I have a problem with these sissy campaigns we've been having recently. So to the candidates I say: lady and gentlemen, put on the gloves, step into the ring and get tough.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Preceding tonight's town hall presidential debate, the Obama campaign has put out a memo Tuesday morning both lowering expectations and accusing McCai...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: Radar reports that the Secret Service is investigating the potential threat against Barack Obama at a Sarah Palin rally: The Secret Service ...
ABC News | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
In Asheville, NC, this afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made a statement about today's bleak economic news, hammered Sen. John McCain's campaign ...
Progress Illinois | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics
It appears that Lake County, IN may be the latest arena in the GOP's effort to suppress the vote in swing states. First some basics. Under Indiana e...
The Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics
The nation's growing financial crisis has weakened the McCain campaign and put him on the defensive, according to several reports today. With a recen...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign has now shifted virtually 100 percent of his national ad spending into negative ads attacking Obama, a detailed breakdown of his a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
Strategists for John McCain insisted late Thursday afternoon that it was Barack Obama, not the Arizona Republican, who was on the defensive when it ca...
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home
If there was suspense in the room, it had more to do with the presidential election than with the outcome of this particular measure, however much the senators reiterated that it was the most important vote of their careers.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama is stepping up the ad wars on Monday, accusing John McCain of being the candidate of out-of-control spending and budgetary irresponsibili...
Ari Melber | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
Obama's campaign appears to have staked its confidence on the surveys showing a lead among debate viewers -- which suggests that the Iraq issue did not hinder Obama's overall standing.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics
Some Democrats who are growing wary with what they see as Bill Clinton's tepid support for Barack Obama weren't likely relieved by the former presiden...
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home
A small and inaccurate story aired last week by a local St. Louis television station that was on its way to being forgotten was given new life over the weekend by the Republican spin machine.
Bob Cesca | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
Where McCain was unserious and petulant, Obama was forceful, sharp and, at times, magnanimous. Hell, McCain couldn't even look Obama in the eye. Not once.
Max Bergmann | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
In response to the Russia crisis, McCain's priorities are completely off base and his over-the-top rhetoric which was on display only makes the possibility of a new Cold War all the more likely.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home
This isn't the first time McCain has promised to refrain from campaigning, only to break his word. He did so spectacularly the day Obama became the first African-American to receive a major party's nomination for President.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics
Shortly before 2pm ET, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said on MSNBC that his boss deserves credit for the bipartisan bailout deal. Bounds then appare...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics
Updated 9/26: Click here for updated videos, photos and analysis from the first presidential debate Click here for all debate-related news at HuffP...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics
Apparently, even though John McCain doesn't want to debate Barack Obama, he doesn't have any problem attacking him -- even after suspending his presid...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
When John McCain held an unexpected news conference mid-Wednesday afternoon he addressed the current economic crisis with direness previously unseen. ...
Matt Littman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
I believe foreign policy is McCain's weak spot, one that has not been exploited, but one that I believe Obama will pounce on on Friday night.
Richard Gizbert | Posted 10.18.2008 | Media
Because Obama hasn't agreed to McCain's unprecedented town hall proposal, McCain is telling us Obama deserves what he's getting. John McCain's argument isn't just nonsensical. It's petulant.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
Some fiery rhetoric just now from Barack Obama on the campaign trail, as the Illinois Democrat ripped into McCain for a couple of questionable stateme...
Denise Dennis | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home
Explaining that she was a Republican her entire life, she says, "The current Republican Party has destroyed the country economically" and that "The religious right now owns the GOP."
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
The Obama camp, sensing blood, released a new ad this morning taking John McCain to task for calling the fundamentals of the economy "strong" in the m...
Mark Joseph | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics