Tim Fernholz

Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic House leaders held an economic forum that featured ten experts — including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, EPI’s Jared Bernstein, former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt, and our own Bob Kuttner — to plan an economic recovery package. By all accounts the experts tended to be remarkably unified in their […]

I read over the text of John McCain‘s speech this morning, and was struck by how much it resembled the kind of speech Obama has given in the past to try and change the dynamics of the campaign season. It doesn’t offer any new proposals, it simply tries to recast the narrative of the race. […]

Jake Tapper tells us about a Republican House candidate who argues that his voter base is … Obama’s too! In Nebraska to boot. Sure, it’s a telling phenomenon, but it’s also a great chance to read this piece I wrote about down-ballot GOP candidates campaigning with Obama imagery. Don’t miss that chance! — Tim Fernholz

On the right: Despite signals that Senator John McCain would have new prescriptions for the economic crisis after a weekend of meetings, his campaign said Sunday that Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, would not have any more proposals this week unless developments call for some. And on the left: “Today, Senator Obama will be […]

You are, if you’re a taxpayer. Wachovia, the bank recently bailed out by the government to the tune of $312 billion, just gave the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee an $8 million loan. It’s not unusual for big campaign committees to take out loans at the end of the cycle for one last burst of […]

The latest criticism of Barack Obama from the right is that he is somehow too ambitious to be president, and too opportunistic. No one mentions that of course he’s ambitious — so is John McCain. In order to become president you have to spend two years and hundreds of millions of dollars telling people how […]

This morning I attended a briefing by Ruy Teixeira and William Frey that delved into the demographic trends that underlie our changing electorate. I’m still sifting the massive amount of data they presented, but here are a few preliminary observations. The dog and pony show consisted of Frey’s accounts of demographic change in various states, […]

It’s probably a little early to make this direct a comparison, but yesterday I reread a favorite story of mine, Michael Lewis‘ New Republic article “The End” (Available, unfortunately, only on Nexis). In it, Lewis travels with senator and then-presidential candidate Bob Dole during the last four days of the 1996 election, watching as the […]

It’s pretty obvious why John McCain is pushing guilt by association — he needs to do something to shake-up the campaign, and he’s pinning his hopes on a desperate attempt to convince the world that Barack Obama has some sleazy connection to former Weatherman William Ayers. Apparently, being on the board of a foundation funded […]

Some folks are noting this ridiculous complaint/threat by CBS News’ Dean Reynolds. It’s silly on first sight — what, no one will do your reporting for you? It’s hard to meet deadline? You have to get up early? The airplane smells bad? — but I’ll tell you something: This is a beautiful sign for God […]