On the eve of the first debate of the 2013 Virginia Governor contest, the two campaigns, for Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli, have already revealed their game plans for defining each other…
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Eliot Spitzer Discusses Sex Scandal During NYC Comptroller Bid
Eliot Spitzer, former New York Governor, talks with Mark Halperin about the sex scandal that drove him to resign from office
GOP Hammers Alison Lundergan Grimes Campaign At Starting Gate
Alison Lundergan Grimes, welcome to the big leagues.
McAuliffe’s Claim Jump on Coal
Coal has Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe split between the interests of the North and South.
The Dirtiest, Nastiest, Low-Down Campaign In America: Cuccinelli vs. McAuliffe
While not all of the nastiness is the fault of the candidates, the race for Virginia governor has turned into the ugliest campaign in the country this year.
How the Republicans Can Take Back the Senate in 2014
A wave of Democratic stalwarts are leaving the Senate next year
Campaign Poll: Which Candidate Is Being More Truthful?
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have made claims that the other side is lying, and that the ensuing scrutiny of such claims has been biased. Now it’s time to cast your vote.
Obama Comes to New York for Barbara Walters and, sorta, the United Nations
Though Gotham is full of visiting heads of government and state, the President is meeting no one this time around. Is it insurance against possible gaffes? Or just a broader excuse not to meet the Prime Minister of Israel?
For Romney, Fundraising Comes First
Miami
It’s nearing 9 p.m. and lightning forks across the sky, but inside a cavernous concrete expo hall, a mostly Hispanic crowd is chanting Mitt Romney’s name. Although Romney trails Barack Obama by more than two-to-one …
Obama’s Challenge: Defining Forward as More than Just a Slogan
The President’s convention speech is his one real chance to tell the American people what they are voting for, not just what they are voting against. And the stage is the one he prefers
Barack Obama’s Occupy Wall Street Anthem
The campaign-rally soundtrack is typically as stale as one of those radio stations that promises the hits from each decade. More often than not, the opening bars of U2’s “City of Blinding Lights” welcomes Barack Obama to the stage, despite its ironic lyrics “The more you see, the less you know/ The less you find out as you go.” …
Obama Welcomes Campaign Season with China Trade Complaint
Maumee, Ohio.
“It’s campaign season, again,” Barack Obama announced Thursday, after emerging in the sweltering summer heat behind hay bales and before a giant American flag draped across the roof of a nearby building. …
In Defense of Romney’s Vagueness
There’s a bit of a panic raging in the conservative commentariat today with twin columns from the Weekly Standard‘s Bill Kristol and the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board urging Mitt Romney to correct his course. President …