By James Oliphant
Tribune correspondent
October 28, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here’s one random sampling from a battleground state, with some margin for error.
“I just want it to end,” my father says. “Make it stop.”
The phone has just rung, and he knows the number. Knows not to answer. “It’s just them,” he mutters.
“Them,” by the way, is a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘McCain’
October 28, 2008
Battleground fatigue: A letter from Columbus
October 23, 2008
If McCain went Hollywood
John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson weigh in. Well, not really.
October 22, 2008
Biden: No brain scans for aneurysms
The Chicago Tribune reports that among recent medical records released by Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, there are no scans that might indicate the potential for another dehabilitating aneurysm such as the ones he suffered 20 years ago. Biden, 65, had multiple brain surgeries following the attacks.
Here’s the report:
Newly released medical records [...]
September 4, 2008
Obama: ‘Who are they fighting for?’
Barack Obama addresses reporters at a hydroelectric turbine plant in York, Pa.
YORK, Pa.–Barack Obama said Thursday he wasn’t surprised by the ferocity of Republican attacks this week during the party’s convention in St. Paul.
“This is what they do,” Obama told reporters after a campaign event at a plant in York. “They don’t have an agenda [...]
August 21, 2008
DOUBLETAKE: Is Mac thumpin’ PC?
Welcome to Doubletake, your morning mash-up with Tribune correspondents Jim Tankersley and Jim Oliphant. Now in new Extreme Arctic Blast flavor.
Jim Oliphant: So, get your text message yet?
Jim Tankersley: No. And my new rule is, no text, no veepstakes in the chat. This is non-negotiable.
Oliphant: I haven’t gotten mine yet either. But this I am pret-ty sure this art [...]
August 18, 2008
Obama on crime: Doing the Willie Horton?
WASHINGTON — Few presidential candidates in modern times have been identified with a large urban area likeBarack Obama is with Chicago. And sometimes, that can present a problem.
This election season, for instance, the residents of Obama’s hometown are being murdered at a clip not seen in five years.
Murders have risen 18 percent [...]
August 6, 2008
Hamdan: John McCain statement
ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain issued the following statement on today’s verdict in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan:
”I welcome today’s guilty verdict in the first trial held under the Military Commissions Act (MCA). This process of bringing terrorists to justice has been too long delayed, but I’m [...]
