Sarah Palin: Below-Average American
An as-yet-to-be-authenticated, high school transcript of Sarah Palin's was posted on Gawker Thursday, and it's a doozy. Apparently, Sarah Palin scored an 841 out of 1600.
An as-yet-to-be-authenticated, high school transcript of Sarah Palin's was posted on Gawker Thursday, and it's a doozy. Apparently, Sarah Palin scored an 841 out of 1600.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 08.31.2008 | Home
Unless intense media scrutiny and the St. Louis debate destroy her credibility -- and it's going to take a lot more than bridges, polar bears and an abusive brother-in-law to have any sway in the Buckeye State -- Sarah Palin has suddenly put Ohio seriously into play for John McCain.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics
John McCain's Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was, once upon a time, a sports reporter for KTUU, Anchorage's NBC affiliate. Below, watch a clip...
Slate | Timothy Noah | Posted 08.29.2008 | Media
According to both the Aug. 29 Anchorage Daily News and the June 13 Colorado Springs Gazette, Sarah Palin became John McCain's vice presidential candid...
ABC | Jake Tapper | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
"Now, the drive-bys, when it comes to (Sen. John) McCain, are all excited that he might choose a pro-choice and/or liberal pro-choice running mate," c...
Politico.com | Mike Allen | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to celebrate his 72nd birthday on Aug. 29 by naming his running mate at a huge rally in the battleground state of Ohi...
John Marshall | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics
The vice presidency is America's longest running reality show, starring one contestant at a time, whose big task is to wait until the president is voted off or otherwise removed.
Washington Times | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
Sen. John McCain's growing popularity among women is fueling speculation that he will select a female running mate, ripening talk about conservative f...
Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
Larry King, still showing he has his fastball, was able to coax McCain just a bit tonight on veep, getting the GOP nominee to say that he has yet to m...
Fox News | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he will not run for vice president on the GOP ticket, making him among a growing number of those pulling th...
Times-Picayune | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Mystery continues to surround Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's plans to interrupt a tour of battleground states today for a visit to New ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
Robert Novak thinks John McCain's campaign may have fed him falsities to drum up some press during Barack Obama's foreign tour. Last night, he poste...
New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and MICHAEL LUO | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
It was not so long ago that the idea that Senator John McCain would even entertain tapping Mitt Romney, his bitterest primary rival, as his running ma...
Marc Ambinder | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
Marc Ambinder reports that McCain was effusive in his praise of the whole Romney family in Detroit today: "[I]n case you've been missing it, Mi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
UPDATE BELOW Q Notes reports that South Carolina governor Mark Sanford was not happy when the state tourism board started reaching out to to gay trav...
Jeffrey Jena | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
"I actually don't give a big horse's backside who you pick as a running mate. He or she will have little or no effect on my life over the next 20 or 30 years, but justices will be around for a long time."
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
First Read catches John McCain poking fun at former rival Mitt Romney, and they see it as a sign of rising VP potential: At a fundraiser in New Mexi...
Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Contrary to a blog report this week, Gov. Tim Pawlenty today said he is not being vetted by John McCain's campaign as a possible running mate. "I hav...
Chris Kelly | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Yesterday, Politico reported the "hot buzz" that Romney is at the top of McCain's vice presidential short list. It could be a transcription error. "Short list" and "sh*t list" sound a lot alike.
Will Durst | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney only get the nod if every other politician in America coincidentally trips and falls into an active lava tube.
Lee Camp | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
With the decision just around the corner, there has been much speculation as to who John McCain will pick for a running mate. Here's his own personal list recently leaked to the press.
Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 05.24.2008 | Home
Despite the denials, this week's cycle may see more speculation. Given McCain's recent denouncements of religious backers Rod Parsley and John Hagee, McCain may well tap Huckabee.
New York Times | Michael Cooper | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics
When it comes to senators hoping to make history with their presidential bids, Hillary Rodham Clinton (who would be the first woman to be president) a...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
DALLAS — Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Disgrasian | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics