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Team Obama Hit The Ground Running With McCain ‘Houses’ Gaffe
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
When McCain slipped up and couldn’t remember how many houses he owns (four to seven, actually), the Democratic nominee and his minions immediately began using it to their advantage.
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The Insider’s Guide to Election Polls
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
Don't believe the pundits! Why that five-point lead for McCain doesn't mean much, the Verizon Effect could be crucial, and you should ignore the exit polls on November 4.
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Guess Which Voice Coming Out of Matt Damon’s Mouth Is Cindy McCain and Which Is Michelle Obama?
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: In Other News
Both potential First Ladies contributed voice-overs to a kooky new ‘ONE Campaign’ ad. Can you pick out when they chime in?
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Could Caroline Kennedy Finally Convince Brits That Americans, Too, Have Class?
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
A London paper reports that Kennedy is eyeing the job of ambassador to Great Britain if Obama wins the presidency.
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Joe Lieberman Momentarily at the Center of the Political Universe
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
The jowly senator from Connecticut finds himself at the center of two campaign firestorms.
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State Assemblyman to Intern: I Want to ‘See Your Ducks’
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: In Other News
Salacious (and slightly confusing) e-mails between Buffalo legislator Sam Hoyt and a 19-year-old intern have us sniggering over our English Breakfast tea.
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Governor Awesome Spills More Truths, Earns More of Our Love
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
David Paterson admits he has feelings, talks back to the bullies in Albany.
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Will McCain’s Surrogates Bring Up Barack Obama’s Destitute Kenyan Brother?
Posted 08/20/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
Italian ‘Vanity Fair’ recently tracked down the candidate’s youngest half-brother outside of Nairobi, and learned that he lives on less than a dollar a month and sometimes has to fight for his own safety. Who wants to chat that up on Fox News?
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GOP Confirms: Joe Lieberman to Speak at Republican National Convention
Posted 08/20/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
But will this really affect independent voters?
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Voters Souring on Obama As Never Before
Posted 08/20/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
His momentum has vanished, the race has drawn to a dead heat, and Republicans are, maybe for the first time, showing some real optimism.
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Paterson Gets Albany Budget Cuts, But Not As Many As Hoped
Posted 08/20/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
Having forced the State Legislature to reconvene over economic issues, the governor made progress — but critics argue it wasn't nearly enough.
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Bloomberg Wants to Turn NYC Into Windy City
Posted 08/20/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
Ever walked to work in the winter on the far West Side and battled that insane breeze off the Hudson? Soon enough, that wind could be working for you!
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Heilemann: McCain’s Pro-Choice V.P. Bluff
Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
The alarm bells started ringing last week in the rightmost corners of Republican Nation, when John McCain suggested to 'The Weekly Standard' that the door was still open to the possibility of his naming Tom Ridge as his running mate.
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Bloomberg: Tired of McCain and Obama’s Energy ‘Pandering’
Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
At a clean energy summit in Las Vegas, Hizzoner takes aim at the presidential candidates.
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Who Won the Showdown at Saddleback?
Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
Pastor Rick was able to summon sides of the candidates we can't usually see in standard debates.
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Mario Cuomo Helped Investment Firm Being Probed by Son Andrew
Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
The State Attorney General can’t be pleased his dad is hooking up a firm that he suspects is getting too much help from politicians.
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Is Hillary Softening Up — Literally — For the Convention?
Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel: Early and Often
The ‘Daily News’ claims she's had a ‘dermafiller’ injected into her face. We look at the photo evidence, and aren't so sure.
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Falling Dollars
Posted 08/16/08 in Daily Intel: It Happened This Week
Everything that happened last week, in case you weren't paying attention.
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Kevin Powell Wants Anika Noni Rose to Be His Congressional First Lady
Posted 08/15/08 in Daily Intel: In Other News
The former 'Real World' star and aspiring congressman wants us to let you — and the 'Dreamgirls' star — know that he has a crush.
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Barack Obama Hopes for a Michael Phelps Bump, Too
Posted 08/15/08 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
We tease Obama for his sexy beach shots.
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