Obama’s easy “Sister Souljah moment”
Poor Jesse Jackson once again serves up an opportunity for a Democratic presidential candidate to run against type.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 9:13 PM UTC 25Politics War Room
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Conservatives worry about McCain backslide on immigration
Obama's not the only presidential candidate with "base issues" this week. Conservatives are getty antsy about McCain's renewed talk of comprehensive immigration reform.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 8:01 PM UTCPolitics War Room, Immigration
Republicans fear black voter surge in the South
Rep. Adam Putnam worries that black turnout could "swamp" Republicans in down-ballot races in the South. Is he right?
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 5:25 PM UTC 24Politics Republican Party, War Room
McCain surrogate says Americans are “whiners”
Phil Gramm exposes the conservative id by denouncing economic concerns as "a mental recession" embraced by "a nation of whiners."
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 3:47 PM UTC 72Politics U.S. Economy, War Room
A GOP plan for reclaiming the burbs
Two young conservatives famous for arguing that Republicans must consolidate their appeal to "Sam's Club" voters now offer a prescription for winning the Starbucks crowd.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 2:52 PM UTC 14Politics Republican Party, War Room
Was Obama’s FISA vote “calculated”?
If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 12:50 PM UTC 92Politics Democratic Party, FISA, War Room
Relieving taxpayers of political consulting fees
Henry Waxman's proposal to ban overtly political White House staffers probably isn't going anywhere. But he makes a good point.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 12:34 AM UTCPolitics Karl Rove, War Room
Jesse Jackson’s Obama gaffe: Does it matter?
Fox News hypes off-mike negative comments by Jackson about Obama's attitude toward the responsibilities of black men. It's hard to imagine this hurts Obama.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 9:18 PM UTC 103Politics War Room
Obama bites the bullet on FISA
As the Senate approves amendments to FISA, Barack Obama gets hammered from two different directions.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 8:39 PM UTC 79Politics Democratic Party, War Room
Progressives push healthcare
Remembering how they were outgunned in 1994, advocates for universal healthcare plan a lavishly financed post-election effort
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 5:17 PM UTC 26Politics War Room, Unemployment, Health
“Vote for the Udall nearest you”
When the smoke clears on Nov. 4, odds are good that two new Democratic senators from the West will share a last name and a political legacy.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 4:43 PM UTCPolitics Democratic Party, War Room
What did those 300 economists really endorse?
On Monday John McCain's campaign released a list of 300 economists who were endorsing his new economic "plan." Turns out they hadn't read it.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 2:31 PM UTC 18Politics U.S. Economy, War Room
The unwelcome guest at the GOP convention
With John McCain trying desperately to separate himself from an unpopular incumbent, Republicans wonder what to do with George W. Bush at their convention.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 12:30 PM UTC 16Politics Republican Party, War Room
Wielding the conservative veto pen
National Review's John J. Miller strikes four possibilities from McCain's potential veep list as ideologically unsound.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 2:01 AM UTC 14Politics War Room, John McCain, R-Ariz.
Quote of the day from Dan Balz
Dan Balz looks at John McCain's self-contradictory economic plan and concludes he's the "pure reflection of the Republican Party he seeks to lead."
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 9:36 PM UTCPolitics War Room, John McCain, R-Ariz.
Edwards opens door wider to veep bid
John Edwards said today he'd accept an offer to run with Barack Obama this November.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 6:54 PM UTC 40Politics Barack Obama, War Room
McCain dismisses Maliki timetable talk
Asked about Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's call for a withdrawal timetable for U.S. troops, John McCain says it's just politics.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 5:37 PM UTC 21Politics War Room, John McCain, R-Ariz.
Maliki’s timetable and McCain’s double bind
Iraqi Prime Minister's call for a U.S. troop withdrawal timetable exposes Bush and McCain to the flip side of surge-o-mania.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 4:37 PM UTC 18Politics War Room, John McCain, R-Ariz.
Obama hires HRC women’s outreach director
In another sign of Obama-Clinton reconciliation, the Obama campaign today announced it had hired Dana Singiser, Clinton's Director of Women's Outreach.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 3:11 PM UTC 23Politics Bill Clinton, War Room
Obama proposes bankruptcy relief
On Day Two of the presidential campaign trail's latest Economy Week, Barack Obama proposes changes in a controversial 2005 bankruptcy law.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 2:01 PM UTC 10Politics U.S. Economy, War Room
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