Texas Sen. John Cornyn, accusing the White House of compiling an "enemies list," has asked President Barack Obama to stop an effort to collect "fishy" information Americans see about a health care overhaul. Share/Save Read More →

By Lorraine Woellert and Hans Nichols (BLOOMBERG)  President-elect Barack Obama’s top political aides are transplanting their campaign tactics to the policy arena, using data from polls and focus groups to shape the debate over a stimulus plan that may cost at least $775 billion. Share/Save Read More →

By Randy Ludlow "State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber." Share/Save Read More →

By Larry Elder TOWNHALL – Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama promises to "cut taxes for 95 percent of American workers." That's not possible. Share/Save Read More →

By Teddy Davis ABC NEWS – John McCain may have found a blue-collar face to help him argue that no American — not even the richest 5 percent — should pay higher taxes. "Joe The Plumber" has weighed in on Wednesday's presidential debate and he says that Barack Obama's tax plan "infuriates me." Share/Save Read More →

By Lee Cary AMERICAN THINKER – The Obama Campaign has released its talking points for tonight’s debate. You can find them on DRUDGE. The ten points blend misdirection, obfuscation and fuzzy math. Here’s a look at five of the talking points and their inherent tactics. Share/Save Read More →

The Obama campaign issued a set of debate 'talking points' to media on Wednesday morning, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal. Press Secretary Sean Smith issued the directive in an email from Pennsylvania, 12 hours before the debate. The directive oddly mirrors much of the main press analysis and theme of the current campaign: Share/Save Read More →

By Andy Barr John McCain said Tuesday that Barack Obama is “probably ensured” that his association with 1960s radical William Ayers will come up in Wednesday’s debate. Share/Save Read More →

By Doug Edelman The Obama defenders are complaining that William Ayers’ radical bombings in the late 1960s and early 1970s are dismissible as "old news." They declare Obama's associations to be "irrelevant." (Somehow I'm prompted to wonder what they'd say if McCain were a friend of a 1940s Nazi prison camp guard.) Yet Obama's associations are relevant, as they... 

By Nile Gardiner TELEGRAPH – There was no killer punch last night in Nashville, no spectacular gaffes in an often low-key sparring match that didn't transform the presidential race. The debate did though prove, as did the first in Mississippi, that John McCain is a far more accomplished and natural debater than Barack Obama. If this election was decided on debate skills alone, McCain would... 

By Yomin Postelnik CFP – Here’s a prediction: If the networks are still around in all their glorious gory (sic) in four years, the winner of the first presidential debate will be the Democratic nominee.  He or she will go on to win the second and the third debate, this streak being interrupted only by the victory in his/her own right of the Democratic vice presidential nominee during...