Presidential Race

Historians See Little Chance For McCain Victory

Politico | DAVID PAUL KUHN | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any....

McCain Spends $1M Campaigning Without Rival In Mich.

Dan Treul | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

McCain has been managing to lose a race against no one in the critical general election state, despite spending more than $500,000 per week since the end of May on TV ads there.

How McCain Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The terrorism issue is still a McCain election trump card, but it's not enough. He must duck the economic mess Bush made by spinning the standard GOP line that his plan is pro-growth.

Dean Slams Media Coverage Of Presidential Race: "Blatantly Sexist Comments... Blatantly Racist Remarks"

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 06.08.2008 | Media


Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean had tough words for the media on Saturday, saying that the presidential race had been plagued by "b...

Hillary Turns Fire On The Media

Politico | Kenneth Vogel | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is increasingly aiming its punches not at her front-running opponent Barack Obama, but at the media. On the c...

Obama's PA Strategy: The Rendell Way

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home


Laura J. Mansfield

Obama has to follow Gov. Rendell's path to victory in PA: Win huge in Philadelphia, a large margin in the suburbs, break even in Allegheny County, and hold on for dear life in the rest of the state.

Hillary Clinton Deluged With Calls For Her Withdrawal

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home


In her most definitive comments to date on the subject, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Saturday to put to rest any notion that she will drop out o...

Presidential Candidates Are Hot Topic Around The World

Wall Street Journal | DAVID LUHNOW, JOHN W. MILLER and SARAH CHILDRESS | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


For America's presidential candidates, the global electoral map is looking as divided as the domestic one. When foreigners look at the three contende...

McCain Mocks Obama's Iraq Comments

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


AP reports: Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday for saying he would take action as president "if a...

Low Turnout, Few Options Mark Michigan Primary

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

Mitt Romney wins the Michigan Republican primary. Decisively. But does it even matter? Before what might be a Ford Edsel turns into a spaceship, a re...

Primary Results Elicit Mixed Reactions From Michigan Young Republicans

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

Apparent Huckabee Supporters Floods Iowa With Negative Calls

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP...

Say What?! McCain Trying To Raise Money Over Hillary "Bitch" Flap

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says he respects Hillary Rodham Clinton and that he said as much when a woman used the word "bitch" to des...

Rudy Would Be First Jewish President

Politco | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Per the Jewish news service JTA, top Giuliani aide Ken Kurson told a Jewish audience last night in New York that if Bill Clinton was "the first black ...

Video Of McCain Supporter Calling Clinton A "Bitch" Sparks War Between McCain And CNN

Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Okay, this is fun. The video we posted yesterday of a McCain supporter calling Hillary a "bitch" has now sparked a full-fledged war between the McCai...

Max Follmer

Clinton's Planted Question...In 1999

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Three days after Hillary Clinton's campaign was forced to admit it had planted a question at an Iowa campaign event, an eagle-eyed tipster noted that ...

Edwards, Obama: The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend?

Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


They switched on the lights in the bar at the Hotel Fort Des Moines at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, and a crowd of two dozen buoyant young field organizers for S...

Can Colbert Actually Get On The Ballot?

CNN | Alexander Mooney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


He made a splash with a surprise presidential announcement Tuesday, but can Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert actually get on the primary ballots in...

Bloomberg: Presidential Bid Was Media Fantasy

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday he never considered running for U.S. president and any suggestion he had was concocted by the press. ...

Legendary Chess Champion Gary Kasparov Joins Russia's Presidential Race

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia's presidential race on Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's...

Obama Donors: We Showed You The Money, Now Show Us Good Poll Numbers

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Matthew Mosk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


While the candidates for the White House will spend the next week furiously raising money in advance of their next financial reporting deadline, the m...

Swing Districts Could Spell Trouble For Dem Presidential Candidates

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Conventional wisdom dictates that Democratic voters are thrilled with their choices for president, bursting at the seams to rally behind Sen. Hillary ...

Despite Sanctions, Florida Dems Keep Early Primary

AP | RASHA MADKOUR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Florida Democratic Party is sticking to its primary date -- and printed bumper stickers to prove it. State party leaders formally announced on Su...

Too Much Information

New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


BARACK OBAMA gets morning breath. Elizabeth Edwards felt her rib pop during some good loving with her husband, John. And Rudolph W. Giuliani, by the ...

Obama Strategist On Poll Stall: Barack Has "Hidden Vote"

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A reason White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is stalled in early primary and caucus state polls is that his "hidden vote" does not show up ...