About five minutes into the slideshow, Davis turns to the electoral map and highlights what are matter-of-factly labeled the "solidly Republican Read More
And two of his primary wins were by convincing margins—in Maryland, where he Read More
Nor is the fact that she now trails in most every independent delegate count—even the counts that include the non-binding pledges of superdelegates. And nor, for that matter, is the Read More
"I promise you I am fired up and ready to go," he told a cheering crowd.
The Arizona senator's speech seemed to target Obama more than Clinton, in yet another sign of the shifting dynamics of the Democratic Read More
Virginia was Clinton's best chance of scoring an upset victory, or at least keeping Read More
Democrats
Barack Obama is supposed to go three-for-three on the day. Short of engineering an upset victory—which would represent a campaign-changing development—Hillary Clinton’s best hope lies in containing her opponent’s victory margins and keeping the delegate race close, possibly positioning her to declare some kind of moral victory. On Read More
The stark difference in enthusiasm was noticeable even in passing. Outside the Stuart C. Read More
Mary Lucier is no Sacha Baron Cohen. You may remember Mr. Cohen masquerading at a Virginia rodeo as the hapless Kazakh journalist in Borat. As seen in the film, the cowboy spectacle is a haven for yahoos, rednecks and astonishingly casual racists. The squirm-inducing comedy confirmed the prejudices of big-city types, who are, of course, Read More
Screams could be heard echoing across Brooklyn on a clear day this past November, when news of 24-year-old Joshua Foer’s book deal made its way around town. It wasn’t just the ungodly advance Mr. Foer received—an eye-popping $1.25 million—for his first-ever literary venture. Nor was it the fact that the proposal and its celebrity author Read More
You're a smart Jew. You go to a prestige college and hang out with a bunch of cool gentile guys. One of them has a fancy sister. You marry her because you want to be in the cool gang. She turns out to be a vicious anti-Semite, but you can't face it. Your life is Read More
It took every last ballot they could scrounge up in Virginia last week to lift Democrats, by the slimmest margin possible, to control of the Senate for the first time in four years. Swelling their ranks in 2008, though, shouldn't require nearly as much nervous perspiration and nail-biting. The reason is rooted in math: In Read More
What exactly is wrong with the Republicans? Today, that question applies not to their rigidly right-wing ideology, nor to their routine betrayal of their rigidly right-wing ideology, nor even to their weird sexual hang-ups and hypocrisy, fascinating as all of those topics may be. Instead, on the day after Election Day, what is at issue Read More
About 7 percent of Virginia's precincts remain outstanding, with George Allen holding onto a lead of about 17,000 votes over Jim Webb, his Democratic challenger. So where are the uncounted ballots from? The answer is mainly from Prince William and Loudoun Counties in northern Virginia and the city of Richmond. Webb figures to gain some Read More
Stricken with anxiety as the polls continue to indicate a Democratic resurgence, certain Republicans have started spouting justifications and explanations for their party’s possible eviction from office. No matter what may happen on Election Day, they say, the results must not be taken at face value—because liberal Democrats can only prevail by pretending to be Read More
Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner will not run for president in 2008, a senior advisor to his campaign confirmed this morning. Warner was considered a potential rival to Hillary Clinton when it came to capturing moderate and centrist Democratic voters. Donors and Democratic strategists were intrigued by the idea that, as a southern governor Read More
