Election 2008

“I ran against this man and I tell you, if you hit him hard...”
— Terry McAuliffe indicating...

Oct 2nd

“They’re going to start unloading in the next couple of...”
— Terry McAuliffe, former...

Oct 2nd

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Katie Couric asks Joe Biden and Sarah Palin the same question on the Supreme Court. I offer this...

Oct 2nd

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Nearly unanimous vote for Obama = “split” on FOX (via cheldemedo) To paraphrase Andrew...

Oct 1st

“I’ve turned to her advice many times in the past.”
— John McCain responding to a...

Oct 1st

Some good polls out for Obama today. Check out...

Oct 1st

“McCain is a great hero, he has done some good things in the...”
— Blake Hounshell,...

Sep 30th

“16th.”
— Spokesperson for Michelle...

Sep 30th

“Obama needed to seem like a reasonable man and plausible...”
— Ross Douthat offers a final...

Sep 30th

“I think she has pretty thoroughly — and probably...”
— David Frum, conservative...

Sep 30th

“Therefore, while I am discouraged at the final collapse of...”
— Newt Gingrich coming out,...

Sep 30th

Crisis Management: Obama vs McCain

Sep 30th

“How is a pizza joint question about Pakistan from a voter an...”
— Marc Ambinder asks,...

Sep 30th

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The McCain campaign just makes stuff up to sping the debacle today. Watch Holtz-Eakin try to spin...

Sep 29th

“What Senator McCain was able to do was to help bring all of...”
— Steve Schmidt, McCain’s...

Sep 29th

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Nancy Pfotenhauer, Senior Strategist for the McCain campaign, laying the groundwork for a defense of...

Sep 29th

“I’ve got absolutely no way of knowing that.”
— Fort Hill, SC Mayor Danny...

Sep 29th

“I was just curious if there was any validity to it. I was...”
— Fort Hill, SC Mayor Danny...

Sep 29th

House set for a tough vote on the Splurge...

Sep 29th

“George McGovern went from 19 points behind Richard Nixon in...”
— Nate over at...

Sep 29th

“We have decided to suspend our editorial activities today so...”
— Keene (New Hampshire) Sentinel...

Sep 29th

Earmarks vs. Non-Earmarked spending in the federal budget. ...

Sep 29th

“There has been no greater contrast between the Obama and...”
— James Fallows on tactics vs....

Sep 28th

A note on the debate

Sep 28th

“So John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007....”
— Obama in Friday’s debate...

Sep 28th

“It would be fantastic. You would have every TV camera there....”
— A McCain insider commenting on...

Sep 28th

“Barack Obama and John McCain did not even wrestle over the...”
— The TV Watch - Beyond...

Sep 28th

McCain's Gambling Problem

Sep 28th

“For years and years, Democrats have wondered how their...”
— James Fallows seems to think...

Sep 28th

“In these times, for John McCain to have chosen this person...”
— Fareed Zakaria in his article:...

Sep 28th

“I don’t think the Palin problem is fixable. She is who...”
— Andrew Sullivan tells us what...

Sep 26th

RNC going up in Indiana

Sep 26th

Tom Toles nails it.

Sep 26th

Obama's Lead Nearly Doubles In Tracking Polls

Sep 26th

Free Sarah Palin! by Kathryn Jean Lopez on...

Sep 26th

Rasmussen Reports: Obama 50%, McCain 45%...

Sep 26th

McCain to attend Debate In Mississippi

Sep 26th

“What’s more important than anything that when we go to...”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)...

Sep 26th

McCain will attend debate

Just heard on NPR. Updates as they come in. Updates here.

Sep 26th

squashed: This is a realistically possible outcome. If...

Sep 26th

“She is not as smart or disciplined as Barack Obama. If she...”
— James Fallows gives up on...

Sep 26th

Palin Problem: Leading conservatives are...

Sep 26th

“It’s possible that all this cramming is causing Palin to...”
— Matt Yglesias on why Palin is...

Sep 26th

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OMFG!!!

Sep 25th

“It’s not true - he’s still competing for the presidency, so...”
— Demcoratic consultant Jonathan...

Sep 25th

“Instead of prosperity trickling down, pain has trickled up.”
— Barack Obama

Sep 25th

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Barack Obama’s new 60-second ad, “A Stronger Economy”, where he lays out his goals...

Sep 25th

Staffing the White House meeting

Sep 25th

Obama Will Make Debate A Townhall If McCain...

Sep 25th

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Sarah Palin being prayed over by a minister who has engaged in actual witchhunts. Not political...

Sep 25th

“One of two things is absolutely clear at this point: she...”
—  Glenn Greenwald offers a...

Sep 25th

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(via emptyage) The Great Schlep

Sep 25th

“Last week… John McCain called for a commission to...”
— Thomas Frank in a Wall Street...

Sep 25th

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Here’s some video on Couric’s Palin inteview. I almost feel bad for her [Palin].

Sep 25th

In CBS Interview, Palin Calls For Surge In...

Sep 25th

Obama Camp email on McCain's remarks this...

Sep 25th

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Katie Couric interviews Sarah Palin. Don’t watch this if you are prone to feel embarrassed for...

Sep 25th

“I don’t think McCain’s decision to...”
— Nate, at FiveThirtyEight.com,...

Sep 25th

“I do think Obama is handling the crisis much better than...”
— Clive Crook (TheAtlantic.com)....

Sep 25th

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Letterman hammers McCain for canceling.

Sep 25th

McCain Camp: Let's Push Back Biden-Palin...

Sep 25th

Headline from the Future

Nov 5, 2008: Today John McCain’s presidential campaign called for a do-over.

Sep 24th

“It’s going to be part of the president’s job to be able to...”
— Barack Obama

Sep 24th

“It’s the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of...”
— Barney Frank on McCain’s...

Sep 24th

“I understand that the candidates are putting together a...”
— Sen. Harry Reid to McCain:...

Sep 24th

Obama Adviser: We're Inclined To Go Ahead...

Sep 24th

This is surreal: McCain is definitely...

Sep 24th

McCain asks to suspend campaign

John “I’m desperate” McCain wants to postpone the presidential debate on Friday....

Sep 24th

“Since Sarah Palin was selected for the vice-presidential...”
— Andrew Sullivan,...

Sep 24th

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(via notthatkindagay:unburyingthelead:robot-heart:)Let’s play “Wall Street Bailout” Rep. Marcy...

Sep 24th

“We do not support government bailouts of private...”
— From the 2008 GOP Party...

Sep 24th

“Conservatives who insist that electing McCain is crucial...”
— George F. Will, in a...

Sep 23rd

“Senator Clinton understands the nature of this threat and...”
— Sarah Palin’s Op-ed in...

Sep 22nd

“The value that he brought to the relationship was the...”
— Robert McCarson, former...

Sep 22nd

“whatever the New York Times once was, it is today not by any...”
— Steve Schmidt, Chief...

Sep 22nd

“You could use a Daily Kos diary to justify just about any...”
— Markos, Founder of DailyKos,...

Sep 22nd

Deference Watch

Sep 22nd

Sarah Palin’s Press Shyness Continues

Sep 22nd

Obama and the racist vote

Sep 22nd

Reading Faith of My Fathers

Sep 22nd

“trust us”
— This is what the Bush...

Sep 22nd

“If libertarians fail to oppose this bailout, they stand...”
— Jim Henley, on the blog...

Sep 22nd

“Considering as how the proposed Wall Street bailout will be...”
— Seen on Talking Points Memo. I...

Sep 21st

BREAKING: Obama Campaign Organizers Trying To...

Sep 21st

“[the Bush administration has] offered a concept with a...”
— Obama on the...

Sep 21st

No deal

Sep 21st

“Break’s over.”
— President Jed Bartlett, from...

Sep 21st

“John McCain showed his personality this week and made some...”
— George Will, conservative...

Sep 21st

“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous...”
— John McCain on his healthcare...

Sep 20th

“I didn’t decide to run for President to start a national...”
— John McCain — from his book...

Sep 19th

McCain’s Political Style

Sep 19th

“This is another flat-out lie from a dishonorable campaign...”
— Bill Burton, Obama spokesman,...

Sep 19th

“We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure...”
— Michigan GOP party chairman...

Sep 19th

“My opponent sees an economic crisis as political opportunity...”
— John McCain on Barack Obama....

Sep 19th

“Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about...”
— CNN Political Ticker: Palin’s...

Sep 19th

Sarah Palin's two email addresses

squashed gives a reasonable take on Palin’s use of private emails. Given the discussions of...

Sep 19th

“There’s so much stupidity here, it’s hard to know where to...”
— Stephen Bainbridge, Professor...

Sep 19th

“Senator McCain refused to commit to a White House meeting...”
— Randy Sheunemann, McCain...

Sep 18th

“…elitism is dead. When a gazillionaire who insists on...”
— Ta-Nehisi Coates...

Sep 18th

“He [McCain] doesn’t have to worry about Obama winning...”
— Marc Ambinder’s closing...

Sep 18th

Palin Exaggerates Alaska's Energy Role

Sep 17th

“Carly will now disappear.”
— A McCain campaign source...

Sep 17th

Other Things John McCain invented (or...

spytap: The Internet The United States Navy Belgium actual Blackberries (the fruit) Barack...

Sep 17th

“She’s a quick study. She’s a heck of a public...”
— Don Shiesl, a Palin appointee...

Sep 16th

Palin's Favorables Tank

Sep 16th

The Bounce is Gone

Sep 16th

Palin to Meet Foreign Leaders at U.N.

Sep 16th

“No, I don’t.”
— Carly Fiorina, on Sarah Palin,...

Sep 16th

“[Palin has generated a great deal of interest, but]...”
— Hillary Clinton on Sarah...

Sep 16th

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Obama’s new ad, “Fundamentals”. Less than 24 hours to get an ad out. They’re...

Sep 16th

“His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as...”
— Richard Cohen, Washington Post...

Sep 16th

“Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to...”
— David Brooks, NYTimes Op-Ed...

Sep 16th

“The important thing is she’s vetoed a half a billion...”
— John McCain responding to...

Sep 16th

“I think that, of course, the portrait was very dismissive of...”
— Carly Fiorina criticizes Tina...

Sep 15th

“Senator McCain has confessed, quote, “It’s easy for me to go...”
— Joe Biden in Michigan talking...

Sep 15th

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“Dishonor” Obama’s new ad attacking McCain’s increasingly dishonorable...

Sep 15th

“…there’s been tremendous turmoil in our...”
— Who the hell is John McCain...

Sep 15th

Obama raises record $66M --...

Sep 15th

“She’s been asked to demonstrate her foreign policy...”
— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz,...

Sep 15th

The Media Has Been Thrown Off Its Game

Sep 14th

“When Ms. Palin had to cut her first state budget, she...”
— (via NY Times) Oh come on!...

Sep 14th

“The most that can be said in her defense is that she kept...”
— Ross Douthat, The Atlantic, on...

Sep 14th

“I was thinking, I don’t remember giving up my First...”
— Dianne Woodruff, a Wasilla...

Sep 14th

“We will take no lectures from John McCain who is cynically...”
— Bill Burton, Obama campaign...

Sep 13th

“So, what do you do when one of your core ideas is out of...”
— Jeffrey Goldberg, The...

Sep 13th

“In this hyperdemocratized society, the national conviction...”
— Marc Fisher, Washington Post...

Sep 13th

“She’s under-informed and over-confident. But there...”
— David Frum’s Diary on...

Sep 12th

Watch

Planned Parenthood asks “Doesn’t John McCain want to protect children from sexual...

Sep 12th

Gov. Palin Wants You

Sep 12th

Watch

Barack Obama says McCain has been around for a long time.

Sep 12th

“I predict that Sen. Obama will win and win handily.”
— Bill Clinton on Barack...

Sep 12th

“She knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the...”
— John McCain on  Gov. Sarah...

Sep 11th

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John McCain breaks the silence and gives interview to a local Maine reporter. Obviously, the...

Sep 11th

McCain embraces the staged rally

Sep 11th

“Like most of what the McCain has been based on lately - this...”
— A DNC spokesman responding to...

Sep 10th

“It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain...”
— Bill Burton, Obama spokesman,...

Sep 9th

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lanekneedler: John McCain Gets BarackRoll’d (via hmatkin) I know this is old news, but it’s...

Sep 9th

“The American people aren’t stupid.”
— Barack Obama I really hope...

Sep 9th

“I told him I’m not going to vote for him. Anybody who...”
— Carolyn Bauer, age 80 89,...

Sep 8th

The Simple Arithmetic of Employment: Job...

Sep 7th

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I suppose this was just one of several reasons Obama picked Joe Biden. This was pretty good, too bad...

Sep 7th

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“Your opponents have spent considerable time ridiculing your experience as a community organizer, I...

Sep 7th

McCain's new cast of thousands, all unknown

Sep 7th

“I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory...”
— Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)...

Sep 5th

“Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen....”
— US. Rep Lynn Westmoreland...

Sep 5th

Palin: 30 Fund-Raisers in 60 Days

Sep 5th

Obama's Palin strategy: Sit and wait

Sep 5th

Palin raises $8 million — for Obama

Sep 5th

“Ultimately, it’s not that I don’t think there...”
— Nate, at FiveThirtyEight.com,...

Sep 4th

“I’ve learned through the years that it’s very...”
— James Fallows on Sarah Palin...

Sep 4th

“Do not attack her. Stop referring to her as a just a...”
— Ross Douthat on how the...

Sep 4th

“Mitt Romney seems to use the word “liberal” in a...”
— Megan McArdle on Mitt...

Sep 4th

Why the media should apologize

Sep 4th

“I love John McCain to death, but this is the stupidest thing...”
— GOP Consultant and former...

Sep 4th

“As far as I am concerned he is a Baruk, which means a...”
— Joe Lieberman talking about...

Sep 4th

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Chuck Todd, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy chat on an open mike. This is some pretty biting analysis....

Sep 3rd

“It’s over.”
— Peggy Noonan caught on an...

Sep 3rd

“He wanted a reformer. He’s got a saint. He...”
— Andrew Sullivan on how Sarah...

Sep 2nd

“This election is about a composite view of what people take...”
— Rick Davis, McCain campaign...

Sep 2nd

“This election is not about issues.”
— Rick Davis, McCain campaign...

Sep 2nd

Why Palin should be taken seriously...

Sep 2nd

“In this election, Joe Biden is proving the low-key, stable,...”
— Ezra Klein at The American...

Sep 2nd

“I hope I am as clear as can be – so in case I’m not, let me...”
— Barack Obama on the McCain...

Sep 1st

“You know my mother had me when she was 18, and how a family...”
— Barack Obama responding to the...

Sep 1st

“I wouldn’t have been elected to the United States...”
— Obama, on 60 minutes, refuting...

Sep 1st