http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/ en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:09:30 -0500 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:29:38 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The latest on the Republican vice presidential front: Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana downplayed his chances, and Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota received a little more buzz. On both CBS and on Fox News Channel this morning, Jindal said he... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/veep_speculatio.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/veep_speculatio.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:09:30 -0500 The first major poll since Barack Obama started his high-profile foreign tour does not show a huge benefit in the presidential race. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey released this evening gives Obama a 47 percent to 41 percent national... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_poll_lead.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_poll_lead.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:55:37 -0500 In the category of if he didn't have bad luck, he'd have no luck at all: John McCain, to counter Barack Obama's speech before the adoring masses in Berlin on Thursday, planned to fly out to an oil rig off... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/sunny_skies_for.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/sunny_skies_for.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:36:21 -0500 In the game of gotcha, the presidential campaigns are trading charges that the other candidate messed up. Democrat Barack Obama's campaign says that Republican John McCain flubbed the timeline of the war in Iraq. In an interview with CBS, McCain... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/campaigns_play.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/campaigns_play.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:41 -0500 SDEROT, Israel -- Barack Obama's promise to serve as the nation’s envoy-in-chief faced a test run today, as he practiced a sort of shuttle shadow diplomacy in an armored Volvo limousine moving between Israeli and Palestinian capitals. Obama aides... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/in_middle_east.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/in_middle_east.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:39:50 -0500 Not that they're bitter or anything. In the latest harsh humor about all the attention that Barack Obama is getting on his overseas trip, John McCain's campaign has issued his traveling press corps fake new credentials. "JV Squad. Left Behind... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/more_mccain_com.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/more_mccain_com.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:31:54 -0500 Barack Obama unveiled a new Spanish-language radio ad today that will air in battleground states with significant Hispanic populations. The spot highlights Obama's biography and tries to link it to immigrant values. "Some people have power and connections," the announcer... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_courts_hi.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_courts_hi.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:09 -0500 Standing in an Israeli town often hit by Palestinian rockets from Gaza, Barack Obama today pledged his "unshakable commitment" to Israel's security. "The threats to Israel begin in Sderot, but they don't end there," Obama said at a news conference.... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_seeks_to_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_seeks_to_1.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:59:45 -0500 John McCain, stumping today in what could be the make-or-break state of Pennsylvania, is focusing on energy and hawking his plan for reducing dependence on foreign oil. "We need to use nuclear," the presumptive Republican nominee declared at a town... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/mccain_talks_en.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/mccain_talks_en.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:47:32 -0500 By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff ROCHESTER, N.H. -- Amid growing speculation that he is at least considering naming a running mate as soon as this week, John McCain was asked at a town hall meeting today whether he had "forgiven"... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/speculation_int.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/speculation_int.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:31:59 -0500 (Vanity Fair) In a little intramural joshing in the magazine world, Vanity Fair today posted a send-up of the by-now infamous New Yorker cover meant to be a satire of attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism. The New Yorker's version... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/vanity_fair_spo.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/vanity_fair_spo.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:57:31 -0500 ROCHESTER, N.H. -- John McCain continued his assault today on Barack Obama's Iraq policy, saying that his Democratic rival wrongly opposed the surge of US troops and that the withdrawal Obama backs would endanger the gains in Iraq. "He was... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/mccain_among_fr.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/mccain_among_fr.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:39:50 -0500 JERUSALEM -- Hours before Barack Obama's expected arrival in Jerusalem, a group of religious leaders accused him of "flip-flops" over the status of the Israeli capital and demanded that he use his visit to the country to flop back to... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_on_intern_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/obama_on_intern_1.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:57:45 -0500 Ron Paul, the iconclastic former Republican presidential hopeful, announced today that he will hold a rally at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Sept. 2, as the GOP holds its convention across the river in St. Paul. His supporters hoped... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/paul_announces.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/paul_announces.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:14:39 -0500 JERUSALEM -- While Barack Obama globetrots, two Republicans are also looking abroad -- and backwards, for retro sloganeering from the glam era of European conservatism. John McCain's latest television ad, attacking Obama for playing a role in raising gas prices,... http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/that_70sera_eur.html http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/that_70sera_eur.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:03:43 -0500