatched 3 superdelegates to 1 for Clinton. Since then, the pace has only accelerated with 6 superdelegates coming forward since then (and 5 just this morning).
At this point, the conventional wisdom regarding superdelegates is that...
Joseph J. Andrew | Posted May 1, 2008 | Politics
I have been inspired.
Today I am announcing my support for Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States of America. I am changing my support from Senator Clinton to Senator Obama, and calling for my fellow Democrats across my home State of Indiana, and my fellow super delegates...
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,...
Paul Abrams | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics