Regular readers know that I’ve been highlighting some of the unusually bad coverage of the presidential campaign from the Associated Press. It’s been striking, in part because it’s unexpected — the AP has not exactly earned a reputation of being the Fox News of wire services. For the AP to do so many poor reports […]
Last week, Carly Fiorina, a leading McCain advisor/surrogate and the Republican National Committee’s “Victory Chairman,” was discussing consumer-driven health insurance when she proposed “a real, live example which I’ve been hearing a lot about from women: There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like […]
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: * Voter-registration numbers in Florida look very good for Democrats: “The numbers are ominous for Republicans: Through May, Democratic voter registration in Broward County was up 6.7 percent. Republican registrations grew just 3 […]
Barack Obama’s consistent opposition to the Bush/McCain policy in Iraq has been encouraging, but in advance of an upcoming trip to Baghdad, Obama is facing a reporter/Republican uproar about inconsistencies in his position — which appear to exist only in the minds of his detractors at the McCain campaign, the RNC, and the newsrooms everywhere. […]
I’ll admit from the outset that I have unrealistic expectations for political accountability, but I’m nevertheless surprised that a) this isn’t a bigger deal; and b) John McCain is so confident about media incompetence that he’d even take the risk in the first place. John McCain says he has earned the trust of Hispanic voters […]
For quite a while, John McCain had a talking point he really enjoyed: “You know what Barack Obama really should do? He should go to Iraq and see the war first-hand.” This touched off a debate about, well, I’m not quite sure what the debate was about. Apparently, McCain and the RNC wanted voters to […]
In a new issue that will hit newsstands today, the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza has an interesting piece on the political identity Barack Obama forged in Chicago. It’s 15,000 words long, and adds details and insights I haven’t seen anywhere else. But before anyone gets to the article, there’s the issue of the magazine’s cover […]
You’d think, at this point in the presidential race, that McCain campaign surrogates would be prepped on how to answer some of the easy, obvious questions, such as, “Are there any differences between Bush and McCain on economic policy?” This came up in May, when Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the second highest-ranking Republican in the […]