Monthly Archives: January 2008

More Money Doesn’t Guarantee Nomination

Posted on January 11, 2008

Q: Does the person with the most money ALWAYS win the presidential nomination? A: No. The biggest money-raisers are beaten fairly regularly. Just ask Howard Dean.

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Sliming Obama

Posted on January 10, 2008 , Corrected on January 11, 2008

Summary If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one. One claims that Obama is "certainly a racist" by virtue of belonging to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says "will accept only black parishoners" and espouses a …
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Why Only Two Major Parties?

Posted on January 9, 2008

Q: Why are there only two major parties in the U.S.? A: The winner-take-all system in the U.S. favors two stable parties.

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Giuliani Visits Mistress

Posted on January 8, 2008

Q: Did Giuliani break the law using city funds while visiting his mistress? A: No. Reporters who broke the story didn’t suggest he acted illegally.                     

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One-Two Punch for GOP

Posted on January 7, 2008 , Corrected on January 8, 2008

Summary In the final debate before New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary election, five Republican candidates appeared on Fox News. We found no shortage of recycled bunk, and a new twist or two: Huckabee repeated his claim to have made 94 tax cuts including the "first broad-based tax cut" in the history …
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N.H. Debate: The Dems’ Turn

Posted on January 6, 2008 , Updated on January 8, 2008 , Corrected on January 8, 2008

Summary During the Democratic portion of the Jan. 5 New Hampshire debate: Obama claimed we are "back where we started two years ago" in Iraq. Actually, all indicators of violence show dramatic improvement compared with two years ago. Clinton repeated a misleading claim that the 2005 energy bill was "larded …
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N.H. Debate: The GOP Field

Posted on January 6, 2008 , Updated on October 21, 2009

Summary Republican and Democratic candidates participated in double-header debates in New Hampshire Jan. 5 in advance of the state's first-in-the-nation primary. Republicans were up first, and they got a little wild with their swings: Romney claimed that the 47 million Americans who lack health care are not covered because they …
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Presidential Signing Statements

Posted on January 4, 2008

Q: Are presidential signing statements unconstitutional? A: Probably not. But they don’t have much impact, either.

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Huckabee’s Attack Ad Runs After All

Posted on January 3, 2008 , Updated on January 4, 2008

 Summary The ad Huckabee said he decided not to run has now appeared at least three times in Iowa anyway. It accuses Romney of being "dishonest" but shades the facts in the process. Update, Jan. 4: The ad ran at least 10 times on four different stations in Davenport and …
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Obama’s Creative Clippings

Posted on January 3, 2008

Summary Obama's ad touting his health care plan quotes phrases from newspaper articles and an editorial, but makes them sound more laudatory and authoritative than they actually are. It attributes to The Washington Post a line saying Obama's plan would save families about $2,500. But the Post was citing the …
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