Our colleague Amy Sullivan was at Reverend Wright’s appearance this morning at the Press Club and writes about it for Time.com. Her assessment: Maybe Barack Obama skimped on his contribution when the offering plate came past at Trinity United Church of Christ. Or perhaps he nodded off during one of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons. It’s [...]

Everything Michael had to say about the dinner is true, but as my family’s obsession with “The Office” has been well documented in this space, I thought I would share the highlight of my evening. Huffpost captured the moment. You can scroll down here to see it … and Swampkid #2′s birthday present. P.S.: B.J. [...]

Though I would not employ the same adjectives, I just wanted to endorse Joe’s comments on the apparently shifting tone of the McCain campaign. A couple months ago, I wrote with some admiration about the “high standards” that the campaign seemed to be adopting in dealing with partisan gunslingers. As campaign manager Rick Davis wrote [...]

So Barack Obama graciously says that Reverend Wright’s comments are a legitimate political issue and this is John McCain’s response? If this be an honorable campaign, I wonder what McCain would consider the gutter to be. A reminder: This is Obama’s former minister. Obama has repudiated Wright’s wrongs in no uncertain terms. What McCain is [...]

Oy. And furthermore, I’ve been to dozens and dozens of African-American church services over the years, including the investiture of one of my friends as an AME minister two years ago, and I have very rarely, if ever, heard the kind of rants that are part of Reverend Wright’s canon. Yes, as many have pointed [...]

I’ve been working in Washington D.C. for five years, but Saturday was my first experience with the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. A real horror show. My write-up, for Time.com, can be found here. It begins: WASHINGTON — We are a sorry lot, us D.C. dwellers. Not sexy enough for Los Angeles, we settle for [...]

Josh Marshall wants to me to follow up on the column I wrote a few weeks ago, suggesting that John McCain would run an honorable presidential campaign–and I can only thank him for the reminder because I was thinking about posting yesterday about McCain’s cheesy nonsense about Obama being endorsed by Hamas. If McCain wants [...]

More from the New York Times today about the former generals who are doing TV analysis about the war. The Pentagon is stopping special briefings for the generals…but I don’t think that’s such a big deal. The problem isn’t the briefings–journalists get briefings all the time; sometimes there’s useful information, sometimes not. The real problem [...]

There are lots of legitimate questions that Democrats could raise to challenge John McCain about which candidate is more committed to helping impoverished Americans. Should tax relief be weighted more to the wealthy or the poor? How much should the federal government be involved in funding health care? Should there be increased spending in social [...]