Just a few days ago, Paul Krugman had an interesting item on his blog on the media’s coverage of the presidential campaign as the dominant story shifts from a heated primary race to the general election. When the focus was on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, it was in the media’s interest to exaggerate differences […]
Newsweek sat down with John McCain on Friday morning, just two-and-a-half days after delivering his widely-panned “lime Jell-O” speech near New Orleans, and asked him about some of his media criticism. Newsweek: Want to back up a little bit and talk about press coverage. One of the things that you mentioned in your speech in […]
Late last week, Mark DeMoss, arguably “the most prominent public relations executive in the evangelical world,” raised a few eyebrows when he told BeliefNet that many evangelicals have a “fascination with Barack Obama.” DeMoss concluded, “…I will not be surprised if he gets one third of the evangelical vote. I wouldn’t be surprised if it […]
Just two weeks ago, the Politico ran an item about the enormous confidence the Republican establishment has about John McCain’s chances in November. As the piece put it, “[M]any top GOP strategists believe he can defeat Barack Obama — and by a margin exceeding President Bush’s Electoral College victory in 2004.” In some Republican circles, […]
After Hillary Clinton’s terrific speech in DC yesterday, in which she suspended her campaign and endorsed Barack Obama, it may be a while until speculation about her joining the Democratic ticket dies down. But in the meantime, Kevin raises a point that I’ve been mulling over. [W]hat makes anyone think that Hillary wants to be […]
John McCain and his campaign have been working diligently to reject any suggestion that he’d offer another Bush term if elected. Given this, I’m surprised his campaign surrogates haven’t been prepped with better responses to questions like these. The clip shows Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), arguably McCain’s most sycophantic toady, on ABC’s “This Week” earlier […]
Well, maybe “50” is a little strong. Barack Obama, in all likelihood, will not seriously compete in Utah. And Oklahoma would probably be pretty tough. But everywhere else is on the table. Senator Barack Obama’s general election plan calls for broadening the electoral map by challenging Senator John McCain in typically Republican states — from […]
One of the traditional roles for a presidential running mate is a willingness — and ideally, a propensity — to be an “attack dog,” going after the rival party and saying the things the candidate would say, if he or she wasn’t trying to appear above the fray. It’s probably too soon to talk too […]
The timing is remarkable. Just as Hillary Clinton wraps up her presidential campaign, John McCain’s team decides that she wasn’t such a bad candidate after all. Remarkable. Late yesterday, about four hours after Clinton suspended her campaign and threw her support to Barack Obama, Michael Goldfarb, the official McCain blogger, posted a picture of McCain […]
The Senate has already passed a defense spending bill with billions of additional dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with the House poised to take up the measure, the president devoted his weekly radio address to the subject. Bush seemed quite anxious to present himself as the troops’ best friend in Washington, […]