Tradition requires President-elect Barack Obama to give his top supporters a big party on Inauguration Day. Unfortunately, the nation's business owners and laid-off workers are in no party mood, whether they voted for him or not. ...more

January 18, 2009

Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism ( www.journalism.org), recently spoke to Presstime Magazine about whether the presidential candidates or the media are controlling the campaign message, the increasing importance of political blogs and why The Daily Show is good news for newspapers. ...more

July 27, 2008

A year ago last March, the Republican National Committee had fun sending someone in a "pander bear" suit to crash a Hillary Clinton fundraiser at a Washington hotel. ...more

May 4, 2008

A year ago last March, the Republican National Committee had fun sending someone in a "pander bear" suit to crash a Sen. Hillary Clinton fundraiser at a Washington hotel. ...more

May 4, 2008

Rudy Giuliani brought his anti-tax, anti-terrorism campaign message to the Tampa Bay area Monday as polls showed the Florida primary, which Giuliani must win, turning into a four-way dead heat. ...more

January 15, 2008