When Joe Biden described an Obama ad attacking John McCain's inability to use a computer as "terrible," the world acted as if the Joe-pocalypse had fi...
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...
Bill Parent | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home
Real learning of complicated stuff takes time. Governor Sarah Palin has enrolled in a crash course called John McCain's Domestic and Foreign Policies. You cannot skip steps.
Cristina Chang | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home
When Joe was a teenager his friends laughed at his stated ambition to be president, but they knew he was determined to make a career of helping people.
Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
Salon today has a story about the Republican strategists in Denver who have "established a position behind enemy lines." Two dozen GOP operatives ha...
Scott Shrake | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics
After Hillary dropped out, I lost my enthusiasm for this presidential campaign. But I'll tell you what. The fire in the belly that these two guys evinced on that stage today actually got me excited again.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Why is the young brilliant upstart Obama only ahead by single digits. At least part of the reason is this: John McCain knows how to control his message.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
I don't think McCain actually thinks Petraeus is the chairman of JCS. But within the context of all of his other gaffes, one has to wonder. Is he slipping and making simple mistakes on a regular basis?
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
Mike Caulfield | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home
"And as you know, the Czech Republic and Slovakia split years ago, and from time to time some of us misstate and Czechoslovakia, when the fact is, it's the Czech Republic..."
Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media
Was Afghanistan not major enough for him? It almost reminds you of when Rumsfeld was not impressed with invading Afghanistan because it did not provide a rich enough target environment.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
If McCain, who brags about his foreign policy credentials, can't get the facts right about who shares a border with whom and who's helping who in different struggles, he is not qualified to lead this country.
ABC News | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
As Barack Obama began his trip to the Middle East and Europe, the media was already speculating about the possibility of a gaffe. Obama's travel "carr...
Omid Memarian | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Unlike most of veterans who respect human lives due to their profound and extraordinary experiences at wars, McCain's joking about people's lives is a disastrous trait for a president.
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics
If the "average American" thinks that Ahmadinejad is the ultimate leader of Iran, it's up to the president to dissuade them of this notion -- not reinforce it.
Gerald McEntee | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics
Leave it to conservative FOX News' Washington, D.C. managing editor Britt Hume to raise the specter of John McCain's age as an issue in the 2008 elect...
Omid Memarian | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics
McCain's lack of understanding of the nuances of the conflict in the MIddle East raises serious doubts about his reasons for supporting the war in Iraq.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
It was a classic gaffe that, if caught, would have turned last Tuesday's debate and maybe would have pushed Obama into a downward spiral from which he...
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Slate | Christopher Beam | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics