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1. Politics

   Delivering the Goods

   May 31, 2004 02:57 PM

   Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times, who has won the respect of many of his colleagues -- and regular readers -- for tuning out the buzz and honing in on the substance, delivers another example of thoughtful commentary... Continue reading

2. Politics

   Downhill Racing

   May 31, 2004 02:40 PM

   As we've noted before, column writing is a brutal occupation. A practitioneer of the art has to be like James Bond, capable of pulling one amazing stunt -- or in this case, column -- out of his or her... Continue reading

3. Politics

   Everyone Was There … Except for the Public

   May 28, 2004 01:37 PM

   Yesterday, Sen. John Kerry wrapped up a blitz of the Pacific Northwest, and President George Bush popped into Nashville briefly for an official event. That prompted the Portland (Ore.) Tribune's Don Hamilton to make an observation that... Continue reading

4. Politics

   Gassing the Reader

   May 27, 2004 12:20 PM

   So, here's how you cover a campaign speech: The candidate makes a statement. You write it down, then you call the other side for a response. It's one of journalism's fundamentals. Tell us what he said, tell us what she... Continue reading

5. Politics

   Winging It

   May 26, 2004 03:52 PM

   The media says John Kerry isn't warm and fuzzy. Or funny. What do they know? Showing off his new campaign plane yesterday, with space for 72 members of the news media, the senator cheerfully announced: "We have about... Continue reading

6. Politics

   Face-Time, Local Style

   May 26, 2004 01:29 PM

   Sometimes, it pays to see a story through a fresh pair of eyes. The candidates certainly hope so. George Bush made his 17th visit to Ohio yesterday, stopping in heavily Democratic Youngstown to promote the role of... Continue reading

7. Politics

   Running out of Energy

   May 25, 2004 04:32 PM

   At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Campaign Desk today again takes up the question of gasoline prices, politics and puffery. Simply put, here's our plea: Could somebody -- please -- put a cork in the whining... Continue reading

8. Politics

   Beyond the Wafer Watch

   May 23, 2004 01:52 PM

   By Susan Q. Stranahan "Religion is the third rail of Democratic Party politics," writes Amy Sullivan in a recent issue of the Democratic Leadership Council's magazine Blueprint. The same can be said for journalism. For the mainstream media,... Continue reading

9. Blog Report

   Infernal TV

   May 13, 2004 01:27 PM

   Sometimes -- not too often, but sometimes -- we at Campaign Desk find ourselves a friend in the blogosphere. So it is today with Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler, whose ongoing series "They Surf During Ads" sounds a... Continue reading

10. Blog Report

    I’ll Take the Veepstakes for $1000, Alex

    May 12, 2004 12:26 PM

    Today's blog version of D.C. Power Players Jeopardy features (what else?) the Veepstakes. Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum runs the name of John McCain up the flagpole once again. While conceding, "there are all sorts of reasons... Continue reading

11. Blog Report

    Redemption and the Wafer Watch

    May 11, 2004 01:37 PM

    George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, the newest installment of Sy Hersh's New Yorker reporting on Abu Ghraib and November 2 continue to drive the blogs today. The president's ringing endorsement of his Secretary of Defense has Joshua Micah Marshall... Continue reading

12. Blog Report

    Affixing Blame

    May 10, 2004 12:37 PM

    More news and photos from the Abu Ghraib prison have left many bloggers, like everyone else, asking who will be ultimately held responsible -- now, and in November. Josh Marshall, who said he was at a loss for words --... Continue reading

13. Politics

    Objects In Rear View Mirror May Appear Larger Than They Are

    May 7, 2004 02:12 PM

    As we've noted here, the conventional wisdom among pontificators, pundits and pollsters has been to focus on the swing states - the states that generated a close vote in 2000 and are also regarded as key to deciding the winner... Continue reading

14. Politics

    Pre-season Quarterbacking

    May 6, 2004 12:22 PM

    Memo to Campaign Organizers: You might want to call Nate Bloomquist. He's got the whole thing figured out. November 2 isn't the day that will determine who sits in the Oval Office. Nor are the candidates, who are out there... Continue reading

15. Politics

    Who Was That Guy? And What Was His Phone Number?

    May 5, 2004 02:13 PM

    While John Kerry was describing to a worried mother in Albuquerque how his Iraq policy differed from George Bush's, and the president was telling voters in Lebanon, Ohio, he was there "to fertilize the grass roots," Ralph Nader... Continue reading

16. Politics

    Get Off The Bus, Already

    May 4, 2004 11:59 AM

    Like a bunch of school kids on a field trip, the White House Press Corps hit the heartland yesterday accompanying George Bush on his two-day "Yes America Can" tour. By the breathless tenor of the prose, you'd think the poor... Continue reading

17. Politics

    Outside the Beltway, Someone Is Digging

    May 3, 2004 12:09 PM

    The presidential campaign is being waged in just 18 states, where, in 2000, the difference between the vote for Al Gore and George W. Bush was ten percentage points or less. That's where the swing votes live, and those are... Continue reading

18. Politics

    Shadowy Business

    April 30, 2004 05:32 PM

    Ever wonder how campaign reporters, particularly those not on any big-shot's Blackberry, get that instantaneous comment from the opposition? John Kerry visited Toledo, Ohio Wednesday to talk about the sagging economy and job-loss. A short time later, the phone... Continue reading

19. Politics

    Reality Check for the Big Boys

    April 29, 2004 02:36 PM

    There are two worlds in politics, the real and the stage-managed. Reporters ceaselessly seeking the angle of the moment can easily become tools of the stage managers. But every once in a while, real life collides with story-hour. It happened... Continue reading

20. Politics

    Chasing Demons

    April 28, 2004 04:46 PM

    The winner of the election that the Los Angeles Times has described as "a proxy fight over the GOP's ideological direction" was decided shortly before 1 a.m. today, when Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter squeaked past right-wing challenger U.S. Rep.... Continue reading

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