May 17, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS — Sen. Barack Obama's campaign hasn't announced this to the press yet, but their Web site this morning includes that graphic above marking a major milestone.
It's a nice piece of news for Obama on primary day - Indiana...
Chris Weigant | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
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 do I. Any event of this magnitude would be the lead story on every evening news broadcast in the nation....
Christina Bellantoni | Posted April 28, 2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama's latest fundraising drive -- own a "piece of history."
And by history, the campaign means a DVD copy of his speech on race.
It's an interesting tactic, since the speech was...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | April 23, 2008 02:00 PM
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | April 21, 2008
Mark Sutton | Posted April 19, 2008 | Living
In this segment, Firstgiving CEO Mark Sutton shares a conversation with Marc Turgeon, a father who is using the Firstgiving Web site to raise funds for Friends of LADDERS, Inc. an interdisciplinary program designed to provide services in the evaluation and treatment of children and adults with autism, pervasive developmental...
John Riley | Posted April 8, 2008 | Politics
Not all PACs deserve a bad name. Here at Yale University, a student run political action committee in its second electoral cycle is actually trying to expand grassroots field operations, unlike many of its corporate brethren. Students for a New American Politics PAC, founded in 2005 by students in the...
Jay Mandle | Posted March 12, 2008 | Politics
Will he or won't he? Barack Obama is hedging on an earlier commitment to limit himself to public funding in the post-convention campaign should he become the nominee. Pressed on it in the Cleveland debate with Hillary Clinton, for example, he promised only to "sit down with John McCain and...
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | March 6, 2008 11:56 AM
McClatchy | Greg Gordon | March 3, 2008 08:56 PM
CNN's Political Ticker | February 29, 2008 01:56 PM
USA Today | Mark Memmott | February 19, 2008 03:39 PM
Huffington Post | Thomas Edsall and Amanda Michel | February 19, 2008 01:22 AM
Simon Sinek | Posted February 11, 2008 | Politics
Clinton is the perfect candidate for the rich and Obama is the perfect candidate for the masses. That would be my conclusion if I were to audit their respective campaigns as if they were brands on a shelf. From their campaign strategies to their pitches, both candidates have carved out...
Ari Melber | Posted February 7, 2008 | Politics
Barack Obama just shattered another grassroots fundraising record, drawing over $7.9 million in a two-day juggernaut ending Thursday. The large haul, driven by two separate Internet campaigns, fortifies Obama's political operation as the Democratic race shifts from Tuesday's national primary to a long, pitched battle for delegates.
Members of MoveOn...
James Freedman | Posted February 4, 2008 | Off The Bus
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was still running for president two weeks ago, despite polling in the single-digits and being excluded from debates. Then, on January 25th, he formally ended his campaign, citing his determination to stay focused on Cleveland, "the community that is first in my heart."
Before...
AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | January 31, 2008
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Paul Jenkins | Posted January 11, 2008 | Politics
One of the creepiest early campaign moments was eBay CEO Meg Whitman dialing for dollars at Mitt Romney's fund-raising telethon last January, a farce created to showcase the Romney campaign's organizational skills and potential financial might (it raised $6.5 million). "You won't believe where I am! I'm at the...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
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As the odds get longer and longer, the obvious question is: Why doesn't Hillary Clinton gracefully concede...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
NEW UPDATE BELOW As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
George W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself,...
Christina Bellantoni | Posted May 6, 2008 | Politics