Politics

McCain's Big Challenge

By Ruth Conniff, June 4, 2008

So bad was John McCain's speech on Tuesday night, even the pundits on Fox conceded that Obama sounded a lot better, and that McCain would surely "improve," as Fred Barnes put it.

John McCain: False Moderate

By Ruth Conniff, May 28, 2008

If the Democratic primary ever ends, the pols and the media can start focusing on John McCain's complex relationship to the far right.

Hillary Still Throwing Knives at Barack

By Matthew Rothschild, May 21, 2008

Well, there she was again, with more of the Hillary flim-flammery.

After her Kentucky win, Clinton again claimed, speciously, to be winning the popular vote.

Edwards Finally Endorses Obama

By Ruth Conniff, May 15, 2008

It took an awfully long time.

Why Hillary Is So Hard to Take

By Matthew Rothschild, May 14, 2008

It’s increasingly difficult to listen to Hillary Clinton give her speeches these days.

For one thing, there’s no poetry there.