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Bill Ayers speaks at last — from his stoop

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 11.04.08 | 7:26 pm

The New Yorker’s David Remnick caught Bill Ayers on his Chicago stoop today. Finally, we hear from the now-notorious educator and former Weather Underground leader. Here’s what he had to say:

“I think my relationship with Obama was

Must-read: Frank Rich on the ‘Weimar-like rage’ of the McCain Palin mob

By Steve Perry | 10.13.08 | 7:02 am

We’ve posted numerous clips of the increasingly rancid, racist and xenophobic rhetoric of McCain/Palin campaign rallies (like this, and this). In retrospect, the words of author Jeff Sharlet — who compared Palin to

Ad wars: McCain and Obama trade barbs; third-party group releases incendiary Ayers spot

By Steve Perry | 08.26.08 | 9:21 am

Three new ads in the presidential race mix this week. Barack Obama goes Negative Lite with a new McCain = Bush montage featuring a reworked version of Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World,” the McCain campaign scratches at the Obama/Clinton scab…