Such Fickle Political Lovers

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 29, 2007 America's political correspondents are enchanted with Clinton, but their passion might fade when voters start asking her hard questions about her hawkish view of the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Indian-American Could Beat the Odds in the South

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2007 The voters of Louisiana are very close to electing as their governor Bobby Jindal, a conservative Republican congressman of Indian descent. While the chattering class is preoccupied with whether the nation is ready for a black or woman president, the conservative Republicans of Louisiana, many of whom once threw their support behind former klansman David Duke, seem to have moved on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Says Not So Fast

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2007 Appearing on "The Tonight Show," Barack Obama tells Jay Leno that he's not worried about Hillary Clinton's sizable lead in the polls: "Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare 'mission accomplished' a little too soon." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary’s Secret Weapon

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Running on Yesterday’s Ideas

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 16, 2007 One of the few things the Republican and Democratic presidential contests have in common is the relentlessness with which candidates on both sides are wrapping themselves in orthodoxy. Heretics need not apply. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kissing Up to 300 Million People Is Hard Work

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2007 It's not easy to win over an entire country -- or at least a majority of its voters -- without bruising some feelings. That's particularly true in the early-primary states, where locals place high demands on presidential candidates, who, despite their best efforts, frequently step in it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

4 Democrats to Skip Michigan Primary

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2007 In a gesture of protest against Michigan's decision to hold its presidential primary before Feb. 5, a move that violates Democratic National Committee rules, Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson have pulled out of the state's Jan. 15 primary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

God’s Only Party

Will Durst / Truthdig Oct 8, 2007 The creator will campaign for a third-party candidate if Rudy locks up the GOP nomination. How do we know this? Well, it seems God whispered in the ears of certain evangelical leaders. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Empty Promises

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 28, 2007 Yes, you heard it right: At the Dartmouth College debate Wednesday evening, not one of the three leading Democratic candidates could pledge that all U.S. combat troops would be out of Iraq by the end of his or her first term as president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Weak Labor’s Strong Clout

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 4, 2007 The American labor movement is divided on which candidate to support for president. Its membership is at one of its lowest ebbs in our history. And yet the nation's unions are more politically influential today than they were in the movement's heyday in the 1950s. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Downplays Clinton’s Gain

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2007 Barack Obama's campaign reached out to supporters on Monday, attempting to downplay national polls that show Hillary Clinton gaining more of a lead. Campaign manager David Plouffe said Obama is still doing well in the key primary states, despite a seven-point bump nationally for Hillary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are the Dems Losing Their Way?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 5, 2007 Two questions from Sunday's Democratic debate: Does Joe Biden have to set himself on fire to get serious attention? And whatever happened to the lunch bucket issues that once made Democrats the dominant political party in America? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )