Our Russian Election
McCain or Obama not only inherit a failing and corrupt economy, massive national debt and an unjust conflict in Iraq, but also now unnecessary renewed hostility with a country that was to be our ally in the New Millennium.
McCain or Obama not only inherit a failing and corrupt economy, massive national debt and an unjust conflict in Iraq, but also now unnecessary renewed hostility with a country that was to be our ally in the New Millennium.
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home
It's a good thing for Democrats that the convention is just around the corner and that the party will soon regain control of the race with news of Obama's vice-presidential pick.
Marta Evry | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home
Forget everything you've heard and read. Whether it's Fox, MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times or the Huffington Post. Suburban Republicans, southern blacks, Army brats, believe me, you can't poll the stuff I've seen on the trail.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
*** Updated Below *** The Obama campaign promised, late last week, that they would keep attacking John McCain and his campaign manager for their ties...
Craig Newmark | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home
Obama sees the Internet as a means to clean up Washington. The McCain/Bush camp sees the Internet as a threat that might make them accountable. Which vision do you you prefer?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama's presidential campaign claimed that the general election had reached a critical turning point this past week after it was revealed that ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
Not dissuaded by Paris Hilton's humorous rebuke of his first attack ad, John McCain returned to the celebrity theme on Wednesday when he released a sp...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
There was no shortage of villains during a McCain campaign conference call on energy policy Monday morning. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, President Bush...
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
Obama has visited our wounded service members -- without media fanfare and with dignity. He cares enough about our troops to not misuse them as a chip in his election bid, unlike McCain.
Colorado Independent | Posted 08.07.2008 | Home
His relentless attacks on Obama have garnered criticism in the press, but McCain's popularity in battleground Colorado, at least, has grown in recent weeks. The mean guy may work as strategy.
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home
Although yesterday's poll means relatively little, McCain's campaign will no doubt seize upon it as an island of hope in a sea of troubles. We're talking about a 1 percent lead.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
They have been the preferred adjectives for the Obama campaign when going after its opponent. Following a John McCain misstatement, policy shift, or h...
John Lumea | Posted 08.05.2008 | Home
When Bob Barr and Ralph Nader are factored in, McCain is 10 or 12 points behind. To put it clearly for the Times's Adam Nagourney, that puts Obama 10 or 12 points ahead.
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
The Politico reports that, having tried unsuccessfully to paint Barack Obama as a liberal flip-flopper, John McCain is getting personal: As Senator B...
Ari Melber | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
Ever since Obama canceled a trip to visit wounded soldiers in Germany based on logistical disagreements with the Pentagon, McCain has used the snafu to argue that Obama (you guessed it) does not support the troops.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
Coming off of a week in which he made several notable gaffes and was overshadowed by his rival's trip overseas, Sen. John McCain was undoubtedly hopin...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 08.02.2008 | Home
Despite the seeming success so far of Obama's genuine national strategy, the fact is, states that were battlegrounds in 2004 have remained tight, ensuring that McCain remains highly competitive.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it's Fidel Castro...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home
Yesterday's data delivers positives for McCain and reminds that, however much red states like North Carolina and Alaska may be shifting, Obama has a lot of ground to cover before November.
Politico | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
If you've read enough profiles of Barack Obama, chances are you're familiar with the name Kirk Dillard. An accomplished and articulate legislator who ...
Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
In an interview with the Kansas City Star, John McCain says Barack Obama was labeled as having the "most extreme" record in the Senate. "Extreme? You...
CNN | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
John McCain devoted a substantial chunk of his town hall meeting Thursday to drawing contrasts with Barack Obama on health care policy, stressing his ...
Lanny Davis | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
McCain and Obama can can get our politics back into the fact-driven solutions business, listening to ideas from liberals and conservatives to pick among them based on what works, not what is ideologically correct.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Here's more evidence that John McCain is looking to the primary campaign of Hillary Clinton as a template for his own race against Barack Obama. On ...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign, which has said it doesn't question Obama's patriotism, is now doing something awfully similar: Claiming that Barack Obama and the...
KC Shoen | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home