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, […]
Andrew Sullivan recently unveiled “The Hewitt Award,” named after “the absurd partisan fanatic, Hugh Hewitt,” which Sullivan extends to “the most egregious attempts to label Barack Obama as un-American, alien, treasonous, and far out of the mainstream of American life and politics.” And Hewitt is definitely living up to his reputation. Last night, Hewitt posted […]
Just back from a two-week vacation, my friend Kevin Drum can’t help but notice what reporters consider the big news from the campaign trail: “[A]pparently the real news from the past couple of weeks is that Barack and Michelle Obama bumped their fists together at a campaign event. That’s news that produces video you can […]
As expected, Hillary Clinton suspended her presidential campaign this afternoon at an event in DC. Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday, declaring her full support for Barack Obama. “I endorse him and throw my full support behind him,” Clinton said. Clinton urged her supporters to rally behind her ex-rival, […]
As Hillary Clinton wraps up a 17-month, historic, nearly-successful presidential campaign, the inevitable “what went wrong?” question is still very much on the minds of the political world. I’ve seen more than a few lists, detailing various mistakes and misjudgments, but surprisingly enough, they’re all pretty similar, and point to a near-consensus about missteps that […]