Archive: Presidential Politics
Obama Woos the Feds
Readers suggest ways for President-elect Obama to improve federal services.
By Doug Feaver | November 17, 2008; 07:35 AM ET | Comments (0)
Win Brings Change -- in Tone of Comments
Readers took on a different and, for the most part, more civilized tone Tuesday in their congratulatory and celebratory comments about the election.
By Doug Feaver | November 5, 2008; 09:25 AM ET | Comments (2)
Readers Believe Obama Polls
It's over except for the voting and almost all polls show Democrat Barack Obama as the likely winner of the presidency. Our Readers Who Comment this morning seem to agree.
By Doug Feaver | November 3, 2008; 07:38 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Barack Obama Show
Readers critique Tom Shales's review of Barack Obama's TV show.
By Doug Feaver | October 30, 2008; 07:44 AM ET | Comments (8)
Are the Polls Wrong?
Readers debate the question: "Could the polls be wrong?"
By Doug Feaver | October 29, 2008; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (9)
Obama Leads in Virginia
Readers discuss new Washington Post polll showing Obama leading by eight points in Virginia.
By Doug Feaver | October 27, 2008; 07:38 AM ET | Comments (17)
It's (Still) The Economy
Readers debate the causes of economic distress.
By Doug Feaver | October 23, 2008; 08:40 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Real Palin
Readers debate the truth of Sarah Palin's "real America"" remark.
By Doug Feaver | October 22, 2008; 08:50 AM ET | Comments (37)
Powell's Endorsement
Powell's endorcement of Obama has generated more than 1,400 coments -- many alledging the endorsement is about race, since both Powell and Obama are African American. Others decry that characterization.
By Doug Feaver | October 20, 2008; 09:49 AM ET | Comments (2)
Angry McCain, Cool Obama
More of our Readers Who Comment seem to be scoring last night's presidential candidates debate for Democrat Barack Obama at the hour this is written, but it is by no means unanimous.
By Doug Feaver | October 16, 2008; 07:32 AM ET | Comments (63)
Obama Polls Ahead
Our Readers Who Comment this morning are unusually unified in their views of two articles, suggesting either that most of them are Democrats or that Republicans have decided to take a pass.
By Doug Feaver | October 13, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (110)
McCain's Problems
Readers debate what McCain needs to do to move the numbers.
By Doug Feaver | October 9, 2008; 06:48 AM ET | Comments (996)
Readers' Town Hall Letdown
Our Readers Who Comment were not thrilled by last night's presidential candidate debate.
By Doug Feaver | October 8, 2008; 06:38 AM ET | Comments (65)
Democrat Registration Edge
Barack Obama's campaign is "poised to benefit" in the presidential election from significant voter registration gains by Democrats in several key states, Alec MacGillis and Alice Crites write this morning. The question, raised both by Republicans quoted in the article and by many Readers Who Comment, is whether those new...
By Doug Feaver | October 6, 2008; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (34)
McCain's Gamble
Readers discuss the wisdom of McCain's suspension of his campaign.
By Doug Feaver | September 25, 2008; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (610)
Poll Results Attacked, Cheered
Reader discuss new Washington Post-ABC News poll showing Barack Obama with a nine-point lead.
By Doug Feaver | September 24, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (341)
Economy Bites McCain
Readers discuss economy's impact on McCain campaign.
By Doug Feaver | September 18, 2008; 08:20 AM ET | Comments (116)
Battleground States Will Pick the Winner
On a day when the financial markets are in turmoil, on a day after the Redskins won (that's what's really important here in Washington), our political staff has talked to both Democrats and Republicans and discovered that voters in the same old so-called Battleground States will decide who becomes our...
By Doug Feaver | September 15, 2008; 07:23 AM ET | Comments (24)
Much Ado About Lipstick
Readers debate whether the presidential race is over and David Broder argues that it's too soon to tell.
By Doug Feaver | September 11, 2008; 07:45 AM ET | Comments (649)
Palin Reinvigorates the Base
Readers discuss vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's popularity with the Republican base."
By Doug Feaver | September 8, 2008; 07:49 AM ET | Comments (301)
McCain, Palin Draw Sniping, Support
Readers debate the state of the race for the White House finals.
By Doug Feaver | September 5, 2008; 07:33 AM ET | Comments (828)
Palin Draws Cheers, Respect, Fear
Hockey Mom Sarah Palin unquestionably fired up the Republican National Convention last night. As Dan Balz wrote in his analysis of her acceptance speech, the GOP's vice presidential nominee "proved to be an instant jolt of energy for a political party that has been worried and demoralized for much of...
By Doug Feaver | September 4, 2008; 07:36 AM ET | Comments (543)
McCain's Judgment
Readers debate whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was sufficiently vetted.
By Doug Feaver | September 3, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (334)
Palin and Her Earmarks
Readers discuss Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's success in gaining $27 million in federal earmarks for the community where she was mayor.
By Doug Feaver | September 2, 2008; 07:51 AM ET | Comments (53)
Bill Clinton Leads the Charge
Readers mostly praise Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention.
By Doug Feaver | August 28, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (31)
Not All Have Been Healed
Readers debate whether Hillary Clinton's speech brought unity to Democrats.
By Doug Feaver | August 27, 2008; 07:34 AM ET | Comments (24)
Hillary Supporters Still Angry
Readers debate whether Democratic unity is possible.
By Doug Feaver | August 25, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (399)
Turning Virginia Blue
Readers debate whether all those new registered voters in Virginia will vote for Obama or McCain.
By Doug Feaver | August 18, 2008; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (15)
McCain, Georgia and Lobbying
Readers debate John McCain's reaction to the Georgia-Russia situation.
By Doug Feaver | August 13, 2008; 08:03 AM ET | Comments (71)
Low-Wage Workers, Poll Timeliness
Our readers debate poll finding that low-wage workers favor Obama.
By Doug Feaver | August 4, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (16)
Campaign Coverage: Fair or Fouled Up?
The Post succeeded in charging up the partisans from both major political parties with an article about a lack of evidence for a McCain ad and a column about Obama's presumptuousness.
By Doug Feaver | July 30, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (16)
Obama and the Surge
If you like Obama, you'll like the Post analysis and hate its editorial today.
By Doug Feaver | July 23, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (27)
Conservatives vs. McCain
Our readers have a spirited debate about inconsistencies between Sen. John McCain's positions and a conservative GOP platform.
By Doug Feaver | July 7, 2008; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (813)
Mourning for Clinton
Eli Saslow reports on a family of Clinton supporters who "mourned the political passing of a woman who so inspired them that she felt less like a distant politician than a dear friend."
By Doug Feaver | June 9, 2008; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (0)
Obama-Clinton: Nightmare or Dream?
Many readers have serious questions about whether Sen. Barack Obama -- the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee -- would be making a big mistake if he invites Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to join him on the ticket.
By Doug Feaver | June 5, 2008; 09:25 AM ET | Comments (144)
Obama's Win: Small States, Big Media
How Obama did it is documented by Jonathan Weisman, Shailagh Murray and Peter Slevin in an article that shows Obama chose campaign strategists who wrote a brilliant playbook.
By Doug Feaver | June 4, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (82)
Racism vs. Sexism
Shankar Vedantam Departmentof Human Behavior column says that the Democratic presidential battle has caused supporters of Sens. Obama and Clinton to feel that the campaign "has pitted race against gender."
By Doug Feaver | June 2, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (0)
Obama, Clinton, Misogyny, Racism
The Democratic presidential nomination contest took another lurch forward last night with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sweeping Kentucky and Sen. Barack Obama winning easily in Oregon.
By Doug Feaver | May 21, 2008; 09:50 AM ET | Comments (179)
Democratic Disunity
"the Ill will" between supporters of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has become intense.
By Doug Feaver | May 19, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (187)
Obama's Candidacy and Racism
A story about Obama surrogates encountering raw racism has generated more than 3,300 comments from our readers, an unusually high number.
By Doug Feaver | May 15, 2008; 07:42 AM ET | Comments (0)
Clinton and the Dead Parrot
Dana Milbank suggests that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential prospects are as dead as that Norwegian blue parrot in the famous Monty Python bit.
By Doug Feaver | May 14, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (75)
The Limbaugh Factor
Readers express special interest in a story that asks if radio host Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" actually held down Obama's totals.
By Doug Feaver | May 8, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (149)
Time for Clinton To Quit?
There is unusual near unanimity among our readers. Many of them seem to want Clinton to concede and go home.
By Doug Feaver | May 7, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (0)
Politicians and Gasoline
Economic arguments mostly about the gasoline tax are fueling the comments of our readers today.
By Doug Feaver | May 5, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (52)
The Beat Goes On
Sen. Clinton's victory kept her candidacy alive, but her path to the nomination remains "extraordinarily treacherous."
By Doug Feaver | April 23, 2008; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (0)
Readers Distrust Polls, Candidates
A new Washington Post - ABC News poll today says that Sen. Barack Obama holds a 10-point lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when Democrats are asked whom they would prefer to see as the party's presidential nominee.
By Doug Feaver | April 16, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Bitterness Lingers
Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, seem to have joined the same church choir in finding fault with Obama's observation about bitterness.
By Doug Feaver | April 15, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
A Political Surge
The three surviving candidates for president will all get chances tomorrow to ask questions of Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker at Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committee hearings about the situationsituation in Iraq.
By Doug Feaver | April 7, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (15)
Are We There Yet?
I can't avoid politics today. Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray tell us this morning that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is pouring everything its got into the Texas and Ohio Democratic primaries next Tuesday because even her strongest supporters think she's toast if she doesn't win both states. This...
By Doug Feaver | February 28, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (30)
The Shakeup's Backstory
Readers Who Comment are all over the story reporting that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has replaced her campaign manager and longtime aide Patti Solis Doyle.
By Doug Feaver | February 11, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (135)
The Battle for Virginia
Bill Turque and Anne E. Kornblut report that Virginia has become a major battleground for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
By Doug Feaver | February 7, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (6)
More Comments To Come
Our first national primary has produced in a fascinating fight for the Democratic nomination and a Republican who looks to be on his way to the nomination with the help of a candidate nobody outside of Arkansas knew six months ago.
By Doug Feaver | February 6, 2008; 09:48 AM ET | Comments (297)
McCain's Pros and Cons
Sen. John McCain could lock up the Republican nomination by Wednesday morning, a prospect that has our McCain's GOP colleagues and our Readers Who Comment reassessing their views.
By Doug Feaver | February 4, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (66)
Much Ado About Clinton's "Beauty Contest"
An overwhelming number of our Readers Who Comment want to talk about commentary on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's victory in Florida's Democratic noncontest in which she had pledged not to campaign.
By Doug Feaver | January 30, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (101)
Readers Minds Made Up on SOTU
Our Readers Who Comment are splitting their attention today between the upcoming State of the Union message by President Bush, and the Kennedy clan's decision to endorse Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy for the Democratic nomination.
By Doug Feaver | January 28, 2008; 09:50 AM ET | Comments (31)
Readers Say No to Polls, Illegal Immigrants
Our Readers Who Comment today have made two things very clear: 1) They don't trust polls. 2) They are angry about illegal immigration.
By Doug Feaver | January 14, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (211)
New Hampshire vs. Gibbs
Our Readers Who Comment are talking more about politics politics than Joe Gibbs' resignation, so we'll go with that.
By Doug Feaver | January 9, 2008; 08:09 AM ET | Comments (197)
A Storm of Comments
In case you've been out of touch, today is the day some Iowans will gather in various places and decide who they think the major party presidential candidates should be.
By Doug Feaver | January 3, 2008; 07:55 AM ET | Comments (28)
Disliking Hillary and Huckabee
It turns out that not all Democratic men like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and not all Republican Baptists like Baptist minister Mike Huckabee.
By Doug Feaver | December 20, 2007; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (11)
