Category Archives: The Campaign

The best telegenic moments don’t get much better than when they have a great theme song, and political imagemakers are slavish in their pursuit of the ultimate auditory accompaniment to their elegantly crafted closeups for their candidates. No one hit … Continue reading →

ST. PAUL – No one really expected she’d be a shrinking violet. Sarah Palin proved to be every bit the fighter that early news reports and anecdotal accounts have indicated she’d be. Politics may be a bloodsport, but Campaign 2008 … Continue reading →

He hasn’t hopped on a sailboard or poked his tiny head out of a tank yet, but there are murmurs within the Democratic Party that Senator Obama is taking his campaign down the same six miles of bad road that … Continue reading →

It’s not as if he was out in the parking lot getting high in someone’s Trans Am that day in high school when Mr. Farquar told the rest of the 6th Period Social Studies class what happened to Europe after … Continue reading →

He’s the kind of guest who’s shown up at all of our parties. We used to like him, but something’s changed: He complains about the spinach-artichoke dip, disses the Dan Brown books you have on the coffee table, and commandeers … Continue reading →

Paging Senator Webb, please pick up your belongings and move up the short list. It’s been almost 60 hours and Randi Rhoads has spent two consecutive shows being practically apoplectic about the fine Wes a respected General and Democratic Vice … Continue reading →

I suppose it’s as sensible as any strategy he’s deployed up to this point. Senator John McCain told reporters in Ohio this week that “I’m the underdog. I’m behind. I’ve got to catch up and get ahead. And I expect … Continue reading →

I should have learned a long time ago not to trust polls. I remember back in 1988 when, as a young, amorphous, but still enthusiastic liberal youth, I signed on for Michael Dukakis. He came out of the Democratic Convention … Continue reading →

The old saw in 2000 and 2004 between George Bush and first Al Gore and then John Kerry was, “Who would you want to have a beer with?” In 2008, it’s become, “Who would you want to have a fear … Continue reading →

I don’t think there were a lot of crestfallen souls in the McCain Campaign HQ at Monday night’s news. Let’s face it: They were lucky to land the endorsement of half the Dems’ 2000 ticket. In Flint, Michigan, Monday, Al … Continue reading →