Last night, ETP pulled Chicago Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief and uber-reporter Lynn Sweet away from the thumping bass of the CNN Grill last night ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
The Obama team, in the run-up to the Democratic convention, will showcase the new Obama ticket Saturday in Springfield at the Old State Capitol, where...
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.13.2008 | Chicago
The Obama campaign on Tuesday afternoon released more speakers for the second night of the Democratic convention in Denver, a batch of Democratic gove...
Beverly Davis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home
This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home
Furman as chief economic adviser tells us little about Obama economics but much about Obama. Furman is young and smart and he actually told the press that "Bush has had some bad luck with the economy."
Christine Escobar | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home
In Obama's hometown the big news this week was not his historic delegate lead. It was the R. Kelly underage porn trial, which is no knock on Obama, for what can compete anymore with a celebrity underage porn trial?
Reny Monk | Posted 05.03.2008 | Home
At the DNC North Carolina dinner, Clinton again never got a chance to trade wits with her rival, playing warm-up for him instead, basically introducing him to the cheering attendees.
Steve Clemons | Posted 01.21.2008 | Media
Facebook is no longer a college kid roladex. It's becoming part of emerging new media in the country -- a distribution network for causes as well as news and opinion.
Beverly Davis | Posted 12.31.2007 | Home
DES MOINES -- Lynn Sweet, the big dog political columnist for the Chicago Sun Times - fond of wearing clogs on the campaign trial, snapping photograph...
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--UPDATE--The Obama campaign just told gay activists a gay minister will open each gospel session this weekend. This to defuse brewing...
William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head...
The state of the McCain campaign is drawing fire from its own ostensible allies....
Tina Fey told TVGuide she'll be "done" if John McCain and...
At a rally in Bethlehem, Pa. last week, Cindy...
When Colin Powell turns off his TV after the final presidential debate, he will...
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Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for...
**SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** It looks like Sarah Palin has traded her...
One of Hollywood's few Republicans has switched his...
Last night, Rachel Maddow sparred with former...
An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family...
ITHACA, N.Y. — The thought of a driverless, computer-guided...
Sarah Palin may be the most famous hockey mom with a gun, but the debate about mothers who pack...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media