Obama Blasts "Lies," "Swiftboat Politics" of McCain (Live from VA)
McCain's ploy helped waste two of the last 55 days of this election, Obama pointed out, saying that Republicans can only win by distraction and distortion.
McCain's ploy helped waste two of the last 55 days of this election, Obama pointed out, saying that Republicans can only win by distraction and distortion.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
Palin quickly picked up the fallen standard of those Hillary voters who put "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling. She didn't crack anything. John McCain helicoptered her to the roof, and they led her down the back stairs.
Gabriel Thompson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
But unlike you, most people don't go out of their way to disparage a group who has done so much to make this country great.
Erik Ose | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
How can progressives channel our outrage over the prospect of an unqualified, dangerously far-right wing pitbull with lipstick like Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency?
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home
Catholics have backed the popular-vote-winning candidate in the last nine presidential elections. They make up nearly a quarter of all registered U.S. voters and may well determine who wins the White House in 2008.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living
The second I heard that pit-slam from Governor Palin, I thought about putting some lipstick on my gorgeous pit bull, Peach, and sending Palin the photo.
Lanny Davis | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
We have four pretty good candidates running for president and vice president in both parties.
Keli Goff | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
Part of the fascination with the Clinton v. Palin narrative comes from the contest for female voters, but the the reality is that no true Hillary voter is even a McCain/Palin prospect.
John Shay | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
Interestingly, Sarah Palin appears to be the perfect person to carry out a dead-old-man-walking strategy.
Erik Lundegaard | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
So did Palin fire Stambaugh at the bidding of the NRA? Probably not. The article implies that she fired him for a more troubling reason...
Cindy Handler | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media
There's been a shocking amount of credulousness in the media's willingness to swallow what the administration feeds them, without investigating original sources first to see if it's true.
Elizabeth Austin | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
A community organizer is like a mayor, except ...
Vicky Ward | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
As I sat transfixed watching the previously unknown figure of Sarah Palin turn herself into the angel of the Republican party. But the burning issue in my mind was: what is a hockey mom?
Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
It's also a sad commentary on John McCain that his campaign has become all about Sarah Palin and not the candidate himself.
Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
War hero Kerry got swift-boated by men who never served in the military. Is Obama now going to let himself get moosed by a parochial Alaskan know-nothing because she's a woman?
Anne Kilkenny | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska, and I have known Sarah since 1992. She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in help.
Steven Weber | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
Sarah P. is the latest in a line of patsies who have become convinced that the best way to serve their nation is to remain as far from its reality as possible.
David Sirota | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
What's amazing to me after coming back from vacation is how obviously insular and silly this supposed "national" election conversation really is.
Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
GOP Spokesperson: "The American people are perfectly capable of making up their minds based on lies. That's what you liberal media refuse to recognize."
Michelle Goldberg | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
It's worth noticing that this is not the first time Palin has hidden from scrutiny on a campaign trail in order to cover up her lack of knowledge.
Michael Shaw | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media
Roseanne Barr | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
Palin doesn't believe that women or girls should have birth control. She believes every raped female who gets pregnant should have to carry the child to term.
Lloyd Alter | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green
Well call me a smug elitist, but snowmobiling and ATVing are wasteful uses of carbon-emitting fuels that tear up the landscape and disrupt wildlife.
Bonnie Fuller | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
The American Revolution began with a whole lot of grassroots community organizing done by dedicated private individuals focused on trying to build a better political system.
Michael Seitzman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
Anyone that tells you that you don't have a right to know should clarify exactly what they mean by the freedom they will defend with their very last breath.
Ari Melber | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics