The State of the Race The State of the Race
Today the Obama campaign held a conference call with Joe Andrew, former head of the DNC, who announced that he was switching his support from Clinton to Obama. This seems like a b...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
Dana Perino, on the occasion of Mission Accomplished day: "President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been more specific. ... It's been a very tough month in Iraq. ...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Message Testing Message Testing
J Street reader JL emailed yesterday to make an interesting point: I think that once political campaigns make decisions about how to characterize their opponents, they grow to be...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Audacity of the NAHB The Audacity of the NAHB
You’d think that the frank quid-pro-quo politics the National Association of Home Builders resorted to this February as part of their campaign to secure passage of favorable…
Apr 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Father’s YouTube Victory A Father’s YouTube Victory
If, like me, you've been feeling immobilized by the degree to which the presidential campaign has become something of a painful burlesque, in other news, here's a happier tidbit: ...
Apr 29, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Another BK Gaffe Another BK Gaffe
What do you do when your corporation is the lone remaining pariah that refuses to pay an extra penny per pound to improve conditions for Florida's tomato harvesters? Apparently if...
Apr 29, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Terrible Idea A Terrible Idea
If a politician got up and said: "I propose we have the US Treasury write a check to the oil companies in the amount of millions of dollars," it's hard to imagine it gaining much ...
Apr 29, 2008 / Chris Hayes
McCain’s Vanishing Integrity McCain’s Vanishing Integrity
It wasn't long ago that Mr Straight Talk was crowing about how he would take the high road in this election. This was always a transparently ludicrous notion, but the press seemed...
Apr 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes