TPMtv: Sarah Palin Lovefest
Sarah Palin Lovefest
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: We wrap up reaction to Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican Convention, in the most patriotic episode of TPMtv ever.
Sarah Palin Lovefest
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: We wrap up reaction to Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican Convention, in the most patriotic episode of TPMtv ever.
The Rise and Fall of The GOP
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Generational election? Political sea change? After a few days in St. Paul, TPMtv's David Kurtz is beginning to be convinced.
Gamechanger?
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Sarah Palin has managed to dominate the news -- and the buzz here in St. Paul -- despite Obama's speech to 75,000 in Denver, a Gulf Coast hurricane and the Republican National Convention. We review the various reactions to the Palin selection from the Republican side.
RNC Arrival
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Hurricane Gustav has thrown at least the first day of the Republican Convention into disarray. We report from St. Paul with the latest.
GOP House of Cards
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Last night the Democrats snatched up the open House seat in Mississippi's heavily Republican 1st district, their third pickup this year of an open seat previously held by a Republican. In each case, the national GOP threw everything they had at holding onto the seat. In today's episode we explore just how bad a sign this could be for the GOP's prospects come November.
U.S. News & World Report suggested today that John McCain may be pressured into picking a female Vice President in order to straddle the gender gap, regardless of who is at the top of the Democrat ticket. US News:
“Party strategists and even a few of his own outside advisers want the 71-year-old to consider a woman because it would soften his edge and help cut the gender gap that could favor the Democrats this year with either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama at the top of the ticket. Among the names...
CNN, Fox News and MSNBC have projected that John McCain has clinched the Republican nomination based on his wins tonight.
Most of the networks are projecting John McCain as winner of the Vermont and Ohio primaries.
Florida Primary Showdown
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Odds are we'll have a decent idea who the Democratic nominee is going to face in November when we know the winner of tonight's Republican primary in Florida. In today's episode of TPMtv we run down the state of the race and what to expect tonight; and tonight we'll be bringing you live results as late as it goes.
McCain v. RightWing Media Elites
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Limbaugh's against McCain; DeLay's against McCain. Indeed, they both say they'd rather sit out the campaign than see McCain be president. And you can hear similar claims that McCain is "unacceptable" to conservatives from various big time talk radio yakkers and political muckity mucks. But is it true? Is John McCain anathema to the GOP base. In today's episode of TPMtv we look at some polls that say it may not be.