This means he also has to stay within the federal election system’s spending limits, which could make it far more difficult to compete against such deep-pocketed rivals as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (He is the first top-tier Democrat to do that; on the Republican side, John McCain expects to do the same.) Edwards insists [...]

Continuing today’s do-it-yourself theme here in the Swamp, Mitt Romney’s campaign has announced a winner of its Create Your Own Ad contest: Ana earlier noted an entry by our former colleague John Dickerson, who is now at Slate. But those folks at Slate didn’t stop there. There was also this one, by former Clinton domestic [...]

Apparently, John Edwards was for combat missions in Iraq before he was against them. In his September 7 speech on terrorism, here’s what he had to say: Even though the presence of U.S. troops has served as an attractive target for terrorists, our eventual withdrawal will not remove the threat. As president, I will redeploy [...]

Our Jay Newton-Small has a smart piece about President Bush, the born-again conservative, and how his decision to prove his bona fides by promising to veto the children’s health care bill is making many a lot of Republicans unhappy.

Our delightful superior, Josh Tyrangiel, just emailed me with the “Dylan Messaging” gizmo that’s making it’s way around the net. He thought we “could have some fun with it” on Swampland, adapting it to politics. Maybe, I said. But… Otherwise, have at it.

Her grasp of the obvious is unimpeachable: SAWYER: It’s got to be so hard when you can turn on any television and see somebody making a joke about your dad. JENNA BUSH: We don’t watch that much television. It’s a good way to, to not, to not see it.