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Closure: Campaign Edition
Not-So-Ordinary People
12/20/2008 12:00:00 AM
PERSPECTIVES
The Year in Quotes—And Cartoons
12/20/2008 12:00:00 AM
"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities."—Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, taking a jab at Barack Obama's résumé at the Republican National Convention
YEAR IN REVIEW
From Hillary To McCain
12/17/2008 12:00:00 AM
CHAPTER 4
Going Into Battle
Evan Thomas 11/6/2008 12:00:00 AM
McCain was not a natural orator on the stump. He had trouble reading from a teleprompter, and he had an odd way of smiling at inappropriate times, flashing an expression that looked more like a frozen rictus than a friendly grin. During one early debate, he smiled broadly as he discussed crushing the enemy in Iraq. McCain could be moody, and he did not try very hard to disguise his moods. One of his advisers used the word "heady" to describe the candidate. He meant that his speaking style was easily swayed by his emotions. McCain could look hot or riled up (his traveling buddy Lindsey Graham particularly affected his moods, for better and for worse), or he could appear wooden, even sullen. McCain was bored by dreary presentations of his own polling data, but he could get agitated reading about other people's polls in the press. His staff tried to keep away overstimulating distractions, but it was hopeless. During the campaign's low-budget period, when the candidate was traveling on the cut-rate airline JetBlue, he would get wound up watching political talk shows on the small video screen facing his seat.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Hackers and Spending Sprees
11/5/2008 12:00:00 AM
The computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack by an unknown "foreign entity," prompting a federal investigation, NEWSWEEK reports today.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Debunking the Bradley Effect
Nate Silver 10/21/2008 12:00:00 AM
With Barack Obama having moved into a statistically significant lead in most public polling, and the Democrats' strongest issue—the economy—likely to remain tops on the electorate's mind between now and Nov. 4, commentators are asking how John McCain can win the election. The best answer that many of them have come up with? The "Bradley effect."