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Archive: Wag The Blog
Wag the Blog: The Longer, the Better?
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) continues to show no signs of dropping her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, despite the seemingly quixotic nature of her bid. "I'm going to keep going because you're keeping me...
By Chris Cillizza | May 10, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (327)
Special Weekend Wag the Blog: Debating the Debate
Even before Wednesday night's debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton ended, the protests about it from some within the Democratic Party had begun. Obama supporters slammed the proceedings as a "gotcha" fest in which ABC moderators Charlie Gibson...
By Chris Cillizza | April 19, 2008; 10:41 AM ET | Comments (233)
Wag the Blog Redux: Clinton in Bosnia
Last week, we asked Fixistas to weigh in on whether Sen. Hillary Clinton's Bosnia blunder might prove detrimental to her campaign, or merely pass as a minor blip. Just to recap -- Clinton had said she once fled sniper fire...
By Sarah Lovenheim | April 3, 2008; 06:43 PM ET | Comments (43)
Wag the Blog: A Question of Temperament?
In what has been a relatively slow news week, a made-for-television exchange between Sen. Barack Obama and a extremely persistent man requesting a photo with the Illinois Senator became all the buzz of the chattering class on Wednesday. Here's video...
By Chris Cillizza | April 2, 2008; 07:27 PM ET | Comments (441)
Wag the Blog: Clinton in Bosnia
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's story about a harrowing 1996 landing at an air base in Bosnia has now been formally debunked by comedian Sinbad (who was on the trip), the Post's fact checker Michael Dobbs, and this video provided by...
By Chris Cillizza | March 26, 2008; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (312)
Obama's Speech -- What Did You Think?
That speech, delivered by Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) yesterday in the face of growing concerns about the nature of his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is one of the few seminal moments in a campaign defined of late by...
By Chris Cillizza | March 19, 2008; 07:55 AM ET | Comments (439)
Wag the Blog: What to Do About Florida?
The Florida Democratic Party unveiled a vote-by-mail proposal, Thursday, that would -- in essence -- allow a re-vote of the state's Jan. 29 primary, and provide a way for the state's delegation to be seated and cast votes for a...
By Chris Cillizza | March 13, 2008; 02:55 PM ET | Comments (302)
Wag the Blog: Clinton on Saturday Night Live (Special Sunday Edition)
When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) disappeared from the campaign trail without warning yesterday, the rumor mill began churning. Had a cold or the flu knocked her down just 96 hours before the biggest votes of her political life? Did...
By Chris Cillizza | March 2, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (506)
Wag the Blog Redux: Impact of the McCain Story?
Last week we asked the Fix community whether the New York Times story that alleged a too-close relationship between Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and a female lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, might hurt the Arizona senator's presidential campaign. The fact that, less...
By Sarah Lovenheim | February 28, 2008; 06:00 PM ET | Comments (22)
Wag the Blog: Impact of the McCain Story?
The political world was abuzz last night about a New York Times story that alleged a too-close relationship between Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and a female lobbyist. Play Video VIDEO | McCain Dismisses Affair Rumor (CBS News) The story detailed...
By Chris Cillizza | February 21, 2008; 08:35 AM ET | Comments (186)
Wag the Blog: The Debate Over Debates
UPDATE, 8:30 am: Obama has agreed to a debates on Feb. 26 in Ohio and another debate in Texas before that state's March 4 primary. Obama's campaign did not offer up a specific date for the Texas debate but there...
By Chris Cillizza | February 8, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (232)
Wag the Blog Redux: Clinton vs. Obama on MLK Day
Earlier this week, Fix readers were asked for their take on the speeches Hillary Rodham Clintonand Barack Obama delivered on Sunday to honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. We asked which candidate you thought conveyed the most compelling message...
By Sarah Lovenheim | January 25, 2008; 03:30 PM ET | Comments (48)
Wag the Blog: On Speeches and Substance
To honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) spoke at two of the high profile African-American churches in the country on Sunday. Clinton addressed the Abyssinian Church in Harlem; Obama took...
By Chris Cillizza | January 22, 2008; 10:27 AM ET | Comments (100)
Wag the Blog: Clinton, Obama and Race
A truce has (apparently) been called between Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) after several days of increasingly strong rhetoric over racial issues. It all began when Clinton -- seeking to drive home her message that experience...
By Chris Cillizza | January 15, 2008; 12:33 PM ET | Comments (98)
Wag the Blog Redux: Making Sense of Ron Paul's Money
We asked the Fix community what Ron Paul's financial success said about the state of the Republican Party and the American political landscape. And boy did you respond! As of press time, 335 comments were made on the original post....
By Sarah Lovenheim | December 20, 2007; 05:45 PM ET | Comments (44)
Wag the Blog: What Does Ron Paul's Support Mean?
It started out as a lark. Signs touting Rep. Ron Paul's seemingly quixotic presidential campaign began popping up on the sides of roads. A "Ron Paul for President" bumper sticker would be spotted during the morning or evening commute. Then...
By Chris Cillizza | December 18, 2007; 04:45 PM ET | Comments (351)
Wag the Blog Redux
A USA Today/Gallup national poll from Monday showed the presidential race's two frontrunners -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- with considerably smaller leads than in past national surveys. Clinton led Sen....
By Sarah Lovenheim | December 7, 2007; 03:30 PM ET | Comments (20)
Wag the Blog: Slippage or Status Quo?
The new USA Today/Gallup national poll out this morning shows the presidential race's two frontrunners -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- coming back to the pack. Clinton led Sen. Barack Obama...
By Chris Cillizza | December 4, 2007; 11:45 AM ET | Comments (190)
Wag the Blog Redux: What Should Hillary Do?
Earlier this week we asked The Fix community whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) should hit back if attacked by her rivals in tonight's Democratic debate and, if so, what she should say. As always, you responded strongly -- and...
By Chris Cillizza | November 15, 2007; 03:42 PM ET | Comments (12)
Wag the Blog: What Should Hillary Do?
From her stumble over drivers' licenses in the Philadelphia debate to the controversy over a planted question at an Iowa town hall, it's been a rough few weeks for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). Clinton's best chance to change that...
By Chris Cillizza | November 13, 2007; 03:55 PM ET | Comments (90)
Wag the Blog: Debating Iran in Iowa
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.), the two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, for the past few days have been engaged in a pitched fight in Iowa over the future of American foreign policy toward...
By Chris Cillizza | October 24, 2007; 10:50 AM ET | Comments (123)
Wag the Blog Redux: Are Republican Attacks Helping Hillary?
For last week's Wag the Blog question we asked the Fix community whether the relentless Republican attacks on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) were actually strengthening her hand in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. As usual, you responded....
By Chris Cillizza | October 17, 2007; 04:50 PM ET | Comments (25)
Wag the Blog: Are GOP Attacks Helping Hillary?
Time and time again in yesterday's Republican debate, the leading candidates attacked Hillary Rodham Clinton and the direction they said she would take the country if elected president in 2008. In The Fix's debate winners and losers post, we put...
By Chris Cillizza | October 10, 2007; 02:00 PM ET | Comments (88)
Wag the Blog: Rush Limbaugh vs. MoveOn
A few weeks ago when MoveOn.org funded an ad referring to Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us", it set off a huge controversy with Republicans calling on Democrats to denounce the ad. It even led to votes in Congress...
By Chris Cillizza | October 4, 2007; 04:50 PM ET | Comments (170)
Wag the Blog: Fundraising Foibles
The bizarre story of fundraiser turned fugitive Norman Hsu has once again shined a spotlight on the business of professional cash-collecting and the perils it creates for candidates for president. In today's Post, John Solomon and Matt Mosk detail a...
By Chris Cillizza | September 20, 2007; 04:05 PM ET | Comments (63)
Wag the Blog Redux: The Gore-acle's Game
Last week's Wag the Blog discussion focused on who Al Gore might endorse for president and whether such an edorsement could hurt or hinder a candidate. Most of you seemed to think he'll check Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) off his list...
By Sarah Lovenheim | September 18, 2007; 11:12 AM ET | Comments (106)
Wag the Blog: Consulting the Gore-acle
In yesterday's paper, we reported that a number of the Democratic candidates have met with former Vice President Al Gore (henceforth referred to as the "Gore-acle" in this space) in hopes of winning his endorsement -- or at least wringing...
By Chris Cillizza | September 10, 2007; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (197)
Wag the Blog: What's the Deal With Louisiana?
When the news broke that Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) was a client of the so-called "D.C. Madam" the chattering class immediately began to debate whether the revelation was a death blow to Vitter's political career. Would he resign? Could he...
By Chris Cillizza | August 23, 2007; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (105)
Wag the Blog Redux: Richardson's Slip of the Tongue
During a recent Democratic presidential candidate forum in Los Angeles, Bill Richardson was asked whether homosexuality was a lifestyle choice or a biological predisposition and chose the former option -- a big mistake when courting the gay community. Last week,...
By Sarah Lovenheim | August 21, 2007; 04:57 PM ET | Comments (215)
Wag the Blog: Is Richardson Ready for Primetime?
While The Fix was in Iowa over the weekend, the Democrats attended a candidate forum out in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign and the LOGO cable network, the event was hosted by singer Melissa Etheridge and devoted...
By Chris Cillizza | August 14, 2007; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (179)
Wag the Blog Redux: Overlooking Obama?
Last week's Wag the Blog discussion on whether the mainstream media was missing something about Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) performance in the early presidential debates was, by The Fix's estimation, a high point in the nearly two years we have...
By Chris Cillizza | August 1, 2007; 04:56 PM ET | Comments (84)
Wag the Blog Redux: The Assault on Reason
Last week we asked the Fix community to respond to Sen. Dick Durbin's comments on the ongoing Iraq debate in Congress. Although Durbin called a troop withdrawal date "a worthy goal," he stressed that "it is not a realistic goal."...
By Sarah Lovenheim | July 18, 2007; 03:27 PM ET | Comments (87)
Wag the Blog: How Much Can Democrats Do?
Earlier this week, the Post's Shailagh Murray and I sat down with Sen. Dick Durbin to discuss -- among other topics -- the ongoing Iraq debate in Congress. Durbin, who was one of just 21 Democrats to vote against the...
By Chris Cillizza | July 12, 2007; 05:45 PM ET | Comments (82)
Wag the Blog Redux: Readers Talk Back
We asked and, as always, The Fix community answered. Nearly 300 comments were made to this week's Wag the Bog question on whether former Gov. Mitt Romney's (R-Mass.) Mormonism is a legitimate issue in the 2008 presidential campaign or not....
By Chris Cillizza | June 21, 2007; 04:36 PM ET | Comments (27)
Wag the Blog: Romney and the Mormon Question
Over the weekend we reported that a member of Sen. Sam Brownback's (R-Kans.) Iowa campaign staff had circulated a series of anti-Mormon talking points aimed at raising questions about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) faith. On Monday Brownback called...
By Chris Cillizza | June 19, 2007; 07:27 AM ET | Comments (299)
Wag the Blog Redux: Kos's Call to "Tape Everything"
Last week we asked The Fix community whether Markos Moulitsas's (a.k.a. Kos) call to tape every word uttered by Republican officials and candidates was a good or a bad thing for politics. You responded in droves. Before we get to...
By Chris Cillizza | June 3, 2007; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (16)
Wag the Blog: Tape Everything?
We've written extensively on The Fix about the power of Markos Moulitsas and his Web site, Daily Kos. Markos has become an iconic figure in the progressive netroots community and has considerable influence over those online activists. So, we were...
By Chris Cillizza | May 29, 2007; 08:22 AM ET | Comments (116)
Wag the Blog: HRC & Iraq, Revisited
Last week we asked The Fix community for their thoughts on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's delicate danceover her positioning on Iraq. Here's a sampling of the best comments: "As far as I can tell, neither Senator Clinton nor any of...
By Chris Cillizza | May 24, 2007; 04:58 PM ET | Comments (14)
Wag the Blog: Hillary's Iraq Headache?
While much of the political media's attention was focused on South Carolina and the second Republican presidential debate, the Democratic candidates were making a bit of news themselves. On Tuesday, Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) announced...
By Chris Cillizza | May 17, 2007; 02:36 PM ET | Comments (103)
Wag the Blog: Readers Sound Off on Segolene and Hillary
Earlier this week The Fix asked readers whether France's just-concluded presidential election carried any lessons for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as she campaigns for the White House in 2008. French voters rejected Segolene Royal, the Socialist Party candidate, in...
By Chris Cillizza | May 10, 2007; 05:15 PM ET | Comments (23)
Wag the Blog: Segolene and Hillary
On Sunday, Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal lost her bid to become the next president of France, losing in a runoff to conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy. Segolene Royal lost to Nicolas Sarkozy 53-47 in France's runoff presidential election. While most...
By Chris Cillizza | May 8, 2007; 05:00 AM ET | Comments (268)
Wag the Blog Follow-up: Readers' Advice for the Dems
On Monday, The Fix asked readers to weigh in on what the Democrats' best next move is -- politically -- when it comes to the debate over the war. Here are excerpts from some of the best comments submitted by...
By washingtonpost.com Editors | May 3, 2007; 11:59 AM ET | Comments (90)
Wag the Blog: What's Next for Democrats on Iraq
Since we skipped Wag the Blog last week amid all the hubbub surrounding the first Democratic presidential debate, we decided to kick this week off with it. And given President George W. Bush'spledge to veto the Iraq funding bill approved...
By Chris Cillizza | April 30, 2007; 05:00 AM ET | Comments (247)
Wag the Blog: Readers' Thoughts on Abortion Ruling
Wow. The Fix community sounded off in a major way -- 320 comments and counting -- on today's Wag the Blog question regarding the political implication's of the Supreme Court's ruling on the partial-birth abortion ban I've selected some of...
By Chris Cillizza | April 19, 2007; 10:31 PM ET | Comments (22)
Wag the Blog: An Abortion Rallying Cry for Dems?
Wednesday's news that the Supreme Court had upheld the ban on partial-birth abortion signed into law by President Bush in 2003 roiled the political waters that had been largely placid following Monday's shooting spree at Virginia Tech. Republicans largely praised...
By Chris Cillizza | April 19, 2007; 08:45 AM ET | Comments (326)
Wagging the Debate
Our debate over debates produced a lively discussion this afternoon on The Fix. Here's the best of the 125+ comments: * "[Edwards] is well enough known that he doesn't need to participate in a Fox debate for free publicity, and...
By Chris Cillizza | April 12, 2007; 10:30 PM ET | Comments (14)
Wag the Blog: Debate Over Debates
Over the last few weeks, former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) has led the charge against Fox News Channel's attempts to cosponsor a Democratic presidential debate. Last month, Edwards was the first Democratic candidate to back out of a planned August...
By Chris Cillizza | April 12, 2007; 02:28 PM ET | Comments (169)
Wag The Blog: Is Hope Enough?
"Hope" has become the hot new buzzword in American politics thanks to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Obama emerged on the national political scene in the summer of 2004 with his speech at the Democratic National Convention in which he called...
By Chris Cillizza | March 29, 2007; 03:08 PM ET | Comments (130)
Wag the Blog: Fix Readers Discuss Al Gore
The Fix asked and you answered. More than 160 comments have already been offered on the question of whether former Vice President Al Gore will (or won't) run for president in 2008 and why. There were many that were smartly...
By Chris Cillizza | March 26, 2007; 10:19 PM ET | Comments (15)
Wag The Blog: Will Gore Run?
The frenzy over whether or not Al Gore will run for president in 2008 reached a fever pitch yesterday as the former vice president testified in front of a House and a Senate committee about global warming. We've written extensively...
By Chris Cillizza | March 22, 2007; 05:00 AM ET | Comments (172)
