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Nugen also has spent years working with the actual delegates - not just 852 superdelegates but those obscure folks who are elected to represent their districts at the convention. "One of the things is having been on the Obama staff during the primaries doing politics he knows who needs what, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' Master of Ceremonies | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

Whether you see Biden's strengths as augmenting Obama or highlighting the Illinois senator's weaknesses, there's no doubt the two fit like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Where Obama may be criticized for inexperience, Biden has 35 years in the Senate to his credit. Some have fretted about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama-Biden Springfield Debut | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

Elite sprinters are not, however, simply improved versions of the average Sunday runner. They are physiologically different. For example, a typical human has in his skeletal muscles an equal balance of "fast-twitch" muscle fibers (quick contracting, easily fatigued muscle tissue that generates high power) and "slow-twitch" fibers (the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Fast Can Humans Go? | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

I think people will see that I'm not afraid to have folks around me who complement my strengths and who are independent. I'm not a believer in a government of yes-men. I think one of the failures of the early Bush Administration was being surrounded by people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama on His Veep Thinking | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

There is also a more populist tinge to Obama's message, as he tries to draw a clearer and more detailed distinction between his policies and McCain's, particularly on taxes. McCain, he says, is promoting "$300 billion worth of tax breaks for the same folks who've been getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Sharpens the Message | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

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