Mccain Palin

Sam Stein

Kristol Defends Palin But Says Lieberman Would Have Been As Good

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Bill Kristol defended yet again of the choice of Sarah Palin as McCain's Vice President during a breakfast conference on Thursday. But the prominent n...

Campaign Ad or Ad Campagin?

Aemilia Scott | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Aemilia Scott

To keep us from making some unhealthy choices in the future, presidential campaigns need to be read with the eye of the consumer.

Two Moose for Sister Sarah -- A Requiem

Alice Singleton | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago


Alice Singleton

The Morning After, Sister Sarah went from being one-half of the party standard bearer to the Whore of Babylon, Elly Mae Clampett sportin' a bikini underneath her parka.

Defending Sarah Palin

Ron Galloway | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Ron Galloway

Without Palin, McCain would have carried maybe 7 states. But she energized the base, despite her pratfalls. People started giving money and manning phone banks. Conservatives love her.

Early Voting Flood in Swing States Predicts Obama Tsunami

Erik Ose | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

Banking base voters early is now allowing the Obama campaign to focus its energy in the home stretch on independent and undecided voters.

An All-American Obama Nation (VIDEO)

Hilary Beard | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home


Hilary Beard

The McCain/Palin campaign has engaged in an abominable campaign of painting Obama and his backers as "un-American." But Obama's supporters know that the candidate personifies the American dream.

Nico Pitney and Sam Stein

Eagleburger Blisters Palin: "Of Course" She's Not Ready

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


A former Republican Secretary of State and one of John McCain's most prominent supporters offered a stunningly frank and remarkably bleak assessment o...

Sam Stein

GOP Mailer: McCain Is Inheritor Of Hillary Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is sending out a flier that paints John McCain and Hillary Clinton as political allies, and presents the McCain-P...

A Reverse Shock Doctrine

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Ian Gurvitz

The Straight Talk Express has morphed into some sort of GOP clown car, with one geek after another piling out of it.

The Daily Szep -- Reaching Out to The Low and Middle Class

Paul Szep | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Paul Szep

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Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

Reading The Pictures: McCain To The Skinheads In Four Easy Steps

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-10-28-obama_skinhead.jpgI'm skeptical about drawing conclusions about Obama's near, middle or long-term safety based on the so-called plot by two crazy skin heads disclosed yesterday.

Palin A "Whack Job," Top McCain Adviser Says

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


One of John McCain's advisers recently called his running mate Sarah Palin a "diva" after she went off-script at a rally, and suggested she was lookin...

Six Ways McCain Could Still Win

Jon Wiener | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home


Jon Wiener

Possibility #5: Sarah Palin reveals secret past as Rhodes Scholar; admits "hockey mom" thing was just a ruse -- to avoid being called an "elitist."

If National Security Matters, Don't Vote GOP

Donna and Ed Bassett | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home


Donna and Ed Bassett

We haven't been hit domestically again by terrorists because of the work of dedicated men and women, domestic and foreign, who have kept us safe -- in spite of the Bush Administration, not because of it.

Wardrobe Malfunction

Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Handel

As Ted Stevens was convicted today by a Washington, DC jury of making false statements on Senate forms, it seems non-Arctic Americans just don't know how to give Alaska politicians a break.

Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home


Gail McGowan Mellor

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

Election Anxiety: What To Do If The "Other Side" Wins

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living


Russell Bishop

Are you stressing out over the election that is just around the corner? I mean, it's bad enough that we have this economic tsunami crashing around us...

HuffPo Readers Wax Poetic in Comments

Paul Peete | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home


Paul Peete

In the comment section of a recent story on the Huffington Post, posters started making up limericks and poetry about the article's subject, Gov. Palin.

Ticket Splitting May Rule the Day in New Hampshire

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home


Jennifer Donahue

If McCain were to win New Hampshire, much of the credit would have to go to Palin for energizing Republicans and independent voters.

An Interview with an Undecided American Voter in Colorado

Brad Listi | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home


Brad Listi

The Undecided American Voter. I will admit that I am confused by him. I am flummoxed by his continued indecision. (Or her continued indecision, as ...

Sam Stein

Palin Versus McCain's Other VP Hopefuls

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


The blame game over John McCain's increasingly bleak presidential fortunes started in earnest this past week, with anonymous campaign insiders leaking...

The Plumber Can't Fix the Leaks

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


David M. Abromowitz

Joe the Slogan sees that he might have to pay a little bit higher taxes, decides he won't bother buying the business, and supposedly jobs are lost. This is what a candidate for president holds up as a hero?

McCain Campaign's Old White People Strategy

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

McCain's strategy is that there is enough of a "Bradley effect" that the election is 3%-5% closer than the polls indicate, and that scare tactics can convince another 3%-5% of white voters not to vote Obama.

McCain Campaign Tried Using Assault Hoax to Slime Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

According to one of the actual police reports documenting the charade's unraveling, Ashley Todd says she can't remember whether she mutilated her own face, or had someone else do it.