You could fill an undergraduate survey course in American history with the political, historical, cultural, and geographical differences between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden and their respective home states. One state is tiny, the other enormous. One state is the…
“On the issues you talk about at your kitchen table… John is profoundly, profoundly out of touch. John McCain has confessed, and I quote, ‘It’s easier for me to be in Washington, and frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day…
In this edition of the Schultz Report audiocast–and we’ll have another tomorrow, after Barack Obama’s Democratic convention-closing speech in Denver tonight–we examine developments at this week’s DNC. Hamline University political science prof and Minnesota politics analyst David Schultz gives the…
I spent the evening in the scrum of the floor. Strangely it’s not the best vantage point from which to come up with a coherent analysis of the evening. Did Bill Clinton stick a shiv in Barack Obama or anoint him the next black president? Did Joe Biden’s tale of growing up a stuttering outsider in Scranton, Pennsylvania come off as hokum or populist humility? You’re so close to the action that it’s difficult to determine. And the true believers in the Pepsi Center treat every uttered word as if it came directly from God. So I offer up instead a gallery of photos from the evening.
Even though the majority of Americans are growing weary of the mixing of religion and politics, politicians and the religious right are still walking hand-in-hand — unless, of course, they are Democrats. National religious right groups are slamming Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden as “fake Christians.” Minnesota’s own Rep. Michele Bachmann will be making two upcoming appearances at religious right functions with some of the same groups claiming the only true brand of Christianity.
In this guest column Jim Rosapepe, a Maryland state senator and former ambassador to Romania (1998-2001), shares his perspective on what Joe Biden brings to Barack Obama’s ticket — and, if elected, to the White House.
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and former Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, will drop out of the presidential campaign after disappointing finishes in the Iowa caucuses, according to several press reports.
Dodd…
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., may get a boost from second-tier candidates, who are reportedly considering instructing their supporters to back Obama as their second choice.
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and New Mexico Gov. Bill…
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