In January, nine days before the Feb. 5 presidential primaries in Missouri and Illinois, this editorial page endorsed Barack Obama and John McCain in their respective races.

Rattled by a wave of suicide bombings, the Pakistan government has said that such attacks were perpetrated by people from within the country and not by Indians or Americans, a rare candid statement from authorities.

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Research 2000's poll for Daily Kos shows Republican incumbent Thelma Drake ahead of her Democratic challenger, Glenn Nye, by a healthy margin. Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/7-8. Likely voters. MoE 5% (No trend lines) Drake (R) 51 Nye (D)

Capitulation. NY Times: Again and again, party leaders said they were concerned that the race was slipping away and that Mr. McCain and his advisers seemed to be adrift in dealing with an extraordinarily challenging political battleground. Connecticut Post: She's

The McSame campaign is scratching and flailing around like a cat in a swimming pool, desperate to claw out of the hole they put themselves in. My friends, it's time to toss them an anchor. Full lineup and other goodies

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Avila, ybruti, a synthetic cubist, HansScholl, ezdidit, and vcmvo2, with watercarrier4diogenes at the wheel of the Editmobile, the Robes of Objectivity flapping wildly behind him. You've read a common line here about a diarist listening

Today's Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 53-40. 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

We already know that anyone who thinks that Obama is a terrorist, or an Arab, or a manchurian candidate, or "dangerous", or any of that nonsense is a nut. Such beliefs aren't just rampant in the sewers of the Republican

Where will the candidates be today? Barack Obama No public events scheduled Joe Biden Scranton, Pennsylvania Riverfront Sports Complex (includes Jill Biden, Senator Hillary Clinton & President Bill Clinton) 3:15 pm (EDT) [Michelle Obama has no public events scheduled] John

The black guy can't win. The black guy with the middle name "Hussein" can't win. The black guy with the middle name "Hussein" who has "most liberal voting record" in the Senate just can't win. So if and when the

On a gorgeous late September day, I joined Jill Derby in Reno to catch up on her campaign, spend a little time going door-to-door and find out about the extensive coordinated Democratic campaign northern Nevada is experiencing. Derby made Daily

It was only slightly over a month ago that America was swept up in the carefully orchestrated GOP storm known as Sarah Palin. On August 29, 2008, John McCain told Americans that Palin is tenacious, tough, and could handle the

What a great October tradition, the homecoming parade. Having left Jackson a few days earlier, we felt really lucky in Laramie yesterday that the snow hadn't caught up with us. It was a cold, crisp, sunny morning, and everyone was

Bowers takes a look at the Washington Post's state presidential labels: Obama +13.8%: Battleground state (PA) Obama +10.4%: Battleground state (NH) Obama +10.0%: Battleground state (NJ) Obama +9.5%: Battleground state (IA) Obama +9.0%: Battleground state (OR) Obama +8.2%: Battleground state

Recognizing how badly the Republican brand sucks, Arizona Republicans are increasingly making green the new red by abandoning the GOP ticket to run as Green Party candidates. From The Arizona Republic: Democrats smell a rat. They say the Greens, newly

Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."

An Associated Press review of the Republican vice presidential candidate's record as mayor and governor reveals her use of elected office to promote religious causes, sometimes at taxpayer expense and in ways that blur the line between church and state.