campaign 2008

WASILLA, Alaska — Earlier today, First Lady Laura Bush urged us to remember Gov. Sarah Palin’s record as mayor of her hometown from 1996-2002 when assessing her experience. I agree.
Driving around this city today, I decided it looks more or less like a string of strip malls, 45 minutes northeast of Anchorage. I couldn’t [...]

Sen. Barack Obama is tapping his sizable political cell phone network to help Hurricane Gustav relief. On Monday, he issued a personal plea via text message to his supporters:
Barack asks that you give to the Red Cross…
The short message encouraged supporters to give money online, by calling an 800 number, or, in a first for [...]

The political world is still reeling from Sen. John McCain’s Hail Mary pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who announced on Monday that her daughter is pregnant. Even before this announcement, much attention had been focused on Palin’s family and background — since she was so new to the national stage. Yet if this [...]

Sen. Barack Obama’s convention speech may seem like old news, as Americans worry about Hurricane Gustav and the political class focuses on Gov. Sarah Palin and the GOP convention. Yet the number of people who have watched Obama’s speech continues to rise.
On Thursday, the TV audience was 41.9 million people. That’s more than double [...]