The McCain/Bush Effect on Red States
By nominating McCain, GOP voters thought they got the best of both worlds: an elder statesman and a maverick. Instead, they got Bob Dole, just older and even more disliked by conservatives.
By nominating McCain, GOP voters thought they got the best of both worlds: an elder statesman and a maverick. Instead, they got Bob Dole, just older and even more disliked by conservatives.
New York Times | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics
They are war heroes with the injuries to show for it. They are known for hurricane tempers and caustic wit. They are among the oldest men to seek the ...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
We once again have a Republican nominee who is a war hero, personable and engaging, with a long Senate career, who is so out of sync with the times that his campaign feels stillborn. It's Doleja vu all over again.
Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.08.2008 | Media
Just two years out of the White House, Clinton was still struggling to find his place; Don Hewitt hoped that TV face-off starring Bill would become so popular that it would be parodied on SNL.
Todd Gitlin | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
If Meet the Press had been doing its job, McClellan's "scathing new book" would not look like the revelation that McClellan himself and his interlocutors everywhere believe it to be.
Politico | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a "miserable creature" who greedily betra...
Al Eisele | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home
Bob Dole, who knows something about winning -- and losing -- presidential elections, has two pieces of free advice for the 2008 White House hopefuls.
Steve Clemons | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
When I asked Mr. Heston if he would like to attend President Nixon's funeral, his response was: "In what capacity?"
Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
Jeremiah Wright's supposedly inflammatory statements about 9/11 and the ongoing specter of racism are uncontroversial to those following the real world.
Denise Clapsaddle | Posted 03.14.2008 | Home
As a pastor in the same denomination as Jeremiah Wright, I think it's too bad that political expediency demands Obama reject his pastor.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,
CNN | Rebecca Sinderbrand | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said Wednesday night that current White House hopeful John McCain has a temper -- but added the Ariz...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media
I wonder how John McCain and the Republican Party minions enjoy following behind Rush Limbaugh's broadcast each weekday with a bucket and shovel, cleaning up the mess spread all over the floor.
Michael Shaw | Posted 02.06.2008 | Media
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
Super Tuesday is turning into a full-tilt meltdown among Republican elites who are losing their collective mind at John McCain, his upward-trending ca...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
Fissures between Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and John McCain continue to widen by the hour, mainly because Mitt Romney has totally de...
J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar | Posted 01.10.2008 | Media
Welcome to South Carolina, where all the candidates have their best game faces on. It must be the fact that they had a day to get some sleep — they are all better, sharper, and more relaxed than they have seemed in, well, days. In campaign time, that's like a week in Cabo.
HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics
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Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics