Capital Games

Super Tuesday: Ten Talking Points Super Tuesday: Ten Talking Points

1. Conventional wisdom rules. John Kerry started out the front-runner, according to the political handicappers. And largely because of the same reas...

Mar 3, 2004 / David Corn

The Propaganda of William Safire The Propaganda of William Safire

William Safire, New York Times columnist, doesn't know what he's talking (or writing) about. Who says? The New York Times. Underneath ...

Feb 24, 2004 / David Corn

What Bush’s Guard File Reveals What Bush’s Guard File Reveals

Okay, we were wrong--the we being those who called on Bush to honor his promise to release his entire Air National Guard records in the hope it woul...

Feb 18, 2004 / David Corn

W’s AWOL Spin Update! W’s AWOL Spin Update!

[UPDATE: On February 13, the White House released what it said were Bush's full military records. Reporters were handed two-inch stacks of papers and...

Feb 13, 2004 / David Corn

W as in AWOL: Case Not Closed W as in AWOL: Case Not Closed

[FOR TWO UPDATES ON BUSH'S BROKEN PROMISE AND MORE WHITE HOUSE SPINNING ON THE AWOL CONTROVERSY, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM] George W. Bush is lucky that ...

Feb 11, 2004 / David Corn

Beat the Press Beat the Press

I take it back. In my last column I referred to Meet the Press host Tim Russert as the Grand Inquisitor of the Sunday morning talk shows. Not this S...

Feb 9, 2004 / David Corn

Eight Questions for George W. Bush Eight Questions for George W. Bush

Tim Russert, the Grand Inquisitor of Sunday morning, is scheduled to have George W. Bush in the witness chair for a full hour on the next Meet the Press...

Feb 6, 2004 / David Corn

Mini-Tuesday: Ten Talking Points Mini-Tuesday: Ten Talking Points

Nothing changes. The results of Mini-Tuesday have not altered the shape of the race. John Kerry won in Missouri, Delaware, Arizona, New Mexico, and N...

Feb 4, 2004 / David Corn

A Dis-Endorsement of Dean A Dis-Endorsement of Dean

I don't tend to endorse candidates. I'll leave that to Michael Moore. But I do feel like dis-endorsing a presidential candidate: Howard Dean. This h...

Jan 29, 2004 / David Corn

Ten Talking Points on New Hampshire Ten Talking Points on New Hampshire

1. Performance doesn't matter. Of all the candidates, Senator John Edwards delivered the best stump speech, in which he decried the existence of "tw...

Jan 28, 2004 / David Corn

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