Obama Attacks

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.

Presidential Election Spurs Hundreds Of Race Threats, Crimes

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents ar...

Former SNL Member Victoria Jackson: Obama A "Communist," Like "Castro In Cuba, The Guy In China" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


Former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson, who earlier this week was dispatched by the GOP to go after Al Franken, graced the set of the...

Sam Stein

At An Anti-Obama Presser Where No Attack Is Deemed Outrageous

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Mark Willliams, a conservative radio host and voice of the rabidly anti-Obama group, Our Country Deserves Better, was hoping for a calm and effective ...

Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama

AP | ERIC GORSKI and RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of t...

Fox News VP: If McCain Worker 'Mutilation' Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is 'Over'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, has commented on his blog that "this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election.

Sam Stein

Study: McCain Getting Burnt By His Attacks On Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


The PEW Research Center is out with a new study that suggests John McCain's attacks against Barack Obama's character and associations have strongly ba...

Obama Predicted GOP's Nasty Turn (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


The Jed Report reminds us that Barack Obama predicted the campaign's nasty turn months ago: ...

Sam Stein

Obama Ad Responds To Coming Attacks, Calling McCain Erratic

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


Responding quickly to the character assaults being launched his way, Barack Obama is out with a new ad Sunday morning that, while attempting to place ...

Kos: Time For Dems To "Get Down In The Mud"

DailyKos | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


Sullivan links to a reader email that asks: It also occurs to me that in a way McCain and Rove have actually simply taken over the liberal blogos...

Obama Plans Sharper Tone, More Forceful Attacks On McCain

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Senator Barack Obama will intensify his assault against Senator John McCain, with new television advertisements and more forceful attacks by the candi...

Sam Stein

Rick Davis's Hugh Hewitt Fantasy World: McCain Is The Victim

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, seems to be living in an inverted universe. In Davis' world it is Barack Obama, not John McCain, who has launch...

Sam Stein

In A Bind, GOP Throws Kitchen Sink At Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


Prompted, it seems, by concerns over John McCain's foot-in-the-mouth admission that he did not know the number of houses he owned, aides to the Senato...

Sam Stein

Negative Obama Ad Mimics Outside Group's Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2008 | 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...

Rachel Weiner

Progressives Sound Alarm About Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Yesterday, three prominent progressive bloggers suggested Barack Obama has a serious weakness. Josh Marshall writes at TPM: With so many instances o...

Schumer: Obama Should "Hit Back Hard"

Politico | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


One of the Democratic Party's leading electoral street fighters, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, said that Barack Obama should respond to John McCain's p...

Sam Stein

GOPer: Tire Efficiency Okay For Me, Not A Prez Candidate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


On his website, GOP Congressman Mike Rogers encourages visitors to improve their gas mileage and fuel costs by making sure that that the tires on thei...

Sam Stein

The McCain Strategy: From Autobiography To Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics


There is no doubt: in the past few weeks John McCain has made a conscious decision to run a negative, personalized campaign against Barack Obama. A ca...

McCain's Cynical Marketing Is a Danger

Diane Francis | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics


Diane Francis

McCain has begun to seriously play up the enormous age gap between the two candidates. The latest salvo is a TV spot comparing Britney and Paris to Obama: a bulls-eye for Republicans.

Hands Off Obama

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

If the barbs against the Obama keep up at a steady rate, McCain won't even need a strategy -- all he'll need to do is keep his mouth shut. Leave the swift-booting of Obama to the Repugs.

GOP Operatives Ready To Hit Obama (If Only They Had Money)

New York Times | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics


A Bible verse taped to a whiteboard in Floyd Brown's office that he uses to track his efforts to attack Senator Barack Obama reads, "That is why for C...

Thomas B. Edsall

The Coming Obama-McCain Mudfight

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


At a Friday night fundraiser, Barack Obama warned supporters that Republicans "are going to try to scare people. They're going to try to say that 'tha...

Sam Stein

McCain Tries Aggressively To Distance Himself From Bush In Speech Tonight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


***Scroll Down For Video*** The frame of John McCain being an extension of the Bush presidency is apparently getting under the Senator's skin. In hi...

Sam Stein

As Campaign Has Evolved, So Too Has Clinton's Tone

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


In mid August 2007, as the Democratic field for president took the stage for the CNN YouTube debate, Senator Hillary Clinton appeared well on her way ...

Clinton Camp Denounces Obama Iowa Supporter for Lewinsky Comments

The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


In media call, spokesmen Howard Wolfson and Phil Singer decry Obama's Iowa co-chair Gordon Fischer's statement invoking "Monica's blue dress" in blog ...