Reality is starting set in the presidential race. Fear, the predominant force of the Bush era is still the leading factor in who Americans will vote for in November, according to the new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll:
In head-to-head contests, the poll found, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46 percent to 40 percent) [...]

This is not a joke:
Idaho Senator Larry Craig is currently seeking intern applications for the summer term, which runs from May to August. The application deadline is March 15, however if more time is needed for the application process, please contact Senator Craig’s office for an extension. Craig offers paid internships within the Washington, D.C., [...]

If the victim had been a Bush supporter, this would be understandable on some level at least. But come on, guys, the policy differences between Clinton and Obama boil down to nuance. All we’re fighting about is which one will be easier for the Republicans to beat. There’s absolutely no need to come to blows:
Meet [...]

About the ad:
Today anti Iraq war leaders, joined by former Senator John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth, announced the launch of a new nationwide, multimillion dollar campaign aimed at shining a light on the cost of war in Iraq. The $20 million campaign will include paid advertisements, lobbying Congress not to pass blank check funding [...]

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
— Michael Korda (1933- ), novelist, former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster

It’s easy to see why the GOP wants to avoid one thing more than any other in the general election campaign: “undisciplined messaging.” You say you don’t know what that is? Neither did I until Politico explained it.
Republicans know more than one election is at stake if they appear racist or sexist toward the eventual [...]

From the party of “family values” comes what may be the new low bar in American politics.
Earlier this year, an infamous, though quite mainstream, Republican Party operative quietly launched a new anti-Hillary Clinton 527 group called Citizens United Not Timid — yes, it really is C.U.N.T. The notorious operative behind it is Roger Stone, a [...]

Hillary Clinton is doing what second-place candidates in two-person races must do: swing hard. On Friday, she challenged Barack Obama on the truthfulness of a pair of campaign mailers that she says misstate her positions:
Clinton said Obama’s mailers, which have been circulating in some states since Super Tuesday, were “tactics that are right out [...]

The St. Petersburg Times’ political writer, Adam Smith, launched the Charile Crist Veep-O-Meter and it’s leaning toward the tanned one. Smith gives a bunch of reasons why John McCain might choose the Florida governor as his running mate, but the most compelling one is money.
McCain’s Florida momentum in January paid off – literally. Not only [...]

On Meet the Press this morning, Ralph Nader announced he is entering the presidential race this year.
He says he is getting into the race because he (rightly) believes the machinery of our political system is broken. It is hard to see how putting more sand in the gears helps anything.
Nader rankles at the suggestion [...]