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Dem candidates weigh in on “Mission Accomplished”
Alex Koppelman
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama issue statements about the five-year anniversary of the speech President Bush gave from the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Former DNC head switches allegiance
Alex Koppelman
Joe Andrew, who headed the Democratic National Committee under Bill Clinton, has withdrawn his endorsement of Hillary Clinton to support Barack Obama.
George Bush is John McCain’s Rev. Wright
Joan Walsh
A new poll finds the president is a bigger albatross for the GOP nominee than Obama's former pastor is for Obama.
Breaking the Democratic deadlock
Mike Madden
If Obama wants to secure the nomination next week, he'll need to recapture the working-class voters who helped him rout Clinton in Wisconsin.
More fighting over gas tax proposal
Alex Koppelman
The presidential candidates continued battling over a proposal for a "holiday" from the federal gas tax even as more experts weighed in to dismiss the utility of the idea.
A new round of superdelegates for Obama
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama gets endorsements from three superdelegates in what looks like an effort to shift the narrative about the campaign.
Webb calls out McCain on G.I. bill comments
Vincent Rossmeier
The two senators, both veterans, are sparring over increased education benefits for soldiers.
Boehner: “Why We Can Win”
Alex Koppelman
The House Republican leader gives a presentation outlining the GOP's message for the upcoming election, and putting a happy face on its situation.
Obama camp files complaint against pro-Clinton 527
Alex Koppelman
The campaign says the American Leadership Project is "operating outside of, and in violation of, federal campaign finance laws."
Should Clinton enter the race debate?
Salon Staff
Alex Koppelman on the WSJ's recent comments that Clinton should join Obama in talking about race.
Dem candidates up with new ads in North Carolina
Alex Koppelman
Both Clinton and Obama are making major pushes for votes in the state, one of two that will vote on one potentially significant day next week.
The Democrats’ God problem
Walter Shapiro
Obama and Clinton have trumpeted their religious credentials -- but is it really more secularism that they need?
The gas tax battle continues
Alex Koppelman
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sparred Tuesday over Clinton's -- and John McCain's -- support for a summer holiday from federal gas taxes.
Obama: “I am outraged”
Salon Staff
Full text of Obama's press conference on the Rev. Wright. His comments "offend me, they rightly offend all Americans, and they should be denounced."
Clinton to appear on “The O’Reilly Factor”
Alex Koppelman
Fox News has itself become a campaign issue for some Democrats, but now both Democratic candidates will have given high-profile interviews to the network in one week.
Why Obama denounced Wright
Alex Koppelman
In a press conference Tuesday, Barack Obama spoke forcefully against his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright -- aides say he did so after he saw what Wright had said recently.
Obama “outraged” by Wright
Joan Walsh
What his pastor said Monday "directly contradicts everything I've done in my life."
When did Obama start running for president?
Alex Koppelman
One reporter pieces together some clues and suggests the candidate may have made first moves toward a run before being elected to the Senate.
Brian Williams nominates Peggy Noonan for a Pulitzer Prize
Glenn Greenwald
The WSJ column hailed by the NBC anchor as "a splendid piece of journalism" has to be read to be believed.
What should Obama do about Rev. Jeremiah Wright?
Compiled by Salon staff
With the pastor's latest invective clouding Obama's campaign, Salon turns to a panel of political and cultural experts for answers.
Obama responds to Wright
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama's campaign calls a press conference, and the candidate responds to his former pastor's latest forays into the spotlight.
Clinton, Obama pick up new superdelegate support
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama pulls ahead in the tally of endorsements from the candidates' fellow Democratic Senators; Hillary Clinton ropes in North Carolina's governor.
What will McCain, Obama, and Clinton look like in four years?
Farhad Manjoo
Pop Photo magazine does some digital retouching to find out. McCain better take care of those liver spots!
I was wrong about Wright
Joan Walsh
He is, in fact, a stunning narcissist, and it's clear he's sabotaging Barack Obama.
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