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Obama’s perfect pitch on Palin
Joan Walsh
The nominee was right to warn Democrats against making Bristol Palin an issue. The issue is John McCain's judgment.
McCain was rushed, got sloppy
Thomas Schaller
How this sordid tale epitomizes the worst elements of the entire Republican governing project.
Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota
Mike Madden
Republicans try to brush off the tempest over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and turn that other storm in Louisiana into a political prop.
Palin, pregnancy and the presidency
Rebecca Traister
The feminization of the American Republican presidential ticket.
Obama statement on Palin pregnancy
Thomas Schaller
The Democratic nominee says everyone should back off.
Clinton’s conundrum
Thomas Schaller
Why picking Palin should make Hillary work harder for Obama -- or not.
Sarah inhaled
Thomas Schaller
The Alaska governor has admitted she doesn't have that kind of Bill Clinton problem.
Bush, McCain and the GOP try to dodge Katrina 2.0
Mike Madden
The Republicans cancel most of the start of their convention as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans, three years after Katrina wrecked it.
Who said politics was on hold?
Mike Madden
Mitt Romney attacks Barack Obama while introducing John McCain at a political rally Sunday, after McCain said Hurricane Gustav would put the campaign on pause.
Barack Obama on Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Joan Walsh
Sitting alongside both Clintons, the Democratic nominee took time out from the campaign to honor a friend
Fighting Barack Obama
Joan Walsh
In Denver this week the Democratic nominee laid out a feisty, populist message and pulled his party together.
McCain’s Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism
Joe Conason
Suddenly all anyone needs to qualify as a potential commander in chief is to be a religious ideologue with female gender characteristics?
John McCain’s female card
Gary Kamiya
By choosing an X-chromosome cipher, McCain is trying to beat Obama at the identity politics game. But it's dangerous to fight on your opponent's turf.
McCain, Palin go PUMA hunting
Alex Koppelman
At the first event for the McCain-Palin ticket, at least one reason why John McCain chose the running mate he did became clear.
Another state not delivered
Thomas Schaller
Palin's selection confirms that the idea of picking a running mate to help deliver that politician's home state is officially dead.
Should Obama have picked Hillary?
Rebecca Traister
Did the GOP just co-opt the Democrats' chance at making history? Sarah Palin, a conservative, antiabortion, pro-NRA Republican, may just be the first woman in the White House.
Brian Schweitzer interview
Thomas Schaller
Salon caught up with Montana's governor Thursday, a few hours before Barack Obama's acceptance speech.
Palin: A “maverick” move or a nod to the GOP base?
Mike Madden
She adds youth -- and inexperience -- to the 72-year-old McCain's ticket, but she is a by-the-book social conservative.
Obama camp responds to Palin pick
Alex Koppelman
In a statement, a spokesman for Barack Obama slammed John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Who is Sarah Palin?
Alex Koppelman
The governor of Alaska, now John McCain's running mate, is relatively new on the scene.
Who is McCain’s pick?
Mike Madden
John McCain's campaign tops even Barack Obama's impressive secret keeping over the vice-presidential nomination, as his choice is still unknown.
Liquoring up the Democrats
Mike Madden
Corporations with business pending in Washington spared no expense on Denver parties.
American revolutionary
Walter Shapiro
In his acceptance speech, Barack Obama stood up for Democratic values, took the fight to McCain -- and proved that the United States is still capable of reinventing itself.
McCain camp responds
Alex Koppelman
A spokesman for the presumptive Republican nominee says Barack Obama's speech was "misleading" and "fundamentally at odds with [his] meager record."
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