Reporters Blocked From Interviewing Palin Supporters

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2008 The McCain-Palin campaign has been criticized for limiting media access to VP hopeful Sarah Palin, and now it seems some journalists are having trouble interviewing her supporters, judging by the situation at the Alaska governor's campaign stop Monday in Clearwater, Fla. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Florida Republicans Hold Secret Meeting

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2008 With several new polls showing Florida breaking for Barack Obama, the state's GOP leadership convened a secret meeting of top party and campaign officials Florida GOP Chair Jim Greer, who organized the powwow, said, "It was just to ensure the ship is on its proper course ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Team McCain Pulls Out of Michigan

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2008 Looks like John McCain and his camp have decided to cut bait in Michigan after their efforts to win over voters in the Midwestern state didn't quite pan out as they'd hoped. Instead, as Politico reports, McCain's team is focusing on other important states like Florida and Ohio. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Evangelical Leader Goes All In For McCain

By Will Evans, Center for Investigative Reporting Oct 2, 2008 And to think that anyone thought James Dobson would sit out this presidential race. The Christian right leader and his advocacy group, Focus on the Family Action, are planning a multistate strategy to help elect McCain, and to prevent Democratic gains in Congress while they're at it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘The Great Schlep’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2008 Comedian Sarah Silverman has released a video urging young Jews to schlep to Florida to get their grandparents to vote for Barack Obama. Seriously. We'll let her explain. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Clinton-Palin ‘Cat Fight’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2008 Hillary Clinton is doing another campaign push for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, but she's apparently being careful not to take on Republican VP hopeful Sarah Palin in any way that might signal "cat fight" to those media types watching for any hint of such a conflict between Clinton and Palin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Keeping Palin Under Wraps

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 9, 2008 John McCain's campaign acknowledged this weekend that Sarah Palin is unprepared to be vice president or president of the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Abramoff Gets Four Years

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2008 Jack Abramoff was given four years in prison by a federal judge Thursday -- a sentence whittled down from a possible 11 years because he cooperated with investigators -- for his part in the fraud and corruption scandal that jolted Washington and landed several other lobbyists and Capitol Hill players in trouble as well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Obama

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2008 Raymond Hunter Geisel, a 22-year-old aspiring bail bondsmen, is in custody for allegedly saying of Barack Obama, "If he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself." Geisel soon made matters worse for himself, reportedly joking to a Secret Service agent that "if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he simply would shoot him with a sniper rifle." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Throws Florida, Michigan a Bone

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2008 Now that he is assured of his party's nomination, Barack Obama has asked the Democratic credentials committee to award full votes to delegates from Florida and Michigan. Those states held primaries in violation of party rules, and their disputed delegations became a major source of division between supporters of Hillary Clinton and of Obama. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Baruch Obama’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2008 The "Daily Show" investigates Barack Obama's alleged problem with Jews in Florida, where at least one crafty senior is on to the mock reporter's funny business. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Enterprising GOP Troubadour Blends Poetry, Politics in ‘Republican Song’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2008 With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, an enterprising right-wing artiste by the name of Mike Meehan has recorded an election-year anthem, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat," and has launched a corresponding PR campaign via the Internet and billboard ads -- like this one in noted liberal stronghold Orange County, Florida -- in hopes of striking fear and indignation into the hearts of undecided voters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )