American Politics

by Mark Silva "This ultimately isn't a race between us and Sarah Palin,'' David Axelrod, chief strategist for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, says today. "It's a race between Barack Obama and John McCain. They're the candidates for president." But Axelrod does question Palin's...  

The latest Zogby International poll shows that John McCain and Sarah Palin can count on more support than their opponents Barack Obama and Joe Biden at this point in time. 49.7% of those asked favor McCain-Palin over Obama-Biden (45.9%). Shortly after McCain announced his choice, only 47.1% said...  

Thus far, all her stump speeches have been from a teleprompter whereas Mr McCain, Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden all speak extemporaneously. ...  

Barack Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden were on the Sunday morning shows. Sarah Palin wasn't -- and maybe she never will be. McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told "Fox News Sunday" that Palin will do interviews on the campaign's...  

by Mark Silva Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: A couple of women celebrating "cracks in the glass ceiling'' this year -- Clinton was the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary election, the Democrats' in New Hampshire, and Palin is the first woman nominated for vice president...  

Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his running mate, Sarah Palin , as having a ``clear record of doing what America wants,'' while Democrat Barack Obama said her policies aren't much ...  

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his running mate, Sarah Palin , as having a ``clear record of doing what America wants,'' while Democrat Barack Obama said her policies aren't much different from those of ...  

Senator Obama also hit out at his rival, John McCain. "He says: 'I'm going to tell those lobbyists that their days of running Washington are over. ...  

Could Gov. Sarah Palin simply avoid the press? "Fox News Sunday" makes news with Chris Wallace's tough questioning Barack Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden were on the Sunday morning shows.  

I seem to remember John McCain making this statement when criticizing Barack Obama about a month ago - "The White House is no place for on-the-job training." Yet he just took a running mate who has a track ...  

The New York Times finally recognizes that Palinmania is the real thing. Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s new running mate, has been rocking Republican crowds with her mocking digs at Senator Barack Obama and his campaign’s central theme of “change.’’ [snip] Ms. Palin was speaking at an...  

WITH fresh polls confirming Sarah Palin has thrust John McCain back into the presidential race, Barack Obama yesterday broke his silence on the omnipresent Republican vice-presidential candidate, directly ...  

John McCain is running for President against Barack Obama, but from all the fear mongering from the loony wing on her, you'd think it was Sarah Palin.  

If John McCain wanted to poach the women's vote from Barack Obama, he shouldn't have tapped a running mate who dubbed herself a ...  

Politico - When political junkies flip through television stations on Sunday morning, they'll find policy-driven interviews with three of the four candidates on the presidential tickets — John McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. They won’t, though, see Sarah Palin.