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: * A few more superdelegates fell off the fence over the last 48 hours or so. If my count is right (and I may have missed one or two), Barack Obama picked up […]
I think it was a couple of weeks ago when McCain aide Mark McKinnon, who said he’d step aside if Obama won the Democratic nomination, suggested the two presidential candidates are respectful and high-minded enough that they could travel across the country, holding un-moderated debates. As I understood it, McKinnon wasn’t making a serious proposal, […]
What’s the top message priority for Democrats hoping to win this year’s presidential election? When it comes to defining John McCain, it’s pretty obvious: he’d offer more of the same. On the key issues, McCain and George W. Bush share a script. McCain is aware of the dangers here — no one wants to be […]
When Indiana passed a voter ID law, it was ostensibly to protect the integrity of the voting process. What better way to prevent voter fraud than to require those participating in an election to produce identification? Was there any evidence of a voter-fraud scourge in Indiana? No. Would the law make it harder for “certain […]
Last week, after Barack Obama suggested that John McCain had “lost his bearings,” the McCain campaign responded with a lengthy memo that, among other things, went after campaign reporters for not favoring McCain enough. As Mark Salter insisted, Obama is “hopeful that the media will continue to form a protective barrier around him, declaring serious […]