The return of William Ayers
October 8th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, History, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
William Ayers, the 1960s domestic-terrorist-turned-education-professor who served on two charity boards with Democrat Barack Obama in the 1990s, didn't come up in last night's debate. But he's back on the radar today. Republican John McCain's campaign and the Republican National...Biden and Palin on Supreme Court decisions, freedom of religion
October 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Democrats, History, Presidential race, 2008, Religion, Republicans
11:55 p.m. ET: Since we first posted some of the transcript, CBS Evening News has made its video available. So we'll add that here. Scroll down if you want to read along. And a reminder -- Democratic vice presidential nominee...Some VP math, a little speculation, a little history & two questions
Could Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's frequent visits to a Chicago gym be clandestine meetings with advisers to talk about his search for a running mate? That's what NBC's First Read blog wonders in a post that also offers come...To be president, get a dog?
July 8th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, History, Offbeat, Polls, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
A howler of a story for a lazy summer afternoon: Pet owners prefer Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Democrat Barack Obama by a 42%-37% score, according to the latest Associated Press/Yahoo! News national survey. The AP thinks one reason...In 1960, Dems moved Kennedy’s speech outside with just a couple days’ warning
July 8th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Conventions, Democrats, History, People in politics, Presidential race, 2008
As USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely reported this morning, the decision announced yesterday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to accept his party's nomination outside before a crowd of 76,000 or so at Denver's INVESCO Field at Mile High does...