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When Libertarians attack
Mike Madden
Bob Barr goes after John McCain for spending public money on the GOP convention. Could attacks like that make him the Ralph Nader of the right?
Accent the negative
Camille Paglia
Obama's folksy come-on is as bad as Madonna's faux British -- and both are in desperate need of fresh inspiration. Plus: The elemental power of Daniela Mercury
Mark Warner will give keynote speech for Democrats
Mike Madden
Will it make him the rising star Barack Obama became four years ago?
Salon Radio: Morton Halperin
Glenn Greenwald
How and why did one of the nation's most prominent civil libertarians go from vehemently opposing the FISA bill on June 9 to vocally supporting it on June 22?
John McCain, Internet dunce
Amanda Terkel
Why the Arizona senator, who can barely Google, is not the chief that an increasingly technological world requires.
How cancer survivors think about the Edwards scandal
Joan Walsh
I can't judge Elizabeth Edwards' decision to campaign passionately for her husband after reading this post.
McCain’s exurban woes
Thomas Schaller
Are those voters who squeezed Bush past the finish line in 2004 bailing on McSame? Peter Wallsten wonders.
Who’s winning the message war, Obama or McCain?
Alex Koppelman
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a leading analyst of political advertising, dissects three commercials from Barack Obama and three from John McCain.
Crying Wolfson
Thomas Schaller
Here we go again: Break out your list of unfair reasons why Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination so we can add another.
Uncle Charlie stories
Thomas Schaller
Three stories confirm that Obama should play price-tag politics with Iraq as much as possible.
No crush by Obama
Thomas Schaller
In a Salon conversation today, I ask Ben Ginsberg, Mark Murray and Tom Edsall why Obama is running behind national Democratic expectations.
Blow blows up race race
Thomas Schaller
A New York Times columnist discusses how white America sees race issues today, and what it might mean for the presidential election.
Youth vote 2008
Thomas Schaller
Will young voters carry the day this November? Don't bet on it, says electoral analyst Nate Silver.
Veep alert = cash call
Thomas Schaller
The Obama campaign comes up with yet another new-media gimmick to raise some cash.
Why isn’t Obama crushing McCain?
Thomas Schaller
A conversation with two prominent journalists and a Bush-Cheney campaign official about why, in what should be a Democratic year, Obama can't put McCain away.
Whew!
Joan Walsh
Bill Clinton will reportedly have a speaking role at the Denver convention. Can someone explain why that was ever in question?
What’s next for Edwards?
Alex Koppelman
The former candidate's admission of an affair puts his political future, and a potential speaking slot at this year's convention, in jeopardy.
Cohen beats Tinker after nasty primary battle
Alex Koppelman
Nikki Tinker had turned the race so ugly that even Barack Obama had to step in, but incumbent Rep. Steve Cohen held on for a big victory.
Embedded reporters or Republican activists?
Alex Koppelman
Members of Vets for Freedom have campaigned for John McCain and made anti-Obama ads, but while they're in Iraq, you're paying for their gas, food and lodging.
Michelle Obama’s military strategy
Aries Keck
Talking to Norfolk servicemen's wives, the potential first lady hopes to prove her empathy -- and the corrosiveness of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- in a battleground state's most contested area.
Report: Bill Clinton to speak at convention
Alex Koppelman
The decision is apparently intended to defuse talk of tension between the Clinton and Obama camps.
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