Kate Sheppard

I’ve made fun of the I’ve made fun of the Clinton campaign before for flooding reporters’ inboxes with press releases, but the one sent out Sunday night is one of the most hilarious I’ve come across yet, right up there with the one about Barack Obama‘s kindergarten-era presidential ambitions. Yesterday’s went after Obama for saying […]

I’m fascinated by I’m fascinated by Chris Cillizza‘s post about states that look poised to change colors, through a combination of national, state and congressional elections. Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico (all much-sought after states) seem likely to flip blue. But Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Michigan are threatening to flip the other […]

Still more problems with endless war. Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have come home from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, or 300,000 in total, report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Only slightly more than half have those veterans have sought treatment, […]

Ryan Avent outlines more reasons why John McCain‘s “gas tax holiday” is a terrible idea. It’s foremost a strong indicator, as I’ve argued before, that John McCain isn’t serious about climate and energy policy. But despite being pretty much the only bone he threw to the working class, it also doesn’t help consumers much at […]

Looking at the photos of all the people who came out to Nationals Stadium today to see the Pope, I can’t help but be a little wistful for the other things that giant gathering might be able to accomplish. Think what this country might be like if that many people were gathered around the White […]

You’ve got to be kidding me. Calling Obama‘s view on lapel pins “reasonable” doesn’t give you a free pass to proceed to generate a new pin controversy, LA Times. I’m visualizing the next round of allegations already: because Obama doesn’t actually eat the the apple pies hand-delivered to him by voters, he must not love […]

Like everyone else, I’m pretty tired of polls these days, not to mention anything else that portends to predict the trajectory of the Democratic primary. Yet I did find Like everyone else, I’m pretty tired of polls these days, not to mention anything else that portends to predict the trajectory of the Democratic primary. Yet […]

So yes, as expected, George Bush‘s big speech on climate policy yesterday actually yielded very little in the way of good news. Yes, it’s great that he finally got around to admitting climate change is real and a problem, and better still that he’s at least discussing targets for emissions reductions. But here’s the problem: […]

Via Via Slog, Zogby must be tired of the primary too. He appears to have fallen off his rocker: Obama pulled into a statistical tie with McCain at 45 percent after trailing him by 6 points last month. Clinton trails McCain by 5 points, 46 percent to 41 percent, gaining slightly from an 8-point deficit […]