http://dir.salon.com/topics/presidential_race/?source=rss&aim=presidential_race en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/29/sarah_palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/29/sarah_palin/index.html?source=rss I rant about her; I can't stop thinking about her; I cannot stand to look at her; I'm possessed by her! Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/09/16/obama_economy_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/09/16/obama_economy_speech/index.html?source=rss Obama's speech: An attack on McCain and a fix-it plan for our economic woes. By Mike Madden Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/30/romney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/30/romney/index.html?source=rss The man the McCain camp used to compare to the antichrist is working hard to win the vice-presidential nod. By Louis Bayard Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/05/shenkman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/05/shenkman/index.html?source=rss Sure, ignorance is rampant among the American electorate, as Rick Shenkman argues. But without The People, there would be no Democracy as we know it. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/10/four_dollars_a_gallon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/10/four_dollars_a_gallon/index.html?source=rss When gas prices rise, incumbent parties hit the skids. If only it were that simple. By Laura Miller Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/01/31/literary_election/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/01/31/literary_election/index.html?source=rss Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison have both gone public with their presidential picks. What do their overwrought odes tell us about the candidates they favor? By Lester Spence Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/primary_race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/primary_race/index.html?source=rss The debate over the Clinton campaign's remarks on race has favored symbol over substance, and that's bad for black America. By Joan Walsh Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2007/12/05/nie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2007/12/05/nie/index.html?source=rss Bush can pretend it didn't happen, but the aftershocks of the intelligence community's reversal on Iran may be felt for a long time. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/13/candidate_wives_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/13/candidate_wives_guide/index.html?source=rss A guide to the brassy, opinionated, loud, difficult and plum-crazy partners on the arms of their president-running partners. Who says the campaign season is dull? By Amanda Griscom Little Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/10/dodd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/10/dodd/index.html?source=rss The presidential candidate is alone in calling for a carbon tax -- he says voters can "handle the truth." By Joan Walsh Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2007/07/25/youtube_debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2007/07/25/youtube_debate/index.html?source=rss "Novices" can't get better answers from politicians than "journalists," the paper says. Which debate did they watch? By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/20/hillary_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/20/hillary_clinton/index.html?source=rss She's most popular with women -- but many remain wary. By Alex Koppelman and Joe Strupp Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/index.html?source=rss A grand jury accused Alan Placa of molestation and his diocese has suspended him, but the presidential candidate continues to employ his lifelong best friend as a consultant. By Joe Conason Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/06/22/bloomberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/06/22/bloomberg/index.html?source=rss The billionaire mayor of New York could easily fund a bid for the presidency. But what are his political convictions? By Rebecca Traister Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/29/michelman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/29/michelman/index.html?source=rss Kate Michelman, lifelong feminist and former head of NARAL, talks about why she's signed up to work for John Edwards. By David Puner Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/01/22/hillary_exploratory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/01/22/hillary_exploratory/index.html?source=rss Senator makes an online announcement. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/13/warner_08/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/13/warner_08/index.html?source=rss What the former Virginia governor's surprising withdrawal means for Hillary, Edwards and the rest of the Dems vying for the Oval Office in '08. By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/03/kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/03/kennedy/index.html?source=rss In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argues that new evidence proves that Bush stole the election. But the evidence he cites isn't new and his argument is filled with distortions and blatant omissions. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/03/16/women_politics_event/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/03/16/women_politics_event/index.html?source=rss Martha Stewart played nice at this year's glittery, bipartisan Women's Campaign Fund benefit -- but Al Franken couldn't resist tormenting the GOP. By Tim Grieve Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/lotp/2005/04/19/montana_governor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/lotp/2005/04/19/montana_governor/index.html?source=rss Brian Schweitzer, the blue governor of the red state of Montana, may just have the answer to the Democrats' woes. By Alex Mar Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/10/27/elliott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/10/27/elliott/index.html?source=rss Novelist Stephen Elliott talks about John Kerry the guitar strummer and avid reader, George W. Bush the magnetic caveman, and his own loopy new book about the 2004 campaign. By Joyce McGreevy Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/23/surprise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/23/surprise/index.html?source=rss Block the vote. A loofah in every shower. One flu over the Cuckoo's Nest. There's no telling what we'll see! By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/10/06/polling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/10/06/polling/index.html?source=rss Bush leads by 10 points. No, wait, Kerry's up by 5. No, Nader's on top! OK -- that's not true, but in the ever crazier world of election polls, who knows what's next? By Tim Grieve Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/25/kerry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/25/kerry/index.html?source=rss The Swift boat ads have been exposed by the press as blatantly false, but that hasn't stopped the Bush machine from pushing them. Has Kerry figured out how to fight back against the lies and the lying liars who tell them? By Alessandro Camon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/08/07/masculinity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/08/07/masculinity/index.html?source=rss Bush and the GOP are trying to paint Kerry as a Euro-wimp and girlie man. But the Dems have a chance to show America that it's Bush who's the real 97-lb. weakling.