Democratic Sen. Barack Obama reported spending $82 million on advertising during the first two weeks of October -- more than half of what Sen. John F....
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics
Obama's got to ask himself as he considers Daschle for Chief of Staff -- does he want change and success or hypocrisy, capitulation and defeat?
Dan Treul | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home
Another ominous sign for the McCain campaign is the most recent polling average by Real Clear Politics, which has Barack Obama leading -- albeit barel...
Bil Browning | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media
Hoosier son John Mellencamp has recorded an ad for Obama's campaign that's playing around Indiana. iPhone users: Click to watch As my partner, Jeram...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
What would happen if John McCain, his electoral fortunes sagging, hired an acclaimed film director to shoot an attack ad?
Stephen Zunes | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics
Rather than being necessary for getting him to the White House, Obama's right-wing positions regarding Israel and its neighbors are actually hurting him.
Tom Cosgrove | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Imagine for moment that she was viewing Putin not through the scope on her hunting rifle but in the National Security Crisis Room with her finger on the "button."
Michael Hughes | Posted 11.19.2008 | Home
Political communications consultant Mike Hughes, special to OffTheBus, deconstructs the latest campaign ads, frame by frame. In his latest ad, Obama ...
Lanny Davis | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
The common theme seems to be that in both campaigns there is sometimes a disconnect between the candidates' personal campaigning versus what their campaign organizations are saying.
Michael Hughes | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home
Political communications consultant Mike Hughes, special to OffTheBus, deconstructs the latest campaign ads, frame by frame. McCain launched a creati...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
A few years ago, there was this show on the teevee called The West Wing, and before it descended into a miasma of besotted depressives, Ecstasy kidnap...
Todd Gitlin | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media
Brokaw's bland evasiveness on Meet the Press does not bode well for what we can expect from his turn as moderator at this Tuesday's debate.
Naazish YarKhan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
Should a 6 and 7 year old even have to contemplate the safety of their living situation?
Rob Kall | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
It looks like the Republicans thought they'd use the bailout bill to sink the Dems, but the GOP leadership couldn't lead their own troops. This video...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama's ad-makers clearly think they've found an aesthetic that suits their candidate. For the third time in as many weeks, the campaign is iss...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home
The entire Republican Party cannot credibly run against itself. Can a voter in New Hampshire's first district believe that John McCain, John Sununu and Jeb Bradley are all mavericks? If so, who is the establishment?
MSNBC | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign seizes on Biden's ropeline flub that the Democratic ticket does not support "clean" coal in new radio ads released in targeted bat...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
Virginia Representative Virgil Goode -- whose primary contributions to the civic discourse has been ranty, slow-witted displays of Islamaphobia -- has...
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
First posted at WashingtonTimes.com This was the scene that greeted the Obama motorcade Saturday night when we pulled up in Fredericksburg. &n...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
By Stephen C. Rose In an extensive analysis, FactCheck has flagged false claims by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in mailers and TV ads. Speci...
Josh Dorner | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
McCain trumpets his support for government loans to help the auto industry. What he doesn't tell you is that he was opposed to helping the automakers until just last month.
Lanny Davis | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
There are too many problems to waste time on "gotcha" politics, with each side counterpunching the other on personal attacks and innuendo, while the American people are getting more and more fed up.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
The latest John McCain ad continues his campaign's recent infatuation with shadows, this time adding the floating block capital letters that you see i...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
Here's John McCain's latest advertisement, "Foundation." There's nothing in the actual content of the ad that anyone will find original, relative to ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
What exactly has McCain had "enough" of? The sorts of deregulation that he and his cronies have championed for many, many years, that propelled this current crisis?
Washington Post | Matthew Mosk and Sarah Cohen | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics