July 28, 2016 Haywire over Hacking: Media refuse to believe Trump's Russia comments were sarcastic The uproar over Donald Trump’s latest comments is a classic case of media-generated outrage.
July 28, 2016 Obama sells optimism, and Hillary, but can he stop Trumpism? It was in many ways a typical Barack Obama speech: overly long, somewhat self-justifying, building to a passionate crescendo.
July 27, 2016 The Trump show returns, briefly upstaging the Hillary convention There was a time when presidential candidates would go on vacation while the other party held its convention. That tradition has faded, but Donald Trump took things to a new level today, holding forth at a 75-minute news conference to break into the coverage of the Democratic convention.
July 27, 2016 The Natural: How Bill sold Hillary better than she sells herself Bill Clinton wisely began his speech by telling the oft-told tale of how he met Hillary Rodham after staring at her in the Yale Law School library, leaving him “speechless.”
July 26, 2016 Hillary deals with angry convention as Sarah Silverman busts the Bernie backers The opening of the Democratic convention was such a dysfunctional mess that it took Sarah Silverman to try to save the day.
July 26, 2016 Did Trump get a bump? Follow the media's bouncing ball When it comes to Donald Trump and the polls, the media are, well, bouncing around.
July 25, 2016 Media belatedly wake up to DNC email disaster as '60 Minutes' plays down a scoop In the space of 48 hours, the hacked DNC emails went from a B-minus story to the only story.
July 25, 2016 Tim Kaine, Hillary's 'safe' choice, gets kid-glove treatment from the media The media are giving their official blessing to Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine, praising him as a calm, experienced and slightly dull guy who can help her govern.
July 21, 2016 Trump turns serious, rolling the dice on a policy-packed speech Donald Trump wasted no time in making a lofty promise at the Republican convention: "The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end," and the day he is sworn in, "safety will be restored."
July 21, 2016 Party disunity? Cruz's 'me' moment is the latest distraction at Trump's convention I came to Cleveland believing that the whole notion of party unity was overrated.
