Electoral Math -- Obama Has Closed The Deal
Welcome to the penultimate Electoral Math column. OK, I admit, I just like correctly using the word "penultimate." Plus, it's fun to say! Try it! If...
Welcome to the penultimate Electoral Math column. OK, I admit, I just like correctly using the word "penultimate." Plus, it's fun to say! Try it! If...
The Washington Post | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Don't be surprised to see maligned McCain campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace rejoining GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on her campaign plane v...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Big campaign donors typically come with deep pockets and influence. But in Illinois this election cycle, no one not running for office himself has giv...
Lance Simmens | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
To merely imply that the concept of redistribution of wealth is inherently evil (read socialistic) is simplistic and absurd. Hope allows us to explore the uncertainty of the future.
Michael Shaw | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media
Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
Here is the Billionaires' power-pop punk ode to John McCain, the warrior, featuring our resident rock god, J. Paul Geddy Lee.
Politico | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
RNC Chairman Mike Duncan throws back the blame for Sarah Palin's wardrobe by telling MSNBC that the McCain campaign asked for the RNC to pay for the c...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."
Chuck Lasker | Posted 11.26.2008 | Home
Last week I was contacted by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) about covering my Republicans for Obama activities. They have a worldwide viewership...
David M. Abromowitz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics
Joe the Slogan sees that he might have to pay a little bit higher taxes, decides he won't bother buying the business, and supposedly jobs are lost. This is what a candidate for president holds up as a hero?
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...
Times Online | Carolyn Asome | Posted 11.24.2008 | Style
Does it really take £90,000 (the amount Sarah Palin's campaign wardrobe has cost so far) to cut it on the global stage? Other leading political ladie...
Marc Lampkin | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
When was the last time a teachers' union sued to demand higher academic standards? When has a teachers' union ever demanded more accountability in our classrooms?
The Washington Post | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, John McCain has turned to an argument that has served Republicans well in recent history, using stump...
Oxdown Gazette | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
I just watched some highlights of Brian William's interview with Sarah Palin and John McCain. This exchange was shocking: Brian Williams: Back to th...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
More and more, it is looking like Virginia will be the state that decides Election Night in Obama's favor. Sure, it could be Florida or Ohio, but my guess is that the vote-counting is going to take a while in both of them,
Politico | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
Fourteen days before the election, supporters of senatorial candidate Al Franken crowded the McNamara Alumni Center and bopped to Beach Boys songs whi...
Huffington Post via The Washington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
Today the Washington Post's Sleuth reports that Sarah Palin is spending more than John McCain on her own celebrity makeup artist. McCain's September ...
Politico | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
GOP operatives don't foresee a massive infusion of money for ads against Obama. Photo: AP For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn't coming. Republic...
National Journal Online | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
One of the most unsettling aspects of this campaign is that for an election cycle so turbulent, with so many surprising twists and turns, over the las...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
At least two people have quit their jobs at call centers over scripts that accuse Barack Obama of working closely with Bill Ayers. The Charleston Gaze...
Lori Jewett | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home
Lori Jewett is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail. "He's a t...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...
Joanna Lamb Looby | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home
My formerly apolitical husband has a crush on Rachel Maddow (I know, who doesn't?), has taken to watching hours of political shows, and now that the Red Sox are in the playoffs, his TV to-do list is getting out of control.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
It's going to be all but impossible to continue the "we're in a dead heat" nonsense if Barack Obama decisively wins Florida and Virginia when the East Coast returns come in.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics