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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.
Handicapping Palin pick
Thomas Schaller
Thoughts about how John McCain's choice of running mate alters the dynamics of the campaign.
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.
What Sarah Palin means
Joan Walsh
She lets John McCain appease the Christian right while looking like a social reformer.
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.
Eyes back on the prize
Joan Walsh
Denver's finest moment so far was the roll-call vote, for all it said about the Clinton and Obama camps' capacity for grace, forgiveness and smart politics.
John Kerry: I learned my lesson in 2004
Thomas Schaller
The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee talks about his blistering attack on John McCain in Wednesday's speech -- and what he should've done differently four years ago.
Plouffe on McCain’s “high-water mark”
Rebecca Traister
Barack Obama's campaign manager says that John McCain will only see his numbers dip from now on. But with the GOP convention coming up, is he right to be so confident?
Report: McCain’s veep choice to be notified today
Alex Koppelman
John McCain has reportedly picked his running mate; all that remains is to let that person in on the secret.
Biden — and Kerry and Clinton — go on the attack
Walter Shapiro
Before Barack Obama's surprise appearance, a tag team of Democrats, including Bill Clinton, piles on John McCain. And Joe Biden, Rove-style, goes right for McCain's supposed strength.
Bill Clinton shows — and gets — the love
Joan Walsh
"Barack Obama is ready to lead America," he tells an adoring crowd -- and suddenly Clinton haters who predicted mayhem in Denver are 0 for 2.
Biden, officially the vice-presidential nominee, takes the stage
Alex Koppelman
On Wednesday night, Joe Biden showed why Barack Obama chose him as his running mate.
“No way, no how, no McCain”
Joan Walsh
Hillary Clinton targets the Republicans -- and her loyalists who have been unwilling to give up the good fight.
What makes Biden Biden?
Norman Kurz
The moral backbone that led the V.P. nominee to stand up to Milosevic and pass the Violence Against Women Act was bred into him by his father.
When is a plot not a plot?
Mike Madden
A group of armed "meth heads" reportedly discussed shooting Barack Obama, but the feds opted for lesser charges.
Biden’s mission
Walter Shapiro
All signs are that Joe Biden won't back away from the job ahead of him -- combat with John McCain.
Clinton makes the rounds
Salon Staff
Before her big speech tonight, Hillary Clinton spent the afternoon addressing events organized by women's groups.
How Michelle Obama nailed it
Joan Walsh
Radiating love and passion for her family and her country, she answered questions we wish the nation didn't have.
Warnings to Russia from Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham
Glenn Greenwald
McCain's two top Senate allies lecture Russia on the dangers of trying to dominate and interfere in other countries.
Isn’t she lovely?
Rebecca Traister
In her prime-time speech Monday, Michelle Obama foiled her harshest detractors and perhaps even won over Middle America.
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