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Obama Attacks

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Geri Spieler

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

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Presidential Election Spurs Hundreds Of Race Threats, Crimes

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

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

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

Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama

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

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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...

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

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Sam Stein

Study: McCain Getting Burnt By His Attacks On Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Obama Predicted GOP's Nasty Turn (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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

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Sam Stein

Obama Ad Responds To Coming Attacks, Calling McCain Erratic

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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

DailyKos | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Obama Plans Sharper Tone, More Forceful Attacks On McCain

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

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

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Sam Stein

In A Bind, GOP Throws Kitchen Sink At Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Sam Stein

Negative Obama Ad Mimics Outside Group's Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Rachel Weiner

Progressives Sound Alarm About Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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

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Schumer: Obama Should "Hit Back Hard"

Politico | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Sam Stein

The McCain Strategy: From Autobiography To Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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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...

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McCain's Cynical Marketing Is a Danger

Diane Francis | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Hands Off Obama

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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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.

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

New York Times | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Coming Obama-McCain Mudfight

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

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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...

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Sam Stein

McCain Tries Aggressively To Distance Himself From Bush In Speech Tonight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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***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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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Clinton Camp Denounces Obama Iowa Supporter for Lewinsky Comments

The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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