Candidate interviews

  • Chris Dodd pushes the energy envelope

    The presidential candidate is alone in calling for a carbon tax -- he says voters can "handle the truth."
  • "I admit that I don't have my shtick down"

    In an interview with Salon, Bill Richardson talks about his "evolving" positions, what he owes Bill Clinton, and exactly what "no residual troops in Iraq" means.
  • Dodd is my copilot

    In an interview, Chris Dodd questions Hillary's electability, and talks about battling his old friend Joe Lieberman and defying Bush on Syria.
  • "They don't own the Democratic Party"

    Joe Biden talks about lefty bloggers, the perils of candor in a YouTube age, Dick Cheney's secret thoughts, and how many troops a Biden administration would keep in Iraq.
  • Hillary's hard-won experience

    In an interview with Salon, the candidate discusses the "vast right-wing conspiracy," being called by her first name, and how long U.S. troops would be in Iraq if she wins in 2008.
  • Getting religion about health

    Mike Huckabee, Arkansas' newly skinny governor, weighs in on the humilation of being fat, why government shouldn't police our grease, and whether he's planning to diet his way to the White House.

From Salon's blogs