Kirsten Gillibrand's fund-raising breakfast with former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe on Monday is now being billed as a "state of the race" chat.
"This race has seen a lot of action lately, so we're sure to have a lively discussion," wrote Gillibrand campaign manager Ross Offinger in an email (with the subject line Read More
Al Sharpton had just stepped out of a meeting with Barack Obama.
It was January 2007, and he was down in the Obama Senate office during a trip to Washington to meet with a number of Democratic presidential contenders. Mr. Obama had been almost uncannily pitch-perfect, Mr. Sharpton thought, hitting every talking point and Read More
The auction for David Plouffe's account of the 2008 campaign has ended, and the winner is Viking Books. According to the AP's Hillel Italie, who first reported news of the deal this morning, the Penguin Group imprint is paying Mr. Plouffe a sum in between $1.5 and $2 million dollars. Robert Barnett, the Washington Read More
"It’s a daunting task," said Plouffe, Read More
In a conference call before Read More
But it was clear from the questions asked on the call that the media is not Read More
The Obama campaign is using the Republican attacks against community organizers to raise money.
Here is a letter that just went out from Barack Obama to his supporters.
Dear ----
Why would the Republicans spend a whole night of their convention attacking ordinary people? With the nation watching, the Republicans mocked, dismissed, and Read More
According to campaign manager David Plouffe, the site will include video, news stories and factual information so that voters "can go there and keep Read More
But the relevant bar is really whether it’s enough to Read More
A day after John McCain appeared at a town hall-style event that turned out to look a little like a campaign rally at New York's Federal Hall, the McCain campaign accepted another invitation for a joint debate with Barack Obama, this one extended by the Ronald Reagan and Lyndon B. Johnson Libraries.
McCain's communications Read More
If you did, you saw more gotcha politics and distractions than questions about the pressing issues affecting our country.
In fact, it took more than 45 minutes before Barack was asked about the economy, health care, or foreign policy. Read More
He argued that "over half the country's voters" do not find Senator Clinton "trustworthy," because she has run a negative campaign. "Her campaign can really be defined as an attack strategy," he said, Read More
“Now Mariah didn’t get her new body just by eating artichokes,” said Oprah.
Cut to the video, Mariah at the pool in a black bodysuit.
Plouffe was asked if Barack Obama agreed with McPeak's Read More
"She would be a deeply flawed nominee," said campaign manager Read More
