Mike Huckabee set the record straight. He is not seeking out the Vice Presidency from presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, contrary to recent media reports. In a sit down interview yesterday in Seattle, that I attended with colleague Will Mari, I asked Huckabee why he chose to seek out the Vice Presidency from McCain. Huckabee, […]

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“Wow, wow, wow,” said Senator Barack Obama as he stepped on stage to address a crowd of 75,000 at a waterfront park in Portland, Oregon today. I knew he would draw a big crowd in Portland, but this is more than I guessed, and it’s only the primary. This is clearly the movement that Oregon […]

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My friends, no need for a crystal ball. John McCain laid out what he plans to accomplish by the year 2013 in a speech he gave in Ohio on Thursday, if he is elected President. My question, just how does he plan to do any of this? Here is an excerpt from his speech yesterday. […]

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Another sure sign that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee: President Bush has already started taking shots at him.
Almost clearly referring to Obama, who said last July that he supported direct and unconditional talks with leaders of Iran, North Korea and other countries, Bush said this today in a speech in Israel:
“Some seem to […]

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After John Edwards stepped out yesterday, and endorsed Senator Obama, the debate immediately began about whether his endorsement would matter, or what it would mean for Obama. It’s meaning a lot to Obama today.
Obama has picked up four of Edwards’ delegates, and the powerful endorsement of the United Steelworkers. Today, the Steelworkers, who had endorsed […]

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Earlier I wrote about the idea that new Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, who has a reputation for being ultra-conservative in his years as a congressman, could attract Republican voters who aren’t on board with presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
While McCain has been the presumptive nominee since March 4, when he earned the necessary number […]

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A picture is worth a thousand words, but this photo just says, “Uh-oh.”
It seems that, on August 29, 2005, John McCain and President George W. Bush celebrated McCain’s 69th birthday with a cake photo-op shortly after the President landed at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix. Meanwhile, that same morning, the worst of Hurricane […]

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When John McCain clinched the necessary number of delegates on March 4, he became the presumptive Republican nominee.
When Barack Obama won North Carolina by double digits and gave Hillary Clinton a run for her money in Indiana on May 6, he became - by most accounts - the presumptive Democratic nominee.
So, that’s it - those […]

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Vote For Change is a 50 state voter registration mobilization drive. According to barackobama.com, grassroots volunteers, elected officials, and activists are kicking off 101 events around the country today to “register new voters and engage more people in the Democratic process prior to the November election”.
From an Obama Campaign press release: ”If we’re going to push […]

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After Tuesdays election results, Senator Obama will most likely be the Democratic nominee. This was confirmed by Tim Russert, which you can read about here. A new Time Magazine cover out today, features a smiling Obama with the headline that reads, “And the Winner* is”. (note the asterisk *Really, were pretty sure this time.) So, […]

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