First appeared April 29, 2008
Battered by his performance among the regular folk of Pennsylvania and Ohio, Barack Obama’s campaign is working hard in North Carolina and Indiana to fight any suggestion that he is elitist.
And what better way to say “I’m not a snob”
When Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced this week that President George W. Bush had nominated the U.S. military’s first woman four-star general, he was happy to tout the significance. “Women continue to achieve great success and make invaluable contributions to the defense of this nation,” Gates said. “This is More…
Something strange is happening to Barack Obama.
The first-term Illinois senator — who built his presidential campaign around the promise of a new kind of politics and launched a movement that drew in young voters, independents and Republicans — is taking control of the Democratic Party.
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John McCain is in the magical mystical state of Ohio today, and he’s looking ahead to what he plans on accomplishing in his first term in the White House.
Interestingly, despite his consistent refusal in the past to set a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops More…
Republicans are still grappling with their loss in that special election in Mississippi, and what it portends for November.
But a report in The Politico sheds some light on just how bad things look for some House More…
There’s a sudden buzz that John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama at a Wednesday evening rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
It’s nice timing for Obama — a day after Hillary Clinton trounced him in West Virginia. And the More…
NARAL Pro-Choice America — with more than 1 million members across the country — surprised a lot of people Wednesday with its endorsement of Barack Obama.
Nancy Keenan, president of the group, said pro-choice voters were lucky to have two strong pro-choice candidates and More…
Chuck Todd and the political unit at MSNBC watched her West Virginia speech like we did — and came up with a dubious distinction for Hillary Clinton.
Whatever the motivation, Clinton is guaranteed to be the strongest loser since Reagan ’76 or Hart ’84, and
By my clock, Hillary Clinton was two minutes into her victory speech Tuesday night in Charleston, W.Va., when she started asking for money.
"Tonight I need your help to continue this journey," Clinton said, pointing the way, once again to HillaryClinton.com.
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Hillary Clinton’s supporters know their history.
Back in 1992, when Bill Clinton was a struggling presidential candidate facing questions about Gennifer Flowers, he promised a New Hampshire crowd that he would stick with them "until the last dog dies." The speech was a turning point: Bill More…
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