Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * John Edwards sounded rather emphatic recently when he said he’s not interested in being Barack Obama’s running mate, but he sounded a little more open to the idea yesterday. “Well, I’d take […]
It was, by most measures, one of the more striking moments of the 1992 campaign. A rap artist named Sister Souljah had said, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” Shortly thereafter, then-Gov. Bill Clinton spoke to Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition and denounced the rapper, […]
For a blog to feature news content from an Associated Press article is about as common as the sunrise, so it came as something of a surprise last week when the news agency went after a prominent liberal blog for what seemed like a minor excerpting issue. Last week, The A.P. took an unusually strict […]
A week ago, Newsweek asked John McCain about remarks he made during his infamous, widely-panned “lime Jell-O” speech near New Orleans, in which he criticized the media for not having been fair enough to Hillary Clinton. When Newsweek brought it up, McCain immediately denied it, “I did not [say that] — that was in prepared […]
The latest to join the far-right chorus of Republicans who want Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) to be John McCain’s running mate is Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who said yesterday that Jindal “would be far and away the best candidate.” Gingrich, who appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” heaped praise upon the former congressman, […]
The anecdotes are plentiful, and for those of us who want to see the nation improve, kind of scary. Hillary Clinton supporters, Democrats all, insist that they really are going to give up on the issues important to Clinton and the party in order to vote for conservative Republican John McCain. For news junkies, these […]
On this holiday of sorts, I extend best wishes to all the Dads checking in on the site today. In light of the occasion, I thought it appropriate to note this terrific speech Barack Obama delivered at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago today. “Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, […]
For all of the enormous differences between Barack Obama and John McCain, running second are the differences between John McCain and himself. It’s a little long for TV, but with a little snip here and there, this would make quite an ad.
For several weeks, a variety of political observers, most notably ThinkProgress’ Amanda Terkel and Matt Corley, have highlighted Karl Rove’s connections to John McCain’s campaign. And for several weeks, Bush’s former chief strategist — the man the president affectionately calls “Turd Blossom” — has been arguing that there really isn’t a relationship. Just a couple […]
Mike Allen highlighted today’s episode of “Meet the Press,” coming less than 48 hours after the unexpected death of its host, Tim Russert. On a memorial edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Tim Russert was remembered in his studio as a friend of politicians who prepared rigorously for the powerful show and was “offended” […]