Dowd’s Gravitas

NYT opinion columnist pulls the “earnest” card

By Jane Kim   Oct 22, 2008 at 06:11 PM

Maureen Dowd’s column in today’s New York Times is a serious, even earnest, take on Colin Powell’s late-in-the-game endorsement of... More

News Hog(wash)

McCain wins battle for headlines. Will he win the election?

By Jane Kim   Oct 22, 2008 at 09:00 AM

The central question that Michael Tomasky asks in the most recent New York Review of Books is this: “Can a... More

Vulgus, Schmulgus

Kristol goes astray on Noonan

By Jane Kim   Oct 20, 2008 at 04:30 PM

In The New York Times today, William Kristol takes issue with Peggy Noonan’s proclamation that “the Palin candidacy is a... More

What’s Rich?

Joe Wurzelbacher and the politics of the “middle class”

By Jane Kim   Oct 17, 2008 at 09:37 AM

Wednesday’s presidential debate may or may not have changed the race for John McCain, but there was one thing that... More

Voters and Race

The race issue is sometimes better served in portraits, not polling theories

By Jane Kim   Oct 16, 2008 at 09:06 AM

I mentioned earlier this week that articles about theories like the Bradley Effect run the risk of zooming out too... More

Arab or Decent?

McCain’s weak denunciation of woman’s comment didn’t get enough press pushback

By Jane Kim   Oct 14, 2008 at 04:46 PM

On Friday, a woman at a McCain rally in Minnesota said she didn’t trust Obama because he was “an Arab.”... More

The Comeback (To Substance)

Comeback narratives should take a backseat to substantive coverage

By Jane Kim   Oct 14, 2008 at 10:17 AM

The Los Angeles Times’s top political story this morning has the headline: “McCain is looking for another comeback.” Its point... More

The Bradley Effect, Redux?

How helpful are the reassessments of the much-debated theory? Not very.

By Jane Kim   Oct 13, 2008 at 04:02 PM

The New York Times and The Washington Post both printed articles this weekend on the Bradley Effect and its forecasted... More

About That Mortgage Proposal

It’s not just about the rhetoric wars

By Jane Kim   Oct 10, 2008 at 09:52 AM

In the days following the second presidential debate, the McCain campaign has pressed the “Who is Barack Obama?” field of... More

Blogs Alive

The temporary virtues of live blogging

By Jane Kim   Oct 8, 2008 at 05:28 PM

Last night’s presidential debate provided yet another opportunity for political Web sites to unleash their best (or most willing) bloggers... More

Pronunciation as Shibboleth

By Jane Kim   Oct 8, 2008 at 10:30 AM

The Economist's "Democracy in America" blog is irritated by the National Review's myopic focus on Obama's pronunciation of Pakistan last... More

Palin, Fey, Palin…Stop

Why the parody shouldn’t become the news

By Jane Kim   Oct 7, 2008 at 04:39 PM

Here’s a suggestion for the networks: stop allotting so much tube time to Tina Fey. As the skilled impersonator of... More

Sarah vs. Sarah

The wrong frame, through and through

By Jane Kim   Oct 3, 2008 at 03:06 PM

Both Alessandra Stanley in today’s New York Times and Tom Shales in today’s Washington Post wrote stories about Sarah Palin’s... More

Who, Exactly, Gotcha?

Let’s identify wild finger pointing for what it is

By Jane Kim   Oct 3, 2008 at 12:20 PM

As Liz noted yesterday morning, Howard Kurtz’s column in Thursday’s Washington Post focused on the McCain camp’s accusation that the... More

Red Blogger Says

By Jane Kim   Oct 2, 2008 at 10:13 PM

The Economist blog's "red blogger" thinks "the non-combative format of the debate" is helping Biden more than it is Palin,... More