I Ran for Vice President and All I Got Was This $150K Wardrobe

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2008 Did the Republican National Committee splash out a staggering $150,000 since early September to get Sarah Palin all spiffed up for the campaign trail? And if she and John McCain don't win the election, does Palin get to keep all those versatile and stylish career separates? Updated 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 )

Politico: Biden Will Go Soft on Palin

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 A campaign source tells the political rag that Joe Biden will avoid roughing up Sarah Palin during the debate Thursday, focusing his energies instead on John McCain. That might have something to do with a new poll, which suggests that most people think Biden will prove to be much more knowledgeable, but much less likeable. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Politico: McCain ‘Desperate’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2008 As a news source, Politico is seen as leaning slightly right, which makes this report, "6 things Palin pick says about McCain," surely more troubling for Team McCain than if it had run on a less sympathetic outlet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The End of an Institution

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 29, 2008 I suppose I should be sad to watch the decline of the once mighty political media, an institution that trained and nurtured me. But that's not how I feel. For this was the institution that cheered when President Bush took us to war. This is also the institution that is getting this Democratic National Convention wrong, obsessed with a phony feud between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, wasting time interviewing that small but vengeful cult, the die-hard Hillaryites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It Won’t Be Hillary

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2008 With Barack Obama expected to announce his running mate any day now, he will almost certainly not choose Hillary Clinton She doesn't even appear to be on his list A Democratic official tells the Politico, "She was never vetted She was not asked for a single piece of paper She and Senator Obama have never had a single conversation about it". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Mystery Candidate

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 22, 2008 There's a candidate in this presidential race who remains a mystery -- hazy, undefined, so full of contradictions that voters may see electing him as an enormous risk. I'm referring to the cipher known as John McCain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McCain and Obama’s Little White Sound Bites

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2008 Both John McCain and Barack Obama pride themselves on straightforwardness, but as one might expect, each has lobbed his fair share of less-than-accurate statements. Politico and PolitiFact take a look at some of the doozies the two candidates have told over the course of the campaign. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pelosi Takes the Heat on Drilling

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2008 According to the Politico, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given her blessing to vulnerable Democrats to rebel against the party's position on offshore drilling. The strategy goes something like this: Pelosi plays the liberal from San Francisco while representatives of more conservative districts berate her. With a majority intact, the Democrats push through a comprehensive energy policy sometime in 2009. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Sacrifice for the Troops

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2008 George W. Bush gave an interview to The Politico and Yahoo News on Tuesday, the result of which is a must-read study of obtuseness. Among other gems, the president insisted that a withdrawal from Iraq would lead to another terrorist attack against the U.S. He also revealed that in order to honor the soldiers his foreign policy has killed or maimed, he has given up golf. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ron Paul Won’t Go Away

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2008 John McCain may have the Republican nomination wrapped up, but that isn't stopping Ron Paul from campaigning in Pennsylvania, where he is attacking McCain as insufficiently conservative. It's an odd posture for a candidate who won much support for his anti-war position, a topic that Paul omits here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jimmy Carter: Guess Who I?m For

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2008 The former president and superdelegate wouldn't tell a Nigerian reporter which of the Democratic candidates he intends to support, but he offered a pretty good hint: "Don't forget that [Barack] Obama won in my state of Georgia. My town, which is home to 625 people, is for Obama. My children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )