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This week's column, "Power Brokers," looks at how Al Gore and even Elizabeth Edwards could influence the presidential race in an unexpected way -- by ultimately endorsing Barack Obama.
Barack Obama has begun his advertising foray, with two biographical ads, available here , running in Iowa. They stress what makes him different -- namely, his "togetherness rhetoric" (which first came to national attention at the 2004 Democratic...
It's only one poll and it's still very early. But the latest Des Moines Register poll of likely caucus goers reveals that voters in the first state may be thinking of turning the race upside down. On the GOP side, Mitt Romney has jumped to a double...
This week's Tote Board column looks at the first four contests of the 2008 calendar for the Democrats in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and concludes that the early tests favor Hillary Clinton and disadvantage Barack Obama.
The results of the French election are in. The big story so far -- at least to those following Campaign 2008 -- is how socialist candidate Segolene Royal failed to carry the women’s vote, despite an overt appeal to voters of her own sex. The truth is...
John Edwards has kicked off his media campaign with a smart ad that can be seen here . A slick takeoff on the traditional "man in the street" ad, it features about a half dozen ordinary citizens, mostly young, expressing their outrage at the...
Debate winners are in the minds of the beholder. That’s why this morning we have Iowa’s David Yepsen saying the second-tier candidates all did well, including Bill Richardson (we thought he bombed); the Politico’s rising star Ben Smith saying it was Hillary...
The New York Times today highlights a trend that we noted over a month ago: Black support is beginning to drift from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, even in her home state of New York. This is only the beginning of a trend that will see Obama overwhelmingly...
The Politico is reporting that Jesse Jackson is saying that he will support Barack Obama. As we discussed in an earlier column , this is only the beginning of a series of endorsements and moves that will ultimately give Obama huge institutional support...
There is terrific new ad, running only on the Internet here, that attacks Hillary Clinton and boosts the candidacy of Barack Obama. It is a take-off on the celebrated Apple ad from the 1980's which showed a runner with a sledgehammer demolishing a...
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