Campaign Desk Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Obama urges expansion of faith-based initiative

"The challenges we face today—from saving our planet to ending poverty—are simply too big for government to solve alone. We need an all-hands-on-deck approach," Obama said at a news conference outside a community ministry in Zanesville, Ohio. MORE>>>

John McCain observes anti-drug efforts in Colombia

"Drugs is a big, big problem in America," McCain told ABC's "Good Morning America" this morning from the port of Cartagena. "The continued flow of drugs from Colombia through Mexico into the United States is still one of our major challenges for all Americans." MORE>>>

Campaign Desk Monday, June 30, 2008

Obama: I will never question others' patriotism

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and blames his own "carelessness" for some criticism of him so far. MORE>>>

McCain campaign: Clark's comments 'sad'

Clark, a military adviser for Sen. Barack Obama, questioned Sunday whether McCain's military experience qualified him to be commander in chief. MORE>>>

Obama and McCain campaign in states their parties lost in 2004

The likely presidential nominees of the major political parties today went to states their parties lost in 2004, as they worked to reverse those results in this fall's general election. Democrat Barack Obama delivered a speech on patriotism this morning in Independence, Mo., while Republican John McCain campaigned in Pennsylvania. MORE>>>

Campaign Desk Tuesday, June 24,2008

McCain gambling on offshore drilling

For decades it has been a bipartisan political staple -- the jaunt to the beaches of Santa Barbara to profess opposition to oil drilling at the spot where a massive 1969 spill despoiled sea life and ocean waters, launching the modern environmental movement. MORE>>>

Gov. Schwarzenegger joins John McCain at campaign stop

With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in attendance, Sen. John McCain stressed environment and energy issues today, his second day of presidential campaigning in California. MORE>>>

Obama's virtues aside, it's politics as usual

Barack Obama's first television spot of the general election campaign is so faithful to the comfy cliches of political bio ads that its appearance seems to be a statement in itself: The candidate who won the Democratic presidential nomination by emphasizing his difference from politics as usual is now calling attention to his sameness. MORE>>>

Campaign Desk Thursday, Feb 28, 2008

Economy is on candidates' agenda

The economy took front and center on the campaign trail today as Democrat Barack Obama blamed both President Bush and Republican John McCain for a "failure of leadership" and McCain lashed Democratic trade policies for imperiling the economy. MORE>>>


Race a wild-card factor

COLUMBUS, OHIO -- When John McCain apologized to Barack Obama this week for the comments of his warm-up act at a rally, it was not the first time -- and probably won't be the last -- that the most competitive black presidential candidate in U.S. history has heard the words, "I'm sorry." MORE>>>

Clinton Hauls in $35 Mill; Obama Camp Says They'll Do Better

Sen. Hillary Clinton said Thursday she was incredibly gratified to learn her campaign hauled in a record 35 million dollars in the month of February, despite losing 11 contests during that time. MORE>>>

For The Record: Barack Obama

In the CNN debate Jan. 21, he said: "On issue after issue that is important to the American people, I haven't simply followed, I have led." From votes for abortion rights to lessening penalties for marijuana use to raising doubts about capital punishment, Obama is a traditional liberal, CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports. MORE>>>

Democrats Bring in $80 Million, With Obama in Lead

Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton both had a record-breaking month of fundraising in February, bringing in more than $80 million combined, but with Mr. Obama again raising significantly more than his opponent. MORE>>>

The Muddy Road Ahead, and What the Candidates Can Do About It

John McCain has a tiger by the tail. Twice in as many days, McCain's Republican allies have launched unseemly attacks on Barack Obama. Twice, McCain has tried to distance himself from them. Does anyone doubt they will continue? Can McCain really do anything to stop them? MORE>>>

Shrill-ary
Is Clinton’s problem as basic as her voice?

It was perhaps the most memorable line of perhaps the most memorable moment of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president. The night she won New Hampshire, in an upset that seemed as much a surprise to her as to everyone else, the candidate strode out before a sea of supporters in the cavernous gym of Manchester’s Southern New Hampshire University. MORE>>>

President Bloomberg: RIP
Will Mayor Mike’s op-ed finally end this nonsense?

“I am not — and will not be — a candidate for president.” Can we finally, finally, without any second thoughts, take Michael Bloomberg at his word? The man has been trying to get the press to understand for a long time that he is not running for president, but journalists and editors (based mostly here in New York, I might add) have refused to take the hint. MORE>>>