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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

The Other Woman Running Mate

Stephen Hancock | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home


With the presidential nominee's Kansas roots, a Sebelius selection would make for a wonderful narrative, a tale of the heartland which could be spun to great effect at the Convention, and one that would help dispel the "exotic" aspersions cast at Obama.

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Camp: "Job Killing" Obama Politicizing Employment Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics


Not 90 minutes after Obama campaign manager David Plouffe made political hay out of John McCain's association with a deal that could cost over 8,000 O...

Seth Colter Walls

Obama Calls McCain Out After Day Of Distortions: "It's Like These Guys Take Pride In Being Ignorant"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


On a day in which both presidential campaigns focused all their rhetorical might on debating energy production, Barack Obama claimed the most iconic m...

McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

Rosie the Recycler? Posters Aim to Halt Climate Change

Maura Judkis | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green


Maura Judkis

The Green Patriot Posters project is beginning its campaign with a series of bus posters in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by local artist Michael Beirut.

Euro-trashed: McCain and GOP Aim to Redefine Obama as Un-American

Bill Katovsky | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Bill Katovsky

Nothing energizes the right more than the fear of losing a presidential election. McCain has capitalized on this collective anxiety by constantly referring to himself as the underdog, while attacking Obama.

Lawyer to AG Mukasey: Rove Threatened GOP IT Guru If He Does Not 'Take the Fall' for Election Fraud in Ohio

Brad Friedman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Brad Friedman

Mike Connell and his firm are currently employed by the John McCain campaign, as well as the RNC and other Republican and so-called "faith-based" organizations, has been reportedly threatened by Rove.

Ted Stevens is 'Going Down the Tubes' (and I Don't Mean the Internet!)

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Here's my question: who's going to pay for changing all the signage when they turn "Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport" back into plain 'ol Anchorage International Airport, its name before 2000?

GOP Vote Suppressors Blackwell and Von Spakovsky Set to Testify in House on "Lessons Learned from 2004 Election"

Brad Friedman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Brad Friedman

Former Ohio Sec. of State Kenneth Blackwell and disgraced former FEC chair Hans Von Spakovsky have confirmed that they will testify about the myriad crimes that occurred on and by their watch in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Biggest Health Insurer Admits: We Put Profits Before People

Richard Kirsch | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Last February, found 78% of voters believe that health insurance companies "put profits before people." It turns out that a few months later the CEO of WellPoint, said yes, that's true!

Midwest Auto Workers Look To Obama For Change

Dan Treul | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

"GM won't change anything until they have every operation overseas," says Danny. "This started back in the 1980s with Reagan... We know we're not going to get any help from McCain."

Why Ohio Needs China's Fertilizer

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business


Rebecca Fannin

What I sense in China is an optimistic spirit of millions of young people. It is uplifting to be around -- whereas as much as I don't like to admit it, Ohio is depressing and depressed.

Obama Network Organizes and Revolts Over Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Barack Obama tapped his sizeable grassroots network on Saturday, coordinating over 4,000 "Unite for Change" meetups across the country through the cam...

Why President Obama Could Lose Ohio & Florida

Ari Melber | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

If Obama can close the deal out West -- winning back Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico while simply holding the states that went for Kerry in 2004 -- then he can win.

The New-Latest Swing-State Polls: Ohio A Toss Up; Florida To Obama

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

In a demonstration of how close the race still is in Ohio, despite Obama's momentum, the latest poll has Obama trailing McCain within the margin of error. Another new poll from FL has Obama winning.

Where Is Hillary On The Campaign Trail?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Hillary Clinton needs to start making some campaign appearances for Barack Obama and get on board the bandwagon in order to help this process along.

Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

Obama Must Learn From Kucinich's Election Theft Impeachment

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The Bush catastrophe is now winding down, exceeding all expectations for disaster. But if Barack Obama allows history to repeat itself yet again in 2008, this nation will plunge even deeper into the depths.

Some Free Political Advice from Bob Dole

Al Eisele | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home


Al Eisele

Bob Dole, who knows something about winning -- and losing -- presidential elections, has two pieces of free advice for the 2008 White House hopefuls.

No Longer Staring Into the Abyss of an Obama-Clinton Ticket

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Clinton's increasingly desperate quest to show something for her decades of campaigning has taken on a vaguely insane turn, for which we should be grateful, even as it makes us queasy.

Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

Sen. John McCain: The NRA's 'C-plus' Valedictorian

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Sen. John McCain spoke to the National Rifle Association in Louisville last Friday, and the reaction seemed mixed. I had a few thoughts of my own aft...

Franken Called Limbaugh a Big Fat Idiot, But Just Who Was the Idiot in Limbaugh's Latest Con?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

By dignifying anything that Limbaugh says, Kerry and Team Obama do a disservice to the success that Obama's retooled stump tactics had in making the Indiana race closer.

Reading The Pictures: Preparing For The Second Coming (Of Obama-Mania)

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-05-08-china_shaw_obama.jpg At the moment at which the Democratic race apparently reached its tipping point, I saw as quick and dramatic a flip in the visual tone as I've ever seen before.


 

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