Campaigns and Elections

Wooing Unions for Obama Wooing Unions for Obama

Unions are trying to combat racism and sway undecided working-class voters toward Obama.

Sep 24, 2008 / Feature / David Moberg

McCain’s Troopergate Scandal McCain’s Troopergate Scandal

Palin claims she wants more accountability in Washington. So why is the McCain campaign stonewalling the Troopergate investigation?

Sep 24, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols

Palin and the Christian Right Palin and the Christian Right

Sarah Palin breathes new life into the religious right's vitiated political movement.

Sep 24, 2008 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg

Free Sarah Palin! Free Sarah Palin!

CNN's Campbell Brown slams the McCain campaign for barring their own VP pick from speaking with reporters, a move Brown calls unequivocally 'sexist'.

Sep 24, 2008 / YouTube

John McCain: The Fundamental Deregulator John McCain: The Fundamental Deregulator

John McCain may have recently discovered his inner populist, but he has been pushing for deregulation all year.

Sep 23, 2008 / Huffington Post

Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison? Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison?

Palin makes a bizarre statement reminiscent of the Adam Sandler buffoon: 'They don't flag the molecules, where it's going and where it's not'

Sep 22, 2008 / Air America

Bankrupt AIG Underwrote McCain’s ‘Reform Institute’ Bankrupt AIG Underwrote McCain’s ‘Reform Institute’

John McCain is making a big show of criticizing the government "bailout" of insurance giant AIG. But it turns out that AIG is one of the largest donors to his pet think-tank.

Sep 19, 2008 / Feature / Mark Ames

Palin Reality Check Palin Reality Check

Ever since Sarah Palin became a vice presidential candidate, the GOP has battled the plain facts to present her as a reformer.

Sep 18, 2008 / The Today Show

Palin’s Petropolitics Palin’s Petropolitics

Palin's opposition to government-supported renewable energy makes her stupendously ill equipped for national office.

Sep 18, 2008 / Michael T. Klare

Crashing the Election Crashing the Election

Puncturing John McCain's Teddy Roosevelt persona will require brutal honesty from Barack Obama--about the causes of the crash and the regulatory solutions.

Sep 18, 2008 / The Editors

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