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McCain's "Celebrity" Strategy

McCain's tough new "celebrity" ad campaign, designed to portray Obama as an empty suit who -- like Paris Hilton -- is devoid of substance, is the first part of a broader strategy that ultimately could have ramifications for McCain's VP...

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July 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Obama's Mixed Reviews from Chicago

Today's NYT has a fascinating article about Obama's 12 years teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, which happens to be my alma mater. It quotes a number of professors (liberal and conservative), as well as former students. They...

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July 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (90)

McCain's VP: An Early Pick?

I said the other day that covering the run-up to the VP announcement reminded me of the good ol’ days of summer 2005, when we all were trying to figure out who President Bush would pick for the Supreme Court....

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July 22, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (25)

Party Mixers

Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel may be joining Barack Obama on his fact-finding trip to the Mideast next week, but a bipartisan "Obama-Hagel" campaign is likely a "dream ticket" only in a Chuck Hagel nocturne. "Take a look at the...

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July 17, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

McClellan: Condi a war criminal?

My colleague Jake Tapper has just posted a rather astonishing excerpt of an interview with former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, in which the former Bush loyalist-turned-critic says top administration officials may be guilty of war crimes for approving...

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July 9, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (12)

Kaine Spins Webb

As our colleague Matt Jaffe reported on RADAR yesterday, in a statement, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine spun the Jim Webb announcement by the junior Democratic senator that he won’t be a vice presidential contender as "good news for Virginia that...

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July 8, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

The Politics of Abortion

I was going to write today about the story that has captivated my neck of the world for the past three days — one that's had us all talking about how this could have happened, what does it all mean,...

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July 6, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (54)

Obama revisits abortion

We've gotten a response from Sen. Obama on his comments this week that he would support a ban on abortions after 22 weeks--even if a woman sought the procedure because she was in "mental distress." Obama told a Christian magazine,...

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July 5, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (51)

Obama: Sounding Like Thomas and Scalia?

The Supreme Court fired a shot last week that ricocheted into the political campaign when it struck down a Washington DC law that banned people from owning handguns. For the first time in history, the justices said the Constitution's 2nd...

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July 4, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (137)

KSM in the "hood"

No less than White House spokeswoman Dana Perino gave voice to the extreme nightmare scenario that Bush administration officials fear could be the outcome of the Supreme Court’s five to four opinion in Boumedienne v Bush late last month: “It...

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July 3, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (14)