2008 presidential campaign

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox delivers this video report from a McCain rally in Fairfax County, Va. Here it is, after the jump:

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped to run as the GOP vice presidential candidate, there was much chatter about the excitement she brought to the base and how she might help improve turnout among Republican voters.
But now, according to a poll released by CNN, it looks like she’s causing a 2-point drag on the [...]

In response to my story this morning on how Gov. Sarah Palin couches her discussion of special-needs children in anti-abortion rights language, several readers have pointed out that Palin’s record as governor of Alaska isn’t as stellar on the issue as she has trumpeted. That’s more evidence that the discussion isn’t really about disabled kids. [...]

Volcker is celebrated as the Federal Reserve chairman who broke the plague of global inflation in the early 1980s. But he did it be engineering a violent crackdown on excess credit. Why a ‘Burkean’ conservative can support this Democratic nominee.

A Pew Research poll released today shows Sen. Barack Obama with his largest lead of the campaign — a whopping 16 points.
In the 1,325-voter sample, Obama leads Sen. John McCain 52 percent to 36 percent. The lead remains 15 points among likely voters.
Obama’s support includes a 17-point advantage among independents and a sizable lead in [...]

Chuck Hagel is NOT happy with this line of reasoning. But Biden wants that ‘SNL’ invite.

Voters around the state, from Anchorage shopkeepers to political insiders, say Sarah Palin has been re-branded, both in message and style, for the national arena. What has the McCain campaign wrought?

Data from Obama’s press communications reveal a plethora of attacks on his Republican opponents. The campaign tried many tacks to shift the tide.

For much of its 50-year statehood, Alaska’s leadership was tainted by corruption. But Sarah Palin’s win as reform governor suggested a new political maturity. A report now reveals that she violated a state ethics law. Is there something in the political climate here?

TWI’s Laura McGann, our temporary Anchorage bureau chief, just posted an enlightening piece about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Though the GOP vice-presidential nominee repeatedly calls herself “working class” and talks about her familiarity with its problems, her policies have been just the opposite.
Laura tracks four major issues where Palin is not exactly a friend of the [...]