I admit I was among those who were initially a bit skeptical about Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama. How much, I wondered, did it have to do with the damage done to Powell’s own reputation caused by his service as George W. Bush’s secretary of state? And why, I wondered, did Powell wait until 16 days before the election, with …
In an effort to measure the impact of Obama’s candidacy on the electorate, especially among young and minority voters, Gallup has begun publishing presidential tracking poll results based on two different “likely voter” models. The first is the traditional model, which designates likely voters based on how they answer questions related …
According to a new 30-second spot from the McCain campaign and the RNC, there is a connection between Barack Obama’s association with domestic-terrorist-turned-professor-turned-Chicago-citizen-of-the-year Bill Ayers and the collapse of the housing, financial and credit markets. The connection is so obvious, the ad doesn’t bother to …
David Brooks’ devastating assessment of Sarah Palin, delivered at an event for The Atlantic in New York on Monday, echoes an email I received from a prominent Republican party professional in response to Gov. Palin’s debate performance last week. His words Here’s the email*:
Fascinating.
She really is what Bush pretends to be — she
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The various daily tracking polls put Obama’s lead at anywhere from slim to massive. Gallup, the gold standard, tops the list. These polls do not yet account for reaction to last night’s debate. But unless vast numbers of swing voters saw something I missed, the debate won’t change much.
You know it’s bad for Republicans when…two new polls out of the Old Dominion give the Democratic candidate for president a double digit lead there…when three recent polls show John McCain trailing by double digits in the state that made him a national political figure…and when a new survey of Minnesotans suggests Al Franken could …
In this new ad from the McCain campaign, the Republican nominee seeks the non-partisan high ground. There are so many contradictory messages emanating from this campaign now that it’s hard to keep track of them all. “What a week,” McCain says, and he’s right. It was a week (make that two) that Republicans would love to forget. Here’s the …
The McCain campaign has released a 60-second ad that uses Bill Clinton’s words to pin the blame for the mortgage crisis on Democrats. The link to Obama is tenuous — and nowhere does the ad acknowledge the fact that Fannie and Freddie were not the primary causes of the broader crisis — but it could undercut Democratic arguments that …
So House members scuttled the bailout bill out of pique over the tone of the speaker’s speech?
Does that remind you of something?
According to the McCain campaign’s preferred narrative of last week’s unusual events, the GOP nominee swooped into Washington to rescue the rescue plan. And he did that, supposedly, by bringing rebellious House conservatives to the table and getting their concerns addressed. As Bill Kristol wrote this morning, “Assuming the legislation …
Some strategists who have prepared presidential candidates for past debates offer a few predictions, and some advice, in a piece I wrote for Time.com.
And if you haven’t already, check out this collection of memorable debate moments from the past. Gerald Ford on Poland is particularly cringe-worthy.
John Dickerson, a former colleague and reporting partner, has a great piece over at Slate on McCain’s gambit.
The McCain campaign is worried enough about the new ABC/Washington Post poll that they’ve scheduled a conference call for 10:30 am to try to debunk it. The poll gives Obama a 9-point lead, 52-43, among likely voters nationally, and suggests that voters’ fears about the economy are driving them toward the Democratic nominee. Although the …
