Obama Muslim Smear

Ohio Voter On 60 Minutes: I Hear Obama Is Muslim, Doesn't Know National Anthem

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


CBS 60 Minutes reporter traveled to Ohio to speak with voters ahead of Tuesday's crucial primary. Kroft found that one of the more malicious smear cam...

Obama Fights Muslim Rumor On Google

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Carrie and I wrote today about the technical aspects of fighting a viral e-mail smear, and Tim Tagaris writes approvingly of an Obama campaign move we...

Obama Camp Buys Google Ads To Debunk Email Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


Carrie and I wrote today about the technical aspects of fighting a viral e-mail smear, and Tim Tagaris writes approvingly of an Obama campaign move we...

Obama Campaign's Intense Effort To Combat E-Mail Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith and Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


For over a year, largely out of the media glare, Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been fighting a determined, low-intensity conflict a...

Kerry Urges Obama Supporters To Fight The Lies

Boston Globe's Political Intelligence | Foon Rhee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, who endorsed Barack Obama earlier this month, is now coming to Obama's aid to rebut what he calls "disgusting ...

Nico Pitney

What's Behind Obama's "Committed Christian" Mailer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Obama camp has a new South Carolina mailer touting him as a "committed Christian" who has been "called to Christ." (TPM Election Central has the f...

Obama Takes on Question of Faith

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Barack Obama is stepping up his effort to correct the misconception that he's a Muslim now that the presidential campaign has h...

Seven Jewish U.S. Senators Write Letter On Obama/Muslim Smears

TPM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Obama campaign is really doing its damndest to puncture the false Obama-is-a-Muslim smears before they take hold. In the latest move, the Obama ca...

Group Of Jewish Leaders Condemn "Hateful Emails" About Obama

NY Times | James Barron | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The leaders of nine Jewish groups released an open letter on Tuesday condemning what they called "hateful e-mails" that they said spread lies about Se...

Kerrey Apologizes To Obama

Associated Press | Nedra Pickler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey has apologized to Barack Obama for any unintentional insult he committed by raising the Democratic presidential candid...

Obama Fights Stories About Muslim Roots

Miami Herald | BETH REINHARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Max Holtzman, a Miami lawyer and fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was in a downtown office building when he ran into a h...

Clinton Volunteer Asked to Resign

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign on Sunday requested the resignation of a second Iowa volunteer coordinator who forwarded a ...

Clinton Camp Admits Iowa County Chair Passed Along Obama Muslim Smear Email

Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


A day after the Hillary campaign hit the Obama camp for bullying voters in nasty phone calls, the Hillary crew has just acknowledged that an Iowa coun...