Stories tagged "2008election"

Phil Hu is back with his liberal recap of Day 3 of the GOP Convention, "Is it me or is this the second night where the Republicans have attacked Obama for not having any details and then not offered any details or specifics of their own?"

While Republicans are busy trying to spin Sarah Palin’s fluff VP acceptance speech as proof that she is ready to lead, the campaign of Barack Obama put out a statement that called her speech well delivered, but more of the same old song and dance.

If you were watching the Republican convention last night, you probably noticed that not a single speaker mentioned the economy. Barack Obama noticed, and blasted the Republicans today for ignoring the economy at their convention.

The presidential campaign of John McCain put out an ad today that sought to redefine his running mate Sarah Palin as more of a reformer than Barack Obama. The problem is that this so called reformer is governor of a state that depends on big oil.

In case you have better things to do with your time, besides watching Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman put an entire nation to sleep, Phil Hu is here to recap the first two days of the Republican convention from a decidedly liberal point of view.

Palin used her line-item veto to reduce funding for a program to aid teenage mothers.

Recap of the newest Palin scandal, her alleged membership in the Alaskan Independence Party.

Although it defies all logic and common sense, the McCain campaign continued to paint Sarah Palin as more experienced and qualified to be president than Barack Obama. What is laughable is that the McCain campaign thinks that people will buy this.

This is the first installment of a five part series grading the two major party tickets for president. Educational background is a good place to start as it gives a view into the early adulthood of a candidate by offering an indication of what shaped them

Let’s think back together on the speeches given by the Democratic big names: the Clintons, Joe Biden, Barack Obama. They all delivered powerful words for the party when it meant the most. What follows here, are what I considered to be some of the best.