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Palin: Media Darling?

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has helped open a pipeline of media coverage for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, giving the GOP candidate almost 60 percent more press attention last week than Sen. Barack Obama, according to a study released Thursday-- ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, The Swamp,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Joe Biden

McCain getting at least $4 million at funder

Republican presidential contender John McCain's visit to Chicago tonight may only last a couple of hours, but it apparently will be time well spent. Local organizers of McCain's fundraising event at a downtown Chicago hotel said they expect to net a ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, The Swamp,  8 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Jim Durkin,  John McCain,  Sarah Palin,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

Is John McCain in trouble?

A few days ago John McCain ordered the second big shake-up of his presidential campaign, elevating adviser Steve Schmidt in an attempt to focus his message and improve his organization. The move reportedly came after growing concerns, inside the ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  3 Jul 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Whither Bill Clinton?

As Democrats move into the fall campaign, many are asking where Clinton fits into the new landscape. Not Hillary Clinton, who just held a major "unity" event with Barack Obama and backed him with apparent enthusiasm. Rather, many of the questions now ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, The Swamp,  27 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate

Barack Obama-Bob Dylan '08

Now that it turns out Barack Obama and Bob Dylan share a mutual admiration, the analysis can be begin of what all this means and how Dylan's oracular, obscure lyrics might shed light on Obama's candidacy. After all, the two men are among the most ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bob Dylan,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Grateful Dead,  Celine Dion

Is Barack Obama a US citizen? Yes.

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the TV...... It took some weeks to settle the ultimately irrelevant and immaterial question of whether Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was eligible to become ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, The Swamp,  12 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Patrick Leahy,  Tom Coburn

The Obama-McCain starpower gap

To the various and sundry gaps John McCain must confront this fall--the fundraising gap, the excitement gap, the party approval gap--add one more: the surrogate gap. Assuming the Clintons recover from their primary battle wounds and campaign hard for ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, The Swamp,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Bill Clinton,  Al Gore

Jim Webb - a possible Obama veep?

A newly published article gives the sense that Jim Webb, the junior senator from Virginia, may have a better shot at being Barack Obama's running mate than generally thought. The piece, by Elizabeth Drew in The New York Review of Books, doesn't dwell ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  9 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Jim Webb,  Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush

The McCain-Obama war begins

With John McCain and Barack Obama now clearly their parties' nominees, the shape of the presidential battleground is far clearer. At the risk of oversimplication, three areas are critical to who wins in November. 1. Issues. Voters are deeply anxious, ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  6 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party

Barack Obama's countdown to the nomination

The bulletins from the Obama campaign are coming fast and furious now. Throughout the day, the campaign has, seemingly with choreographed care, rolled out one superdelegate endorsement after another as the Illinois senator nears the magic number needed ...

From NAFTALI BENDAVID, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  3 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

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