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Meet Sarah Palin: ‘This is not Joe Biden’

By Molly Priesmeyer | 10.27.08 | 3:04 pm

The funniest part of this video isn’t the Palin makeover (mom jeans!), or the North Carolina Senator introducing her with this statement of the obvious, “Ladies and gentleman…this is not Joe Biden…” or Palin poorly lip-syncing to “Redneck Woman.” No,…

The day the earth did not stand still: Updates post-Indiana and North Carolina

By Steve Perry | 05.07.08 | 11:33 am

Editor’s note: The plates are shifting under both Democratic presidential campaigns today, making this potentially the most pivotal news cycle since very early in the race. So we’ve opened this item to filter some of the more interesting…

Video: The post-primary speeches

By Steve Perry | 05.07.08 | 10:37 am

Both post-primary speeches were interesting this time around–Obama’s for tactical and rhetorical reasons, Clinton’s for its unfolding psychodrama. As I said in the previous post, watch Bill.

Barack Obama in North Carolina (10:38)

Hillary Clinton in Indiana, part

Indigent in Indianapolis: Hillary’s fate is up to Obama now

By Steve Perry | 05.07.08 | 9:36 am

You could learn everything you needed to know about the suddenly transformed circumstances of the Clinton campaign from the face of Bill as he grimaced and fidgeted at Hillary’s side during her post-primary speech in Indianapolis last…

Campaign ads: Another primary week, another pair of 11th-hour attack ads

By Steve Perry | 05.06.08 | 1:58 pm

In what has become an obligatory bit of choreography on the eve of a primary, the Clinton campaign on Monday released a new attack ad going after Barack Obama’s opposition to a gas-tax holiday. The Obama campaign fired right back…