Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
Politico | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
Don't mess with their elephant. Or at least, don't infringe on what the Republican National Committee refers to as the Official Elephant Logo (Federa...
Chip Hanlon | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
You may be expecting the finest in GOP entertainment as we righties tear each other apart ahead of November's presumed debacle. But in fact, it's the first step in our return to the majority.
Lincoln Chafee | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
Jesse Helms' legacy is one of strong opposition to women's reproductive freedom, gay rights, foreign aid for diplomacy, and public funding for the arts -- priorities that run strong in today's GOP.
Los Angeles Times | Janet Hook | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
Mississippi, one of the nation's most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted for Republican pres...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Obama's fist shaking on terrorism and national security and back flip votes on FISA won't do much to give him an edge in the battle against McCain.
Politico | David Paul Kuhn | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
our months have passed since John McCain effectively captured the party nomination and the insiders are getting restless. Top GOP officials, frustrate...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
The immigration reform bill killing amendments, and Obama's vote on them, give McCain the hook he needs to lambaste Obama as an immigration reform spoiler.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
The Huffington Post's Sam Stein reported last year on the aggressive tactics Republican senators were using to obstruct an unprecedented number of bil...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
Things are always less scary when the lights are on, so throughout the campaign HuffPost will be conducting a FearWatch, keeping our eyes peeled for attempts to scare the public into voting their fears. And we need your help... Read More McCain's Campaign Funding Hypocrisy: Why Are the Media Looking the Other Way? Amidst all the attacks on Obama's public funding "flip-flop," how much have you read in the old media about the fact that McCain has completely reversed himself on public financing -- and is currently breaking campaign finance law on a daily basis? Read More Watch Arianna on: BBC News' Hardtalk, CNN's Election Center, and Anderson Cooper 360
MSNBC News | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
A new USA Today/Gallup poll has Obama leading McCain among likely voters by six points, 50%-44%. But the most revealing numbers in the survey were th...
Linda Hansen | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home
To save his soul, Lindsey Graham jes' could not lay on the self-righteous molasses thick enough: The shame of it! Obama has broken his promise. Somebody stop that man before Lindsey faints dead away!
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
The substance of any proposed economic reforms is less important, frankly, than McCain demonstrating that he can, in fact, understand the economy and discuss it in some depth.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
When things really heat up in the fall, the 527 committees will have a storehouse of privately funneled dollars to slam Obama on any and every big and petty issue they choose.
AP | NEDRA PICKLER and BETH FOUHY | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A defiant Barack Obama said Tuesday he would take no lectures from Republicans on which candidate would keep the U.S. safer, a shar...
Art Levine | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
It's heartening to see the way a progressive coalition in Missouri that included mainstream groups beat the GOP's fear-mongering voter photo ID drive in a Republican-dominated state.
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign comm...
Wall Street Journal | Amy Chozick | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics
Mobster wisdom tells us never to bring a knife to a gun fight. But what does political wisdom say about bringing a gun to a knife fight? That's exact...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.
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.
Politico | JOSH KRAUSHAAR | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
Meet Bob Kelleher, the Republican nominee against Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this year. He is an 85-year-old attorney with some downright unconvention...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
So what would happen if the Electoral College tied? Well, it goes to the House of Representatives. And since the Democrats have an advantage in the House, you'd think "President Obama." But you'd be wrong.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
Bush and the GOP's domestic fumbles are potentially Obama's biggest selling point. He must repeatedly remind voters that they should be mad about the economy.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics
The terrorism issue is still a McCain election trump card, but it's not enough. He must duck the economic mess Bush made by spinning the standard GOP line that his plan is pro-growth.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
Politico previously reported that Obama's donor lists are so large that the Federal Election Commission is unable to process them with their current s...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
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There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
Major news organizations are drawing...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
A chimp in Japan escaped the sweltering confines of his cage, and a zookeeper with a tranquilizer gun...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics