1. early and often
    Obama Toughens As McCain Is Exposed. Just Mind the Blowback.Could complaints about McCain’s dishonesty end up hurting Obama more than McCain’s dishonesty hurts McCain? Our head hurts just thinking about it.
    By Dan Amira
  2. early and often
    If McCain and Obama Can’t Tap Into the Economy Message Today, They’ll Never Do ItAnd yet, with statements released this morning, both camps are off to a tepid start.
    By Chris Rovzar
  3. early and often
    The AP Calls McCain a Lying Liar From LiartownHas the media finally figured out how to fight back against GOP attacks? The subtle introduction of a new dishonesty meme?
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. instant politics
    David Frum and Lynn Sweet on Rattled Obama Supporters and Whether Even ‘Change’ Is Still NeededFrum, who writes daily for National Review Online, and Sweet, Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the Chicago ‘Sun-Times,’ discuss the unexpected factors working against Obama, Palin’s resilience, and what bearing past elections have — or don’t have — on this one.
  5. early and awesome
    This Video Will Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Obama SupportersCall us geeks, but we can’t stop laughing at this JibJab creation.
    By Chris Rovzar
  7. early and often
    Palin’s First Interview Impresses Few, Concerns ManyEven allowing for some leeway on the Bush Doctrine, many saw in Palin’s overall performance proof of a foreign-policy novice quickly forced to cram for her first big test.
    By Dan Amira
  8. live blog
    Live-Blogging the McCains on ‘The View’We watch John and Cindy’s appearance with the ladies, so you don’t have to.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. the spin game
    Let’s Play the Spin Game!We ask you to try and predict how the McCain camp will spin Sarah Palin’s ‘Bush Doctrine’ flub into a positive.
    By Chris Rovzar
  10. sex on skates
    Is the ‘Times’ Telling Us More Than We Need to Know About Track Palin and Levi Johnston?In their report about the two young former hockey players, we wonder whether the Gray Lady is being too gossipy.
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. early and often
    McCain Lauds Obama’s Community OrganizingThe Republican nominee backs down from his running mate’s mockery of Obama’s post-college service.
    By Chris Rovzar
  12. early and often
    Sarah Palin Gives Democrats Her Much-Awaited First StumbleTwice yesterday, the Republican vice-presidential nominee seemed to slip up in her knowledge of Bush Iraq policy.
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. photo op
    McCain and Obama Visit Ground ZeroThe presidential candidates were ‘cordial but somber’ during their joint visit to the World Trade Center site.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. early and often
    Palin Plays the Church Lady With Charlie GibsonPalin performs well in the first segment of her interview series with the ABC News anchor.
    By Chris Rovzar
  15. welcome to wasilla
    Palin’s Town Charged Rape Victims for Their Own Rape Kits‘Ma’am, I’m glad to tell you that your horrible ordeal is almost over. You just need to fill out a few more forms…’
    By Dan Amira
  16. instant politics
    David Frum and Kurt Andersen on McCain’s Latent Leftiness and Whether Democrats or Republicans Are More DisingenuousFrum, who writes daily for National Review Online, and ‘New York’ columnist Andersen discuss Obama’s faux outrage, conservative “anti-information,” and surprises a President McCain might have in store.
  17. photo op
    Bubba Smiles During Lunch Meeting With BarackWhat does the body language of this photo, snapped during their lunchtime meeting in Harlem, tell you about the former president and the Democratic candidate?
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. early and often
    Palin: Whatever Will Obama Do Next?The former front-runner is down in the polls, out of the media spotlight, and is now legally unable to use the word ‘lipstick.’
    By Dan Amira
  19. early and often
    Representative Charles Rangel No Habla Español, Okay?Can he help it if the people in the Dominican Republic don’t understand that?
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. in other news
    New York ‘Post’ Officially a ‘Joke’What does the tabloid’s gag cover of a pig in lipstick tell us about their priorities?
    By Chris Rovzar
  21. early and often
    Keating: McCain Now Openly Indulging in (Political) PornographyWith his latest ad, falsely accusing Barack Obama of wanting to teach kindergartners about sex before they learn to read, John McCain’s 2008 campaign has become political pornography.
    By Peter Keating
  22. early and often
    Matt Damon Wants to Know If Sarah Palin Believes There Were Dinosaurs 4,000 Years AgoAmerica’s other action hero has a couple of simple questions for McCain’s V.P.
    By Chris Rovzar
  23. instant politics
    Kurt Andersen and Markos Moulitsas on Barack Obama’s Big Disadvantage and the Future of the GOP’New York’ columnist Kurt Andersen and Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas discuss concocted gaffes, Sarah Palin’s historical significance to the Republican Party, and whether there’s any way to know which way the race will go.
  24. early and often
    God Love Ya, Joe BidenThe senator has an awkward moment in Missouri.
    By Jessica Pressler
  25. bons mots
    Model May Andersen on the 2008 Presidential CampaignThe feisty fashionista has exactly the same political worries as everyone else in America.
    By Fiona Byrne
  26. early and often
    McCain: Obama Favors Ending Sexual Innocence of KindergartnersAdded to a string of other recent distortions by the McCain campaign, and the dawning realization that we will almost certainly never talk about a real issue again, some in the political commentariat can barely maintain their composure.
    By Dan Amira
  27. early and often
    ‘Lipstick on a Pig’ Comment Forces McCain, Obama Camps to Switch RolesWhen everybody is mock-outraged, it makes us want to vote for nobody.
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. instant politics
    Markos Moulitsas and Alex Pareene on McCain’s Mysterious Bump, Obama and the Electoral College, and Fetishizing the Undecided VoterToday, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and Gawker’s Alex Pareene discuss campaign lies, the movement to declaw the Electoral College, and why you shouldn’t be worried about the polls — yet.
  29. governor awesome
    Eye of Sauron Steve Schmidt Swoops in David Paterson’s DirectionWhen the governor voiced concern that Sarah Palin’s (and Rudy Giuliani’s) carefully-scripted mockery of Barack Obama’s community-organizing past might have been planned for its racial associations, the McCain camp was quick to go on counterattack.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. early and often
    Ironically, ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Taking Campaigns to Exciting New PlacesMcCain has touted Palin’s bridge-killing heroism on the stump, but Obama is fighting back.
    By Dan Amira
  31. governor awesome
    Paterson Makes Dracula Joke, Legislators Go for the JugularRepublican legislators are up in arms over a comment made by the lovable gov.
    By Chris Rovzar
  32. early and often
    Don’t Forget to Vote Tomorrow!We’ve been captivated by national politics lately, but what’s going on locally is pretty exciting, too.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. white men with money
    Meet Herb Allison, Fannie Mae’s New CEOHe advised John McCain in his 2000 campaign and worked for Merrill Lynch for almost 30 years. But to his employees at TIAA-Cref, he was notorious for another reason.
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. that’s the end of that
    NBC Tells Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews to Go to Their Rooms and Think About What They’ve DoneComplaints about liberal bias and on-air squabbling caused MSNBC to remand the anchors back to their own shows.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. early and often
    We Can’t Get Over Our Obsession With Sarah PalinAnd by ‘we,’ of course, we mean ‘America.’ What we learned about everyone’s favorite Alaska governor over the weekend.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. stating the obvious
    Shocker: New York ‘Post’ Endorses John McCainIn other news, bears announce preference for going number two among trees.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. early and often
    St. Paul Report: John McCain’s Roommates Were Not Like YoursWe run into someone who taught McCain everything he knows.
    By Jada Yuan
  38. early and often
    St. Paul Report: David Carr on Why This Will Be the Last Convention of Its KindIt was David Carr who gave us the best, most colorful assessment of what it was like to be a reporter here.
    By Jada Yuan
  39. in the magazine
    Next Week’s Intel, TodayA sneak peek at the political coverage coming in next week’s ‘New York.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  40. instant politics
    Ezra Klein and Alex Pareene on McCain’s Dreams for the Presidency and O’Reilly Versus Obama“McCain wants to be a great man of history, and that means doing what he’s got to do on domestic policy such that he’s the guy who gets to go to war with China.”
  41. governor awesome
    Paterson to Appear on ‘Colbert Report’ TonightWill Colbert make a blind joke? Will the lovable gov have a better one at the ready? We can’t wait!
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. early and often
    On the Matter of Trig’s MamaDoes the whole conspiracy-theory thing leave you scratching your head? Do you want to understand HOW they covered it up? Yeah, you do!
    By Jessica Coen
  43. great moments in rnc history
    RNC ‘Almost Like a Hitler Rally,’ Actor Flown in for the Occasion SaysTalking to ‘Sopranos’ star Joe Pantoliano and actor Giancarlo Esposito at the RNC makes us realize there’s a reason the GOP doesn’t like celebrities much.
    By Sean Kennedy
  44. early and often
    Sarah Palin Switched Colleges Six Times in Six YearsFrom Alaska to Hawaii to Idaho, she accrued a lot of airline miles during her higher education.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. early and often
    Obama Briefly Pushed Around by Bill O’ReillyHow do you think Obama did against his persistent critic?
    By Chris Rovzar
  46. Reactions: Speech of John McCain’s Life Met With Collective ‘Meh’How could you possibly allow another puke-green background!?!
    By Dan Amira
  47. great moments in rnc history
    Republican Dance Party Yields Awesome ‘Barracuda ’08’ VideoWell, basically everyone.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. early and often
    The McCains Break Vow Not to Discuss Service-Member SonsSince the beginning of the campaign, the McCains had refused to talk about their sons in the military. What changed?
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. early and often
    Great Moments in RNC HistoryOne Alaskan delegate just explained that caribou LOVE the pipeline because it’s warm and they can snuggle up to it during the winter. Well, obvi!
    By Jessica Coen
  50. instant politics
    Tyler Cowen and Ezra Klein on Palin’s Speech and What Obama and McCain Would Each Accomplish — or Not — As PresidentFor today’s conversation, we bring together Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University who blogs at MarginalRevolution.com, and The American Prospect’s Ezra Klein.
  51. jerkiani
    Giuliani Wasn’t Always Down on ‘Cosmopolitan’ CitiesThough Giuliani’s mockery of Obama’s ‘cosmopolitan’ background was absurd on its face, we bothered to go back and find a time when the word didn’t seem like such a slur to him.
    By Dan Amira
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