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
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Billions For Ballots
Big money will flow through an array of groups supporting Obama and Romney this year. A TIME estimate of how much each group could pump into the campaign
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 …
Why I’m Glad the Recall Failed
Some pundits believe the failure of the recall in Wisconsin did not reflect a distaste for unions, or warmth towards Scott Walker, or a backlash against Barack Obama, but a general revulsion against the concept of a recall. I have no idea what it reflected. But I will say this: Recalling a politician who didn’t abuse his office is …
In Wisconsin’s Recall, a Tale of Two Parties
As many as two-thirds of Wisconsin voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to recall Governor Scott Walker. It’s the marquee undercard in a presidential-election year, laden with all the money and meaning that …
Why the Coalition Trying to Recall Scott Walker Is Splintering
Madison, Wis.
Every weekday at noon, several dozen Wisconsinites gather at the state capitol in Madison to translate their anger into song. Sometimes the gathering is inside the gleaming rotunda, where thousands bedded down on …
With Money and Momentum, Scott Walker Gains Ground in Wisconsin Recall Campaign
Brown Deer, Wisconsin
On Wednesday morning, Scott Walker slipped into a sheet-metal fabricating plant on an industrial street in Milwaukee’s outskirts. Argon Industries is the kind of gritty, thriving small business Walker …
This Man Can’t Vote in West Virginia, but Lots of People Voted for Him
Keith Judd, a.k.a. Inmate #11593-051 at the federal correctional facility in Beaumont, Tex., is a modern Renaissance man: a Rastafarian-Christian, a former member of something called the “Federation of Super Heroes,” a musician …
In Wisconsin Recall Fight, Focus Shifts from Unions to Jobs
When Democrats began the push to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker last year, his controversial law curbing the collective-bargaining rights of most public employees headlined their list of grievances. But while June 5’s …
Wisconsin Cheddar: How Scott Walker’s Fundraising Windfall Could Decide the Recall
The battle of Wisconsin was never going to be cheap. Scott Walker, the Republican governor facing a landmark recall election next month, is perhaps the most polarizing politician in the country not named Obama. The June 5 …
The Wildly Overrated (and Misunderstood) Veepstakes
With the Republican primary over and a long campaign ahead, the political class has found a new pastime: speculation about whom Mitt Romney will choose as his running mate. This exercise has the benefit of involving a wide range …