Campaign 08

Obama Addresses Crowd in Downpour; McCain Cancels

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

Tuesday was a tough day to be outside in Greater Philadelphia. The rain poured and the wind howled. The weather turned so nasty that the fifth (and po...

McCain Campaign's Old White People Strategy

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

McCain's strategy is that there is enough of a "Bradley effect" that the election is 3%-5% closer than the polls indicate, and that scare tactics can convince another 3%-5% of white voters not to vote Obama.

The Hoover-Palin Ticket

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

The hero of the hour is FDR, as the essential wisdom of his New Deal is now embraced by most Republicans as well as Democrats.

Hayden Panettiere says, Register to Vote!

Paige Donner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment


Paige Donner

"When we want to make changes, it's not enough to protest or march. We need to contact our congressmen and elected officials to tell them how we feel about issues."

Earth to McCain: It's a Crisis

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Gag me with a spoon, as Valley girls used to say. Did you see that McCain-Palin ad promising "tougher rules on Wall Street to protect your life savings, no special interest giveaways"? How dumb do they think we are?

News About This HIV Thing, When We're Done Discussing the Governor's Cool Eyeglasses

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living


Harold Pollack

Is Sarah Palin's grandchild a boy or a girl? I wonder where she gets those eyeglasses? I was meaning to ask about something else....Oh yeah. What's happening to the HIV epidemic in the US?

Palin's Alaska Reaps the Windfall Profits McCain Decries

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Looking to Palin for advice on helping the rest of us during the oil crunch is a bit like asking Putin to provide a model for our nation's economic woes. They hardly feel our pain at the pump.

Congratulations GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin

Paige Donner | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics


Paige Donner

Dear Sarah Palin, Congratulations on your pick as McCain's V.P. As McCain's right-hand (wo)man to his Commander-in-Chief much will be expected of yo...

Obama's 3 AM Phone Call

Melissa Hapke | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home


I'm so sleepy, I can make out the text but even thinking about what Obama and Biden are going to have get busy doing in the next few months and, if they win, in the next few years -- no, I can't go there, too exhausting.

Sucking Up to the Bankers: A Bipartisan Lovefest

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business


Robert Scheer

Both of our leading presidential candidates are scrambling to enlist the "expertise" of the very folks who advocated the financial industry deregulations at the heart of this meltdown.

Unity: Not Exactly Woodstock '69, But Close

Beverly Davis | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

It's the season premiere 2008 general election campaign. The music will be blaring, the crowd jumping, the loudspeakers booming. But the real story is that Democratic "unity" is well under way.

Obama vs McCain: Digging-In or "Standing Ready"

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.

What Makes McCain Tick?

Robert Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Will the real John McCain stand up? Actually, I don't expect him to, now that he is the Republican presidential candidate, he is pandering to the irrationalities that drive his party.

Paying for War at the Pump

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

There is no better measure of the failure of Bush's foreign policy than that the American taxpayers who paid for the invasion of Iraq are now being rewarded with skyrocketing prices at the pump.

Turning Tables In The Temple: Obama In Grand Rapids

Dan Treul | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

The genius of the rally lay, appropriately enough, in its sheer audacity. West Michigan is solid GOP right-wing evangelical country and the Van Andel Arena is it's temple. How would Obama fare in lions' den?

The $109 Million Dollar Question: Is Clinton Really A Populist?

Dan Treul | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

This weekend, as Clinton defended her gas tax proposal against what she described as the "elite opinion" of professional economists, I, like so many others, had to ask the obvious question: Since when does a Clinton get off as such a populist?

Clinton Threatens to 'Obliterate' Iran

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Shouldn't the potential leader of a nation that used nuclear bombs to obliterate hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese employ extreme caution before making such a threat?

Reading The Pictures: The Wimp Factor-y

Michael Shaw | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-04-21-shaw_kerry_wimp.jpgIt's not that "Obama is starting to look more like Kerry," so much as "The Factory" is cranking up the campaign to make it look that way.

Michigan Superdelegates Tense As March 4 Primaries Near

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

Keith Evenhouse, Cheyna Roczykowski, and John Taylor contributed to this report. With some wondering aloud how far a campaign can fall before it hits...

Hillary's Ignominious Finale

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

Clinton, in her best moments, is certainly capable of something more than a torrent of peevish, petty, picayune, and intellectually dishonest bickering and parsing.

Marc Cooper

Obama Storms Vegas and Chides Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Henderson, NV -- Just three days before the "tie-breaker" Nevada caucuses this coming Saturday, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama storme...

Primary Results Elicit Mixed Reactions From Michigan Young Republicans

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

Dirty Leaflet Campaign Launched Against Clinton

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

A leaflet scattered about Grand Rapids, Michigan today is urging voters to "let your voice be heard"... so long as that voice isn't for Hillary Clinton.

Marc Cooper

Clinton Campaign Stung By Third-Place Finish

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Des Moines - After a stunning defeat and finishing third in Thursday night's Democratic caucuses, Senator Hillary Clinton congratulated Barack Obama a...

Marc Cooper

Clinton Campaign: "First and Goal"

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Indianola, Iowa - On the last full day of campaigning before Thursday night's caucuses, Senator Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals John Edward...