No Straw Men

Late Thursday night, Karl Rove, the architect of the last two Republican presidential victories, was on his new television perch at Fox News, offering free advice to Senator Barack Obama as he closed in on the Democratic nomination.

Nader al-Mutairi stiffened his shoulders, clenched his fists and said, “Let’s do our mission.” Then the young man stepped into the cool, empty lobby of a dental clinic, intent on getting the phone number of one of the young women working as a recept

It’s always a treat to attend the Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship Awards Dinner at the National Press Club … Cong[r]ats to all the winners, who I’ve listed below along with a short bio and project description.

I don’t know if John Edwards is endorsing Barack Obama today. Here are some hints, though.

This past Friday, the RNC launched CanWeAsk.com—an extremely clever deployment of YouTube to effectively hammer Barrack Obama by blending the RNC’s opposition research team with real questions submitted by real citizens.

A reporter asked President Bush what sacrifices he’s made for the war in Iraq … “I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”