My friend, you don't want to be talking Jell-O. Jell-O conjures up images of nursing homes and Bill Cosby.
Judy Muller | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home
The debate got away from Gwen Ifill, and Sarah Palin got away with passing off folksy platitudes as substitutes for substance.
Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics
A FRIEND recently sent me an email that expressed his frustration with the bailout plan: "I was talking with a businessman on Sunday (Ventura way),...
Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 09.24.2008 | Media
George Will is through with the Straight Talk Express. His Tuesday column is a vigorous literary battering that never lets up as Will exerts his frustration and disappointment with McMaverick.
The Real News | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics
The shaky foundations of the McCain platform continue to quiver as McCain appears to be flip-flopping from one position to the next on a variety of issues.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.17.2008 | Media
Have you been wondering why the longstanding affection between John McCain and the press corps has seemingly hit the skids? Probably not! After all,...
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home
Over the course of this week, OffTheBus is running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on energy and environmental policy and the AIDS crisis.
Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
She makes them laugh and lets them think that they'll all head over to Culver's later for frozen custard and ButterBurgers.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
McCain intends to tax workers for the value of health insurance that they receive from their employers. Really. It's not included in the description of his plan on his web site.
Seth Greenland | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
I'm a little tired of the nice guy thing, the dignified thing, the loser thing. I can talk about the economy, or Iraq, education policy, or the environment, but let's face it... no one cares.
Time | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics
Reporters have frequently commented on the degeneration of John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" policy throughout the campaign, but his lack of openn...
Chris Kelly | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
McCain says that one of his "life's ambitions is to meet Herman Wouk." Which doesn't sound all that challenging, as goals go. The author of The Winds of War is 93. McCain could probably catch him.
Michael Conniff | Posted 08.14.2008 | Green
Well, my friends, if John McCain calls his audience "my friends" one more time I will never say the words "missing in action" again. If he refers to "...
Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Florida has not been treating John McCain's campaign vessel, the Straight Talk Express, very well in the past two days. Since Tuesday the bus has been...
Bob Burnett | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
Once upon a time, John McCain merited his reputation as a maverick politician, a "truth teller." Reporters fought to get on his campaign bus, "the st...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?
Murray Fromson | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media
I was the CBS News producer responsible for coverage of Goldwater's 1964 campaign when he and his aides maintained a steady barrage of complaints about their unfair coverage from "the Eastern Press Establishment."
Lanny Davis | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
Where is the "Straight Talk Express" McCain of the 2000 campaign who won so many admirers across the political spectrum? He was optimistic, ready to take on his party establishment, and always voter friendly.
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Do reporters like John McCain better? Can Captain Straight Talk Express even complain? And should Obama sidestep his rep as the Anointed One?
Bob Burnett | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
Despite John McCain's maladroit campaign, his association with an unpopular president, and his general ineptness as a candidate, the race will be disturbingly close.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
At the end of another adventuresome week on the trail, full of ups and downs and awkward developments, John McCain talked about campaigning without a ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
John McCain has historically courted and cultivated relationships with reporters of the traveling press corps. That may be changing.
Ira Forman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
The gall of McCain's 'straight talk' is breathtaking and the flip-flops here ought to finally put the myth of McCain's maverick moderate image to rest.
Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Keith Olbermann provided Countdown viewers with a segment on John McCain's flip-flopping called "Double Talk Express." Watch the four-minute package ...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
By running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters, the Obama campaign is making a very serious mistake. It didn't work for Al Gore in 2000. It didn't work for John Kerry in 2004. And it didn't work when Mark Penn convinced Hillary Clinton to do it in 2008. READ MORE Seven Things Barack Obama Should Do to Keep from Blowing It To counter the conventional wisdom pundits, the cautious campaign advisers, and his own inner cautiousness, I'm offering Obama seven suggestions for staying true to the vision that took him from longshot "unlikely candidate" to presidential frontrunner. READ MORE Watch Arianna Discussing Secretary Rice's "Proud" Comment on CNN's The Situation Room
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Jessica Olien | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics