This convention comes across as both more business-like and less emotionally engaged than the Democratic convention. Why might that be? Because it's more of a conventional campaign run by political professionals, and less...
CLEVELAND — In his Senate office, John McCain himself rules on every request for his time, rather than leaving it to a staffer. When planning a Senate hearing, he personally assembles panels of witnesses who disagree and...
Washington Post "Democracy Now!" radio host Amy Goodman was arrested in St. Paul after trying to find out why two of her producers had been arrested. She was released after being held for over three hours, but is still...
In my own trolling through online political discussion forums, here and elsewhere, over the past few years, a few stereotypical posts have turned into serious pet peeves. Another one is whenever anyone posts that a fellow...
Anyone who has been reading TalkLeft since the announcement that Sarah Palin was the VP nominee for the Republicans has probably noticed a change in tone and demeanor in Jeralyn’s posts. She posted a few things about her...
ST. PAUL -- Donna Brazile was hit by pepper spray as she walked to the Xcel Center at the start of the Republican Convention here. The well-known Democratic pundit and strategist confirmed the incident, but declined to...
Diversity is not something at which the media has been historically successful. And you got the feeling the media knew they weren't fielding a representative team. Not since Bill O'Reilly dined with Al Sharpton at Sylvia's...
Photo by Eli Sanders Also on the flight back from Denver, the three of us tallied up the celebrities we and our friends saw at the Democratic National Convention. There were the political and/or media celebrities—people...
I’m going to paste the whole thing and not editorialize: August 29, 2008 TO: Puma PAC Members FROM: Murphy Subject: Announcement Hello Puma PAC, Goodbye Howard Dean. Goodbye Barack Obama. Goodbye Nancy Pelosi. Goodbye...
Nice read on the Hillary Clinton Forum. (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne) I've noticed the same thing, too. They are forcing you to sign in using these links. It's likely a response...