Seth Colter Walls

Richard Clarke: "Quick Draw John" McCain Wanted War Before Bush Did

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


The campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain both held conference calls Wednesday afternoon to hammer each other on national security. McCain's mess...

Jason Linkins

Howard Wolfson's New Gig: Indie Rock Blogger

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Former Hillary Clinton flack Howard Wolfson and I may have had structural disagreements over whether the voters in states like Virginia are "important...

Jason Linkins

Right-Wing Vets Group Assails Vietnam Vet Hagel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


David Bellavia, founder of Bush suck-up outfit Vets For Freedom, says he "will never attack a Vietnam veteran," but then proceeds to say this about Se...

Sam Stein

Reid Reconsidering Lieberman's Position In The Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Senator Joseph Lieberman's decision to speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention is being met with deep consternation among Democrats and i...

Seth Colter Walls

Obama "Infanticide" Smear Gains Traction: Campaign Forced To Rebut

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Two weeks ago, when the Huffington Post reported that the "infanticide" charge against Barack Obama was gaining traction in right-wing circles, the Il...

Sam Stein

McCain's Russia Lobbyists Confuse Georgia Defense

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


In the wake of John McCain's forceful rebuke of Russia for sending invading forces into Georgia, scrutiny has been placed on the role McCain's chief f...

Sam Stein

Negative Obama Ad Mimics Outside Group's Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


A new Obama campaign ad hammering John McCain on the economy bears a striking resemblance to an ad produced several months ago by an outside Democrati...

Jason Linkins

McCain's 'Gates Of Hell' Rhetoric 'Equal Parts Incoherent And False'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Over at the Cato Institute's blog, Jim Harper argues that McCain's "I'll follow bin Laden to the Gates Of Hell" rhetoric at the Saddleback Forum gave ...

Seth Colter Walls

McCain, Obama Tax War Sparked With New Ads (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


SEE UPDATE BELOW FOR NEW McCAIN RESPONSE Early on Wednesday morning, both Barack Obama and John McCain released ads focused on taxes. If the tone of...

Seth Colter Walls

Biden Source Downplays VP Denial

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


How big a deal is today's veepstakes comment from Sen. Joe Biden that "I'm not the guy"? A figure familiar with Biden's thinking says the remark is h...

Jason Linkins

The Escalating Stupidity Of BarackBook

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


My friends, I had hoped to never write about the massive fail known as BarackBook ever again. Ever, ever, again. But the nimrods behind this inanity...

Seth Colter Walls

If It's Biden For VP, Get Ready For More Talk About Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


It's almost hard to believe there's a single stone of veep-related speculation yet to be unturned and over-examined, but here's one: If Delaware Sen. ...

Jason Linkins

Middle Class Supports Key Progressive Policies, Study Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


ThinkProgress is touting an encouraging study from the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy that indicates that wide swaths of middle-class American...

Jason Linkins

Deposed Musharraf Could End Up In New Mexico

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Now that Pervez Musharraf is out of office, and no longer doing the sterling work of advancing democracy for which he is known, one wonders: what's ne...

Jason Linkins

Vlogorrhea, With Jason And Ana: Get Your Veep On!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Word has gone out that an aching world should prepare themselves, through a thorough vetting process, to receive The Most Historically Important Text ...

Sam Stein

Veepstakes: What Happened To Sebelius?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Speculation abounds these days as to whom, exactly, Barack Obama will choose as a vice presidential candidate. The secrecy that surrounds the process ...

Seth Colter Walls

Affirmative Action Ban Likely To Be Stripped From Arizona Ballot, Opponents Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


On Monday, opponents of an Arizona ballot initiative that would bar public institutions from adopting affirmative action policies filed what observers...

Jason Linkins

McCain Makes Energy Promise Impossible To Keep

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


John McCain trooped out to another oil rig today, looking for a future Fortress of Solitude where he can spend his next gas tax holiday, in his Cone o...

Sam Stein

CNN: Gore To Speak On Last Night Of Dem Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Al Gore will reportedly speak at the final night of the Democratic convention -- a coveted spot, but one that should put to rest the rumors (however f...

Sam Stein

McCain Traveling To Oil Rig (Partially) Owned By... Exxon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Sometimes political attacks materialize all by themselves. John McCain is set to board a helicopter today and travel 150 miles off the Louisiana cost...

Jason Linkins

Bob Woodward To Take Fourth Stab At Getting It Right On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Washington Post associate editor and famed Watergate investigative journalist Bob Woodward has returned to his recent stomping grounds -- the Bush Whi...

Sam Stein

Obama To McCain: Dignify Your Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


There was a thread of stern if not defensive outrage in Barack Obama's address at the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Tuesday. The Illinois Democrat did n...

Sam Stein

When "Losing One's Bearings" Is An Appropriate Campaign Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Back in March, the McCain campaign was apoplectic after Barack Obama, responding to claims that he had been endorsed by Hamas, accused the Senator of ...

Seth Colter Walls

Caucus Opponents Prepare To Descend On Democratic Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Two weekends ago, an amendment that would have banned all caucuses from future Democratic nominating contests was rejected at a DNC platform committee...

Sam Stein

Labor Group Deploys Confrontational Campaign Tactics Against McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Reflecting a much more creative and confrontational approach to the presidential campaign, Change to Win, the major labor organization, is launching a...


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