Memo to George W. Bush (and/or Barack Obama or John McCain): If Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ever suggests single combat as a substitute for war, you might want to go ahead and send in the B-2s.On Tuesday, his 56th

44-year-old Palin 'knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda: To get Trooper Michael Wooten fired,' the 263-page state legislative investigative report said on Friday night.

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F our-score years ago our forefathers overwhelmingly elected Herbert Hoover to serve as President of the United States. He was inaugurated March 4, 1929, just in time to take the rap for not preventing the Wall Street crash of October

McCain in disarray, Palin in disgrace. Bush a bad joke. Nice way to finish. Bob Herbert: For the nitwits who vote for the man or woman they'd most like to have over for dinner, or hang out at a barbecue

Today's Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 52-40. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with the R2K numbers from today (yesterday's numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers from yesterday (previous

If you're looking for a guide on how to run a flawless campaign, perhaps the best example for this cycle comes from North Carolina's U.S. Senate race, from Democrat Kay Hagan. Rasmussen. 10/8. Likely voters. MoE 4%. (9/23 results) Hagan

Where will the candidates be today? Barack Obama Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Progress Plaza 8:15 am (EDT) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayfair Diner 9:30 am (EDT) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Vernon Park 11:15 am (EDT) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Intersection of South 52nd Street and Locust Street, 1:10

It's chilling to contemplate just how many more weeks like this one the country can take. Bad week, real bad; ugly start to nasty finish. What sucks even more is the entire nation is gripped ever more tightly in an

The McCain/Palin Hate Machine hits Georgia. The fury and loathing of Obama being whipped up largely by McCain-Palin-GOP rhetoric about the Illinois Senator is now spilling into down-ticket races, specifically the battle between GOP incumbent Saxby Chambliss and his Dem

When you stage as many failed runs for public office as Conservative Icon Tom McClintock has done, it can be awfully hard to keep straight the lists of who endorsed you, when, for what. Seems that the Icon has a

The Pollster.com averages are from 9/15 to today. The numbers in parenthesis are the October 7 results. State EVs Poll Total EVs Safe Obama states 190 IA 7 O+14.2 (n/a) 197 PA 21 O+14.1 (O+12.9) 218 MI 17 O+13.6 (O+10.3)

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/6-8. Likely voters. MoE 5% (No trend lines) Shadegg (R) 48 Lord (D) 39 Anzalone Liszt Research (D) for the DCCC. 10/6-8. Likely voters. MoE 4.9% (No trend lines) Shadegg (R) 44 Lord (D) 45

Sarah Palin is hoping to show America that she has a sense of humor by appearing on Saturday Night Live on October 25th. If nothing else comes from her disaster of a campaign, she certainly has made SNL "must watch

Together, Barack Obama and John McCain spent $28 million on television advertising last week alone. So if seems that every other commercial is a political commercial, you're not far off the mark. Obama outspent his Senate colleague by nearly $6

Orange to Blue candidate Judy Baker's focus on affordable health care, renewable energy and getting our tanking economy working again appears to be resonating in her conservative district. So, too, are the latest series of DCCC ads, which eviscerate Republican

Less than a day after a report revealed that Sarah Palin abused her power as governor in the pursuit of a personal vendetta, John McCain and Palin hit the campaign trail: MCCAIN: As a senator I've seen the corrupt ways

The Pollster.com composite now has Obama above 50 percent for the first time. And looking at the individual polls, one can get a better sense of just how difficult it would be for McCain to surpass Obama. First of all,

The son of William F. Buckley has decided-shock!-to vote for a Democrat.