2008 Election

McCain camp responds to Troopergate report

Sarah Palin denies that she abused her power, while a campaign spokeswoman derides the investigation as partisan.

By Alex Koppelman October 11, 2008

Report: Palin abused her power

The investigator looking into Sarah Palin’s firing of Alaska’s public safety commissioner comes up with one conclusion that will make the McCain camp cringe, but another that will help them.

By Alex Koppelman October 10, 2008

Troopergate report released

After hours of deliberations, Alaska’s legislative council voted unanimously to release the report of the investigation into Sarah Palin’s firing of the state’s public safety commissioner.

By Alex Koppelman October 10, 2008

“Puck you Palin!”

Sarah Palin is scheduled to drop the puck at an upcoming Philadelphia Flyers game; one Web site wants fans to greet her with that chant.

By Alex Koppelman October 10, 2008

Guess who called U.S. troops “thugs”

Imagine the stink if anyone with less military credibility than Gen. David Petraeus — or worse, a Democrat — had described American soldiers this way?

By Gabriel Winant October 10, 2008

Finally, a chance to vote for Osama

One New York county mistakenly lists “Barack Osama” on hundreds of absentee ballots.

By Alex Koppelman October 10, 2008

Christopher Buckley endorses Obama

The son of the founding father of the modern conservative movement has jumped ship on McCain.

By Gabriel Winant October 10, 2008

Under the big top

The McCain camp is trying to portray the Troopergate investigation as a circus.

By Andrew Burmon October 10, 2008

“John likes to do all his communicating via carrier pigeon”

Betty White, of “The Golden Girls,” brings a little humor to the campaign.

By Alex Koppelman October 10, 2008

McCain co-chairman questions Obama’s drug use

In another attack, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating raises the Democratic nominee’s admitted drug use and calls him a “guy of the street.”

By Vincent Rossmeier October 10, 2008

Another Ayers ad

This time, the McCain campaign says it really will run a spot linking Barack Obama to the former Weather Underground member.

By Alex Koppelman October 10, 2008

Quote of the day

The crowds at John McCain’s rallies are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore.

By Alex Koppelman October 9, 2008

A disturbing sign about Obama

A billboard in West Plains, Mo., depicts Barack Obama in a turban.

By Vincent Rossmeier October 9, 2008

Another look at the ACORN furor

The right is trying to link the organization to Barack Obama, but the claims of voter fraud and the facts don’t really match up.

By Alex Koppelman October 9, 2008

McCain camp releases Ayers ad

The latest Web ad from John McCain’s campaign uses former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers to attack Barack Obama.

By Alex Koppelman October 9, 2008

“His name says it all”

A liberal blogger in Ohio gets video of audience members at a McCain-Palin rally worried that Barack Obama might really be a terrorist.

By Alex Koppelman October 9, 2008

Todd Palin gives his side of Troopergate

Palin’s written response to an investigator’s questions paints a picture of a man obsessed with his former brother-in-law.

By Alex Koppelman October 9, 2008

All the world’s a stage

Sarah Palin went back to Sean Hannity’s show, this time with John McCain in tow. What resulted wasn’t an interview — just theater.

By Alex Koppelman October 8, 2008

McCain goes completely negative

A study of the presidential campaigns’ spending on TV advertising shows that all of the McCain camp’s money is going to negative or contrast ads.

By Alex Koppelman October 8, 2008

Cindy McCain goes after Obama

The wife of the Republican nominee brings up her son’s military service as she attacks Barack Obama.

By Andrew Burmon October 8, 2008