Campaign

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

1964 was the last time a Democratic nominee for President carried majority of the white working class vote, measured by either income or education.

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

What if Obama loses Oregon tomorrow, or wins only by the barest of margins?

Sexism is alive and well in America. One exit poll I saw had almost twice as many voters having trouble voting for a woman for president than voting...

Borah Peak, at 12,662 feet high, is the highest point in Idaho. [That may sound like a strange place to begin this column, but please bear with me.] I...

Her boyfriend had been one of the most popular and best students in the history of Just Like High School. He played first-chair saxophone in the Just...

[Those of you who prefer "all cynicism all the time" should just skip this column, since I'm about to get blisteringly optimistic here. You have been...

With sincere apologies to Bill Maher for stealing his schtick, I have a new rule. My new rule is for uncommitted Democratic superdelegates. The rule ...

The mainstream media and political pundits have properly spanked Barack Obama's confusing Presidential Primary campaign. He simply hasn't closed the d...

Now that that's all over with, can we please focus on beating John McCain? Virtually everyone (with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- I gue...

August 28th will be the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Unless Hillary Clinton soon acquires the ability to perform miracles, the nominee giving the acceptance speech is going to be Barack Obama.

"The road goes on forever and the party never ends."--Robert Earl Keen   Tomorrow is yet another primary day in the Democratic presidential nomin...

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...

I challenge McCain to be the first to do what he is asking all Americans to do: give up his employer-based health care, and purchase his own health insurance on the open market.

Still shouldn't the war be more "personal" for Pelosi -- and her feelings for its creator reflect the dislike she feels toward his war?

If the presidential campaign seems unbelievably long to you, that's because it has been unbelievably long. To illustrate how long this thing has been ...

Since Super Tuesday, every time Hillary picks up one superdelegate, Obama picks up three. If this continues, he is going to pass her very soon, and gain the lead in superdelegates.

It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

Political jujitsu at its best. You take the opponent's best issue and flip it. . When you see the force coming at you, you redirect your opponent's ...

The above quote is from Bill Moyer's interview with Rev. Wright which is to air tonite. Rev. Wright, referring to Obama's disavowal of Wright's more...