Sep 5, 2008 – of strategic wisdom in the public sphere was brought to the fore this week in the political uproar generated by US Republican presidential … Hillary Clinton splintered the Democratic Party base. … This age and rhetorical distinction is only magnified by the disparity of media coverage of the two candidates' campaigns.…

Sep 5, 2008 – Members of the Fourth Estate behaved more like a Democratic fifth column this week than they did like honest reporters. … lack of curiosity about the behavior of another 17-year-old -- one whose story would seem to have more relevance to this year's presidential … Past drug use by presidential candidates was considered a legitimate subject of inquiry for Bill Clinton (who, famously, "didn't inhale…

Sep 5, 2008 – Like none before it, this presidential campaign is redefining what it can mean to be a woman. … When Geraldine Ferarro, a Democrat, became the first woman vice presidential candidate, she had to put up with questions about her … When she came close but fell short of the Democratic presidential nomination, feminists cried "sexism" was to blame.…

Sep 4, 2008 – An African-American squared off against a woman in the race for the Democratic Party nomination, and a little known Republican woman … nabs the vice-presidential slot shocking the establishment and energizing the conservative base. … Vote Democratic and America elects an African-American president.…

Sep 4, 2008 – All of a sudden, the national Democratic Party has found religion. … Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama talks often of his faith. … Edwards was nowhere to be found at the recent Democratic Party festivities.…

Sep 4, 2008 – In 2004, both Democratic nominees, John Kerry and Edwards, were lawyers. … Mike Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, was a Harvard-trained lawyer and ran with lawyer Lloyd Bentsen. … In fact, every Democratic presidential nominee for president and vice president in the last seven elections -- except Gore who dropped…

Sep 3, 2008 – It was clearly over-the-top sensationalism designed to promote the Democratic candidate. … When comparing the two presidential candidates, about half of voters described Obama as having liberal moral values, while nearly six … Not bad compared to the Democratic presidential nominee whose local political experience is limited to being a state senator and national…

Sep 3, 2008 – Thus, the onset of Palin Derangement Syndrome in the media, Democratic circles and the cesspools of the blogosphere came as no surprise … MSNBC hosts insulted former GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson's accomplished wife and mother of two, Jeri Thompson, as working … Or when curdled NOW leader Patricia Ireland instructed Democrats to vote only for "authentic" female political candidates?…

Sep 1, 2008 – "We just can't get anything done," they will lament, as only political candidates can. … John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay practically stole a presidential election from Andrew Jackson. Republican Sen. … Charles Sumner was caned on the floor of the Senate by Democratic Congressman Preston Brooks in 1851.…

Aug 29, 2008 – Throughout the Democratic National Convention, media outlets highlighted the faction within the Democratic Party composed of Hillary … Usually supporters of presidential candidates who lose in the primary eventually rally around the party candidate, even if reluctantly … This Democratic discontent along with McCain’s pick of Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential candidate provide a unique opportunity…

Aug 29, 2008 – The air of unease at the Democratic convention this week was not just a result of the Clinton psychodrama. … So we must elect him -- I am currently unavailable -- to get Democratic things done. God bless America. … But simply as a reflection of a young life with a biography remarkably thin by the standard of presidential candidates.…

Aug 28, 2008 – Some political operatives calculate how many votes a potential vice presidential choice can bring to the ticket. … Others declare that the vice presidential choice is not important because the public votes for the top of the ticket. … McCain’s vice presidential choice will, like Obama’s, reveal how he adds the numbers.…

Aug 28, 2008 – At the 2000 Democratic Convention, Gore gave one of the best acceptance speeches in recent history. … With John McCain's vice-presidential announcement following hot on the heels of Obama's speech and the Republican convention coming … In fact, the Democratic nominee not only has realized no bounce from the proceedings so far, he may actually be the first candidate…

Aug 28, 2008 – In the 2008 race, both presidential candidates are sitting U.S. senators. … As a result of this rarity, the selection of vice presidential candidates, while typically negligible on the outcome of the election … As for Minnesota, non-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidates don’t win major statewide office unless a strong third party challenger…

Aug 28, 2008 – Washington Post ombudsperson Deborah Howell wrote a column in her own newspaper comparing the paper's front-page coverage of Democratic … Last year, Harvard and PEJ studied presidential campaign stories from January through May in print, TV, radio and Internet outlets. … Yet only 26 percent of the stories on Republican candidates were positive, and 40 percent were negative.…

Aug 28, 2008 – WASHINGTON -- I believe I made a mistake when I decided not to attend the Democratic National Convention. … In 2004, he campaigned for 14 candidates, 12 of whom lost -- but I repeat myself. Sen. … My Democratic friends, you all will be better off when these shameless opportunists are in retirement.…

Sep 15, 2008 – A crucial turning point in the presidential race came when the McCain campaign ended its candidate's habitual informal interactions … The arrangement worked beautifully for both sides -- until McCain became the Republican presidential nominee. … In a column excoriating Republicans for historically launching successful attacks against Democratic presidential candidates in August…

Sep 15, 2008 – The presidential candidates’ reactions to the meltdown of yet another massive bank strictly adhered to the major themes of their respective … Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said the GOP’s style of government led to the collapse of Lehman brothers, suggesting … Obama’s vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was stronger in his criticisms, calling a future McCain White House a bad “sequel” to…

Sep 15, 2008 – As Barack Obama and John McCain campaign into the electoral homestretch, both candidates continue battling for the “change” mantel … When Barack Obama chose Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice-presidential nominee, Democrats praised the selection given Biden's … Even vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin used the word more often than Biden and Obama combined.…

Sep 15, 2008 – Roberta McCain, 96-year-old mother of Republican presidential nominee Sen. … Congress, California Democratic Reps. … EYES ON OXFORD The University of Mississippi is gearing up to host the first presidential debate of 2008.…

Sep 15, 2008 – Last year the entire field of Republican presidential candidates was present and accounted for. … Although no Democratic candidates showed up at all, it gave values voters an opportunity to decide how to engage in the primary season … If the race is determined by the content of the candidates’ character and a sportsman like contest, Americans will have realized Martin…

Sep 14, 2008 – The rollout of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential nominee appears to be morphing into a full-fledged juggernaut.  … She is young – so was Teddy when he became the vice presidential nominee in 1900 at the age of forty-one.  … He is more than a presidential possibility in 1904; he is a presidential probability.  …

Sep 14, 2008 – The last Republican presidential candidate to win Pennsylvania was George H.W. … Even if they call themselves independents, most voters more or less automatically vote either Democratic or Republican.” … Add the stereotypes that some voters hold about black candidates and Obama dilutes the Rendell rule.…

Sep 12, 2008 – All of these venues have been completely been dominated for the last two weeks by McCain's vice-presidential choice, Gov. … and be recognized was actually just an example of the kinds of gaffes to be expected of overscheduled and pressured political candidates … But clearly one more telling fact has emerged: The fate of the Republican ticket and many GOP congressional and Senate candidates rests…

Sep 12, 2008 – Frankly, I’m amazed that the Democratic party is anything more than a cult. … Although they tend to be secular in nature, they are strict fundamentalists when it comes to their candidates. … It is my own belief that Barack Obama is the single worst presidential candidate in my lifetime.…