Do Conventions Matter?
The faux-drama the media build up around party conventions is unjustified. About the only thing that really matters, in terms of its ability to move votes, is the nominee's acceptance speech.
The faux-drama the media build up around party conventions is unjustified. About the only thing that really matters, in terms of its ability to move votes, is the nominee's acceptance speech.
AP | Posted 08.10.2008 | Home
***UPDATE*** The U.S. Olympic basketball team treated President Bush and perhaps a billion more fans to a game to remember. With LeBron James and Dw...
Paul Abrams | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Excluding from the pardon power persons who have worked for the administration will prevent the president from covering up illegal acts -- making it less likely that officials will carry out illegal acts in the first place.
Paul Abrams | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
By restraining spending via pay-as-you-go, and taking in more revenues through higher taxes on the wealthy, Clinton and Bush Sr. caused interest rates to come down, and the economy took off.
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
George W. Bush famously claimed to have given up golf out of respect for soldiers in Iraq: "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died t...
The Huffington Post | Dan Duray | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
The Bush administration's latest plan to drive down skyrocketing oil prices by lifting the executive ban on domestic offshore drilling has revived an ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
On Wednesday, Iran observed the 20th anniversary of a U.S. attack against a civilian airbus carrying 290 people, with citizens releasing doves into th...
Christopher Ingram | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
The question in deciding whom to pick for your VP running mate basically boils down to two things: geographic benefit and filling a void. McCain's weakness is his lack of support from conservatives.
Paul Helmke | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
If you have yet to visit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I encourage you make it part of your plans on your next trip to Washington, D.C.
Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
Wouldn't it be something if this current natural disaster in Myanmar could bring together George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton in another heroic relief effort?
Tom Alderman | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media
It's very confusing trying to figure out what an elitist is these days. Who qualifies to be an elitist? Are there standards? Certain physical characteristics? If you become one, are you better off?
John McQuaid | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Covering the 1988 presidential campaign, I learned some fundamental lessons about politics. One was that a Democrat must never allow him/herself to be portrayed as less than 100 percent patriotic.
Martin Nolan | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
The vice presidency is a poor pulpit for a charismatic candidate, accustomed to cheering crowds. When a running mate makes major news, it's because the would-be veep has screwed up.
Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripte...
Steve Clemons | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics
I am a devoted Brzezinski fan -- and his critique of Hillary Clinton's Iraq War positions are similar to my own -- but I differ from him on the Mamie Eisenhower comparison.
Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
The Conservative blogosphere says that Barack Obama isn't patriotic enough to be President because he was photographed without his hand over his heart...
Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
Former president George H.W. Bush will endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in Houston on Monday during a media availability at 9:30 a.m. Texas time, Re...
NY Times | Nicholas Kristof | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
In a presidential campaign that has involved battles over everything from Iraq to driver's licenses, one sweeping topic has gone curiously unexamined:...
Steve Clemons | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics
Assessing the greatest and worst presidents is a process fraught with problems and subjective bias.
Steve Clemons | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
Bill Burns is disliked by John Bolton just about as intensely as Bolton feels about Nick Burns. And that's a major plus for the new nominee for Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in my book.
Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
When former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney paid tribute to his presidential heroes during his victory speech last night, he left out one prominent...
Joe Lauria | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
We do know that Ron Paul deserves credit for bringing up the obvious in a hostile environment. Maybe some day historical fact will seep into the mainstream and at least be seriously debated.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics
After a couple of years of political transition that have seen Europe's own warmongers/Bush poodles and corrupt leaders retiring or getting kicked out of office, there is eager anticipation for the departure of Bush.
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
In other news, former governor Mike Huckabee said he would be best of all the candidates at establishing friendly relations with Muslim countries.
CNN | Peter Hamby | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics
Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that the first thing his wife Hillary will do when she reaches the White House is dispatch him and his prede...
Who is Sarah Palin? Here's a quick rundown of her resumé: she's the former...
Barack Obama Campaign Spokesman Bill Burton responds to John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor...
Watch Obama's speech. Scroll down for report of convention and full text...
I think we will look back at today as the day when...
My favorite part of Hillary Clinton's speech last night was when she admonished her followers not to...
None of my pro-Hillary female friends are falling for this obvious GOP pander....
Photographs Of Sarah Palin, John McCain's Vice President In the December 2007 issue of Vogue: For...
In an unusually heated attack on a veteran political reporter by a cable news...
LOS ANGELES — David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication,"...
Grist reports that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin strongly opposes the Alaskan gas tax, threw money at...
Now that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, it's time for him...
Craig Newmark (you may have heard of his list) is blogging at the Democratic...
WASHINGTON — General Motors Corp. said Friday it was recalling 944,000 vehicles because of...
John McQuaid | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics