All Posts Tagged With: "caucus"
He Ducked Back Down the Alley …
By Jack Healy
Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center, leaves his home through a back ally Wednesday. (Mark Carlson/Associated Press)
They wrote songs about the “Streets of Philadelphia” and “The Sidewalks of New York.” But as Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich demonstrated this morning, Chicago is a city where the alleys rule.
With hordes of reporters and photographers camped [...]
More Palin ‘Accessories’ Spending Revealed
By Michael Luo
Gov. Sarah Palin wearing Cole Haan boots in October. Clothing and other items the Republican National Committee purchased for her caused a stir during the campaign. (Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press)
Look for more “campaign accessories” bought on behalf of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in tomorrow’s end-of-cycle financial report filed by the [...]
Obama’s ‘Dream Team’
By Michael Falcone
Barack Obama in May, 2008. (Photo:Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Besides their impressive resumes and political star-power, a few of President-elect Barack Obama’s top cabinet choices have something else in common — hoop dreams.
Though these days Eric H. Holder Jr., Susan E. Rice and Gen. James L. Jones, may be more comfortable [...]
Bush: ‘I Was Unprepared for War’
By Kate Phillips
In what might be considered one of the first exit interviews, President Bush told ABC News’s Charles Gibson that during the eight years of his administration, the thing he was most “unprepared” for was the war in Iraq after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But he also said that he felt he would [...]
Obama’s Speechwriter Moves to the White House
By Jeff Zeleny
Barack Obama’s Chief Speech Writer at work on his victory speech for the New Hampshire primary election in a hotel lobby. (Jacob Silberberg for The New York Times)
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama’s wordsmith is moving to the West Wing.
In his latest round of White House staff announcements, Mr. Obama said Wednesday [...]
The Saturday Word: Obama Aims for 2.5 Million Jobs
By Sarah Wheaton
In his weekly address for broadcast today, President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention to create 2.5 million new jobs by January 2011.
“There are no quick or easy fixes to this crisis, which has been many years in the making, and it’s likely to get worse before it gets better,” he said. “But [...]
The Early Word: How to Pick a Cabinet
By Michael Falcone
President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team offered more clues about the makeup of his Cabinet and White House staff on Tuesday as word leaked out that Eric H. Holder Jr., a former Clinton administration official and Obama confidant, would likely be picked for Attorney General.
The Times’s Eric Lichtblau and John M. Broder [...]
Huckabee’s Choice Words for Romney
By Michael Luo
Ah, memories.
Among The Caucus’s favorites from campaign days gone by were those from the bitterly cold days of December 2007 preceding the Iowa caucuses, when the silver-tongued Mike Huckabee and his indefatigable sparring partner, Mitt Romney, circled and slashed at each other from dawn until dusk.
The episodes are now in reruns [...]
Obama Mixes the Personal and Political on ‘60 Minutes’
By Michael Falcone
President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview on the CBS program “60 Minutes” on Sunday that one of his top priorities will be to “restore a sense of balance” to the regulation of financial markets, but rejected the idea of a so-called “new New Deal” for America.
Mr. Obama acknowledged the parallels [...]
The Early Word: A Party Asks, ‘What Now?’
By Michael Falcone
Updated It’s been a difficult week for the Republican Party, whose leaders have had to contend not only with defeat in the presidential election but also in key House and Senate races as they watch the public transfer of power to President-elect Barack Obama.
Today The Times’s Adam Nagourney reports on the [...]
Palin Calls Her Critics ‘Jerks’
By Lisa Tozzi
Gov. Sarah Palin, who returned to work at the governor’s office in Anchorage Friday, called her critics “jerks” and said it was “immature” and “cowardly” for McCain staff members to be making anonymous allegations about her.
Ms. Palin spoke to reporters from several news organizations, including the Anchorage Daily News, defending herself [...]
The Early Word: McCain-Palin Post-Mortem
By Michael Falcone
As all eyes turn to President-elect Barack Obama, his transition to the White House and the changing political landscape in Washington and across the country, epilogues to the 2008 presidential race abound.
Today The Times’s Elisabeth Bumiller goes inside the McCain campaign to find out what went wrong in the closing days [...]
Catholics Turned to the Democrat
By Michael Luo
Much was made in 2004 of the so-called “God gap” between Republicans and Democrats, becoming part of the conventional wisdom explaining President Bush’s victory over Senator John F. Kerry.
As a result, the Democratic Party, including Senator Barack Obama, focused heavily on outreach to religious voters, including white evangelicals who voted overwhelmingly [...]
McCain on ‘Saturday Night Live’
By Michael Cooper
Live from New York, it was Senator John McCain, saying that he was thinking of some radically different strategies for the last three days of the presidential race.
“I thought I might try a strategy called the Reverse Maverick,’’ Mr. McCain told his interviewer. “That’s where I do whatever anybody tells me. I [...]
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Together at Last
By Jeff Zeleny
Bill Clinton and Barack ObamaPresident Bill Clinton and Senator Barack Obama campaigned together for the first time Wednesday night in Kissimmee, Fla. (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – On a chilly Florida night, former President Bill Clinton warmly embraced Senator Barack Obama as a fresh leader for a new generation of [...]
Joe You-Know-Who Gets a Manager
By Larry Rohter
If he gets his way, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, also known as “Joe the Plumber,” plans to enjoy a lot more than just 15 minutes of fame. Two weeks after emerging as the Republican Party’s favorite proxy for the American working man, Mr. Wurzelbacher has signed a management deal meant to keep [...]
New Obama Ad Hits McCain’s Choice of Palin
By Kate Phillips
The Obama-Biden campaign has directly singled out Senator John McCain’s choice of a running mate — using footage of Gov. Sarah Palin as she winks — in a new commercial that questions the Republican ticket’s preparedness on economic issues.
Called “His Choice,” the ad plays music as comments by Mr. McCain on [...]
Dump Joe Cannon as editor of the Deseret News over Pedophile Cover Up! 
I can't believe McDonald's is trying to sell "gourmet" coffee. Who the hell is going to go to a cheap ...
Why don't they do an All Star season with all the past winners. 
James Spader would be great!! I LOVE him. ANd Tim McGraw. MMMMMMMMMMMMM 
White is 'almost' the best because one cannot be the best until the sport is more than four Olympics old. 
Interesting post.
My experience with 12-step programs is that it's been more about finding the ways that you are already motivating ...
I'm moving from Central Texas back to my family homestead in southeastern Oklahoma.
The very least you could have ...