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Sam Stein

In A Bind, GOP Throws Kitchen Sink At Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics


Prompted, it seems, by concerns over John McCain's foot-in-the-mouth admission that he did not know the number of houses he owned, aides to the Senato...

The Abominable Snow Job Of "The Obama Nation"

Jan McGirk | Posted 08.20.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

During the Obama-McCain race, anti-Obama polemics have become dishonest and biased. McCain should repudiate all unfair attacks on his rival.

Yo Obama/Axelrod/Plouffe: Here's Some Good Advice on How to Kick Some Butt and Shape a Winning Narrative

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

If Obama can both reconnect his inspirational personal story to the American dream and create a counter-narrative of McCain selling his soul to the Rovian devil, he can take back control of the campaign narrative.

Sam Stein

Obama To McCain: Dignify Your Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


There was a thread of stern if not defensive outrage in Barack Obama's address at the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Tuesday. The Illinois Democrat did n...

Reading The Pictures: Looking Into McCain's And Obama's Soles

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.19.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-08-19-mccain_plane_ferragamo.jpgJust like Cheney wearing those beat up loafers on a diplomatic trip to the Middle East, the focus here is not fashion -- it's character.

Sam Stein

When "Losing One's Bearings" Is An Appropriate Campaign Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Back in March, the McCain campaign was apoplectic after Barack Obama, responding to claims that he had been endorsed by Hamas, accused the Senator of ...

Sam Stein

Obama: You'd Think This Would Be Easy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama implicitly acknowledged on Monday that common sense suggests he should be doing better in his campaign for the president. "We've got wo...

Sam Stein

McCain Critics Continue To Attack His Wealth

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


The drawback of John McCain's attack on Barack Obama's "elitism": it makes his own wealth fair game. For the second time in as many days, critics of...

Sam Stein

Bush, Iraq, Energy, Osama: McCain/Obama Speech War

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


In presidential campaigns, words matter. With Barack Obama belittled as an empty-suit orator and John McCain stifled by rhetorical blunders, the influ...

A Plea to the Candidates: Be in Charge of Yourselves

Paula Poundstone | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Paula Poundstone

There are only so many hours in a day. All of that time and energy put into finding fault in one's opponent siphons off minutes of quiet reflection about oneself.

Sam Stein

Obama: McCain's Not Running A Campaign To Be Proud Of

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama accused John McCain on Tuesday of running a campaign that the presumptive Republican nominee himself couldn't take pride in. Speaking at...

Sam Stein

Obama Continues His Energy, Anti-McCain Offensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Coming off a week in which he was compared to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and saw his standing in the polls drop, Democrats' chief concern when as...

John McCain: Citizen of the US?

Gautam Dutta | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


Gautam Dutta

The Constitution must be amended so that all naturalized citizens (including McCain) can also seek the White House.

Obama Leading But Losing Ground In Latest Polls

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

For the fourth consecutive day, Obama lost ground according to Gallup. Up 9 percent on Sunday, he now leads by 1 percent -- the narrowest the race has been since Obama embarked on the overseas tour.

Sam Stein

Barack Hits Back: Ad Says McCain Taking Low Road

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Responding to a harsh personal attack from John McCain, Barack Obama released a television ad late Wednesday evening accusing the the Arizona Republic...

Sam Stein

Obama 'Months Ahead' Of Gore/Kerry In Organizing Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barack Obama is set to open more than a dozen offices in Florida in the next two weeks alone, a commitment of resources that his campaign says wi...

Why Doesn't Media Ask McCain: "You Have Served Your Country Honorably, Sir, but Exactly Which Wars Have You Won?"

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

McCain will opt for war as the first choice, not the last choice. With America now embroiled in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one has to worry about John McCain's desire to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."

Sam Stein

McCain Plays Catch-Up: Attends German Restaurant In German Village, Ohio

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


John McCain is still playing catch up to Barack Obama. As the Illinois Democrat speaks before the picturesque Victory Column in Berlin today, the Ar...

Obama In Ramallah

Jan McGirk | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

We drove around the West Bank searching for Obama supporters, but even at venues with names in English, such as the Stars & Bucks cafe or Supermarket Baghdad, there were no Gobama banners to be seen.

Sam Stein

McCain Camp Attacks Obama's Holocaust Museum Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment to preventing a future genocide was not sincere, attacking the Democratic cand...

Anchors Away! (On Obama's Overseas Adventure)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media


There's no doubt that Obama makes news differently than McCain. But there's a difference between covering candidates equally and meticulously allotting them equal time and coverage.

Circling the Sleeping Giant: The Campaigns and the Latino Vote

Feet In Two Worlds | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home


Feet In Two Worlds

Both candidates have to overcome hesitancy among Latinos, Obama because of his race and the bitter primary battle; McCain because of his backtracking on immigration reform.

Thomas B. Edsall

Are Obama And McCain Ebbing Or Flowing?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


About a week ago, Republican media specialist Alex Castellanos asked pollster Scott Rasmussen to add a question to one of his surveys: If the November...

New Poll: Presidential Race Tied

Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Rasmussen Reports' latest poll shows Barack Obama taking 44% of the vote while John McCain gets 42%. When "leaners" are included the numbers are even...

McCain's "Knowledge Gap": It's An Issue

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Mark Weisbrot

McCain's gaffe on Social Security indicates that he is not any better informed on major domestic policy issues than he is on foreign policy.


 

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