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Taking a softer tone toward her opponent, the VP candidate says Friday she doesn't doubt Obama's patriotism. Tells reporters on her campaign plane she thinks McCain would be a better president, but “I don't question at all Barack Obama's love for this great country.” Asked about Rev. Wright, says raising that issue publicly is “up to [...]
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Also: The markets take stock of the debates; a Halloween treat for the media from Cindy McCain. Sarah Palin cut Barack Obama some slack last week.
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Sarah Jessica Parker lent her voice to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the audio guide to Costume: The Art of Dress, which will be available to visitors starting November 25. “Walking through the galleries listening to Sarah Jessica Parker’s narration will bring a sense of discovery and delight to the experience," said museum curator-in-charge Harold Koda. [WWD] A reminder: Rai Kawakubo's Comme des Garcons collection for H&M arrives in stores Thursday, November 13. Prepare to lose a limb. [Vogue UK] Actress Kate Winslet is angry at photographer Steven Meisel for talking her into posing nude on a piece of what she thought was fake fur in Vanity Fair. According to the magazine's spokesperson, the fur was real. [NY Daily News] read more »
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President-elect Obama today unveiled his new "Economic Recovery Advisory Board," to bring outside voices into economic policymaking, which he said sometimes "in Washington can become a little bit too ingrown, a little bit too insular. The walls of the echo...
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An American author who came to Kenya to discredit Barack Obama was deported on Tuesday night.
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John McCain dismissively called rival Barack Obama "that one," Obama mocked McCain's "Straight Talk Express," and both left the debate stage to return to the campaign trail Wednesday.
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But the presidential candidates still couldn't match the interest level in their running mates, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden.
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Barack Obama, in the unlikely swing state of Indiana, retools a theme of hope amid financial gloom. For nearly two years, Barack Obama has made hope a chief selling point of his campaign for president. Now, unpredictably, national despair over the foundering economy has given new resonance to his message.
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Politics and art. Both are sometimes about appropriation.
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As the Democratic candidate sets records for donations, his efforts have come under increased scrutiny. Barack Obama's money machine is fueled by the likes of Martha Murphy, a grandmother who has donated 104 times for a total of $2,475.34.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama spent $3.3 million in TV advertising on Monday. At that rate the Democrat will spend more than $90 million on ads through Election Day - more than all the money Republican rival John McCain has to spend on his entire fall campaign....
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Barack Obama continues to promise that everything will get better once he is president, but does not explain how his programs and governing philosophy will adjust to new economic realities.
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The U.S. presidential debate was remarkable for the dourness of its mood and for the subdued demeanors of the candidates - even as they tore into each other.
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ABC's Stu Schutzman reports from Indianapolis: For an instant today, I couldn't remember where I was. I stood beside our bus idly staring at a racetrack grandstand filled to overflow with wildly expectant Obama supporters. Trouble was I couldn't place...
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Barack Obama addresses the new line of personal attacks by McCain's campaign.
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Charles Gibson asks the Democratic candidate about his economic plan.
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Charles Gibson interviews Barack Obama the day after the second debate.
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Dem nominee tells Charlie Gibson that McCain is trying to "change the subject."
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Read Charlie Gibson's interview with Barack Obama in the final stretch.
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John McCain attacked Barack Obama’s record, character and judgment and gave less attention, and offered very few specifics, to the growing economic woes of American voters.
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Barack Obama continues to promise that everything will get better once he is president, but does not explain how his programs and governing philosophy will adjust to new economic realities.
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WASHINGTON -- Esquire is backing Democrat Barack Obama for president _ its first endorsement in the magazine's 75-year history.
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The Democratic candidate notches up his widest advantage as he continues to focus on the economy – the single issue that now looks certain to decide the presidential campaign
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The Democrat is far outspending his Republican opponent in TV advertising, allowing Obama to better target the swing voters who will decide the presidential election.
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BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania - Republican John McCain’s military history is famous, but the service of his sons is less well known. And until recently, that’s exactly how the presidential candidate and his wife, Cindy, wanted it. But on Wednesday, Mrs. McCain made a rare reference to her sons when criticizing the Illinois senator for his 2007 vote [...]
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In a bruising campaign, John McCain’s unfaithfulness during his marriage to his first wife, Carol, and Barack Obama’s drug use as a young man have occasionally come up. So when IDW Publishing set out to create biographical comics about McCain and Obama, it included those scandals. In one panel from Obama’s youth, he is shown playing basketball [...]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has built a 4-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the race for the White House, aided by growing support from women and independent voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
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Speaking with ABC’s Charlie Gibson in Indianapolis, the Land of Lincolner denounces the attacks on his ties with William Ayers, says personal attacks have become “the centerpiece of the discussion.” Adds that he’s surprised McCain “wasn’t willing to say it to my face” during Tuesday’s debate. Also says resolving the financial crisis is “not going to be [...]
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The Arizonan keeps up a tough line of attack on his opponent in a joint interview with Palin on Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” Wednesday. Says flat out when asked whether he thinks Obama is prepared to be president: “I don’t.” Palin continues to question Obama’s judgment, says his relationships with Ayers, Rev. Pfleger, Tony Rezko “makes [...]
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Riding the wave of success from the last debate, Barack Obama reassured his supporters at a rally with an optimistic message during the continuing financial crisis. Dean Reynolds has more.
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Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Il.) New Jersey operations employ 25 full-time staffers to man the ground game here and harness volunteers in the lead-up to and in the hours of Election Day. But with the Democratic presidential candidate now leading Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) by 13 points in the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University poll and Pennsylvania still a battleground, N.J. for Obama plans to dispatch volunteers across the state’s western border this weekend as part of a coordinated voter registration drive. “This weekend the Obama New Jersey Campaign for Change will test the strength of our ground operation in preparation for Election Day by launching a Countdown to Change Voter Contact Weekend,” said Obama campaign spokesman Andrew Poag. "The operation will unleash two separate teams of New Jersey volunteers. Team Fired Up and Team Ready to Go.
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-Hoboken) is scheduled to board a flight to Florida today and will be there until tomorrow campaigning for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Il.), according to Democratic sources. Menendez was in Nashville on Tuesday and took part in multiple nationally televised interviews at the second presidential debate.
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Two new polls show voters think Barack Obama won Tuesday's debate by a huge margin--one survey is 56-23, the other 45-28. [Political Wire] A significant gain in support from white voters gave Obama six points in Virginia, where he now leads 51-43, according to a PPP poll. [RCP] "Among white voters, Obama appeared to be rising on a pile of empty wallets." [Time] Sandy Treadwell, a millionaire challenging Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, says if elected he will donate his salary to charity. [Cap Conf] Congressional candidates Alice Kryzan and Chris Lee will debate tonight on the radio. [26th] The federal plan to auction slots at New York City-area airports is going forward despite resistance. [AP]
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On March 4, Hillary Clinton delivered the following remarks to supporters at her victory party in Columbus, Ohio: "You know, they call Ohio a bellwether state. It's a battleground state. It's a state that knows how to pick a president. And no candidate in recent history, Democrat or Republican, has won the White House without winning the Ohio primary. "You all know that if we want a Democratic president, we need a Democratic nominee who can win the battleground states just like Ohio. And that is what we've done. We've won Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, Arkansas, California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. read more »
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Not so fast, Schlesinger, the race still has a ways to go.
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There are lots of factors that make a Democratic victory uncertain.
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It's not too early for Obama and McCain to begin looking at what they'd do after a November victory.
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Political experts wonder whether his time would be better spent in closer battleground states.
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Don't be so quick to declare this thing done.
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But nervous voters may shift to McCain.
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David Axelrod says history is on Obama's side.
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