Gurus Handicap the Nominees

So how did we get these nominees, anyway?

Top strategists in both parties tackled that question Tuesday on a “puppet masters” panel at the high-flying TimeWarner politics summit in Manhattan. (I also spoke at the conference.)

Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for President George W. Bush’s reelection, said Sen. Barack More…

Sunday Pundits: McCain Un-Presidential

The Sunday political talk shows deliver debate, if nothing else. They are produced, booked, written and hard-wired for a relentless back and forth. Thus this exchange from ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” was remarkable in its unanimity — journalists, conservative pundits and lone Democrat Donna Brazile all agreeing that More…