2008-05-13T04:01:12Z tag:blog.washingtonpost.com,2008:/stumped//359 Copyright (c) 2008, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2008-05-13T04:01:12Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-13:/stumped/2008/05/vp_or_vip.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, The presidential nominee isn't necessarily the one who picks the vice president, is he/she? If I recall, wasn't Lyndon B. Johnson sort of forced on John F. Kennedy? Is there a committee of some sort that picks a VP it thinks will "round out" the president? -- Mary Toombs Dear...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-12T23:15:44Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-09:/stumped/2008/05/drop_out_already_hillary.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, If all Democratic superdelegates, including the uncommitted and those who have already endorsed a candidate, voted for the candidate who received the most popular votes in the primary or caucus of the superdelegate's home state (as opposed to the nation as a whole), which candidate would have the most delegates?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-12T23:15:44Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-06:/stumped/2008/05/why_clintonobama_wont_work.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, Before the arrival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright onto the scene, my prediction was that Barack Obama would win the nomination but take the VP slot on a Clinton-Obama ticket as part of a four-year deal -- because each knows that neither can win the election without the other. Hillary...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-12T23:15:44Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-02:/stumped/2008/05/im_for_obama_in_2012.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, I am a longtime Obama supporter. My best friend is as well, but hasn't been for as long, and I think she is losing the religion, so to speak. What I mean is, she is just about ready to throw in the towel and tell everyone who will listen to...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-12T23:15:44Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-29:/stumped/2008/04/bush_deserves_the_gold.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] My editors inform me that they are having e-mail server issues, so Stumped didn't receive any actual questions for today. I'd like to think it's because all those angry Hillary Clinton supporters crashed the server in response to my last column. In any event, today is like the day the substitute teacher...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-25:/stumped/2008/04/hillary_clinton_gop_heroine.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, I have a lot of issues with the news media's coverage of this campaign, but they can all be reduced to one question: What did Hillary Clinton do to you to deserve such treatment? -- James E. Hilton Dear James, I respect Hillary Clinton's tenacity, and I think it's time...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-22:/stumped/2008/04/obamas_pennsylvania_surprise.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, Endorsements come in all styles and sizes, from Kennedys to Chuck Norris. I realize they usually don't make a difference, but do you think that one stands out this election cycle as particularly noteworthy or influential? Ted Kravis Dear Ted, I understand that Hillary Clinton has Osama bin Laden vouching...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Editor 2008-05-12T23:15:44Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-15:/stumped/2008/04/programming_note.html

Stumped is away from his desk, contemplating the defining issues of the 2008 election, including the definition of the term "defining issue." He will be back next week, just in time to assist Pennsylvanians with any last-minute decisions. Please send your questions to stumped@washingtonpost.com....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Editor 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-11:/stumped/2008/04/the_democrats_iraq_dilemma.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped: Although invading Iraq was a mistake, pulling out hastily may only compound it. How, exactly, do Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton propose to withdraw American troops from Iraq while preventing a civil war and the ensuing instability in the region? If, in the final analysis, the conclusion is that things...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-08:/stumped/2008/04/overcoming_my_mccain_misgiving.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, As a Reagan Republican, I have a very difficult time supporting John McCain, who seems to me only a less dangerous version of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. What can I do to be more enthusiastic about my candidate? I will be supporting him in the fall but am not...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-04-04:/stumped/2008/04/how_hillary_is_worse_than_chen.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped: Why do you think that Democrats get roasted for "memory lapses" while Republicans do not? For example, in his vice presidential nomination acceptance speech in August 2000, Vice President Cheney spoke of flying over Arlington by helicopter and being emotionally touched by its "crosses row on row." Headstones at Arlington...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-03-28:/stumped/2008/03/can_rush_save_hillary.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, The man goes on the radio, on a program broadcast across state lines, and tells people in Ohio and Texas (and now Pennsylvania) to switch their affiliation from Republican to Democrat so that they can vote for Hillary Clinton, then turn around and vote for John McCain later in the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-03-25:/stumped/2008/03/how_hillary_can_still_win.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, Is Hillary being rude at this point, acting like a dinner guest who's overstayed her welcome? Or do you think she still has a chance to become the Democratic nominee even though the arithmetic is on Obama's side? And will Bill Richardson's endorsement of Obama help him with voters? --...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-03-21:/stumped/2008/03/obama_great_speech_wont_matter_1.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, I'm watching the American primaries from abroad, in Portugal. One thing that puzzles me is this: If Sen. Barack Obama's mother was white and his father was African, how come Sen. Obama is considered black instead of white, or mixed? Is the darker skin color so strong as to prevail...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez 2008-05-14T00:25:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-03-18:/stumped/2008/03/obamas_caucus_conundrum.html

[Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, Main question: Why does Barack Obama win every caucus against Hillary Clinton? Corollary question: Why does Clinton win almost every large-state primary? -- Dean A. Barclay Dear Dean, I myself have been stumped at the ease with which Obama has claimed most of the caucuses, to a point where the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Andres Martinez