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Democrats claim John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate is cynical. Palin has sparked a culture war, they say, which will trick people into voting for the candidate they like over the one whose policies will benefit them...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: A True Reformer | 9/9/2008 | See Source »

...coverage. Magazines have also shown a preference for covering Obama, with the younger candidate scoring covers of Rolling Stone, GQ, People, Vanity Fair and Men's Vogue. So far this year, Obama has graced TIME's cover seven times, compared with three for McCain and one for his running mate, Sarah Palin. Newsweek has placed Obama-focused stories on the cover eight times in 2008, vs. four for McCain. "The press decided the campaign was going to be about Obama," Mark Salter, McCain's close adviser and co-author of his books, said last month. "There was nothing we could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Bias Claim: Truth or Tactic? | 9/8/2008 | See Source »

Sure, John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin to be his running mate fully consumed a GOP convention that was supposed to be focused on thumping Barack Obama over the head. And it may have raised questions about McCain's own judgment and seriousness. But, as we have been told ad nauseam since the surprise choice was announced last Friday, Palin has already provided one unquestionable, invaluable assist to the Republican campaign: with one sweep of her perfectly manicured hand, she has supposedly erased McCain's Evangelical problem and united the base that proved so key to George W. Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Evangelicals Really Sold on Palin? | 9/6/2008 | See Source »

...Evangelicals worry about just the same thing, despite the Senator's lifelong record of supporting nearly all abortion restrictions. While McCain tried to address that concern by declaring at Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum held last month that "life begins at conception," his continued flirtation with pro-choice running-mate possibilities like Joe Lieberman and Tom Ridge hurt his efforts to make inroads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Evangelicals Really Sold on Palin? | 9/6/2008 | See Source »

...Thursday morning, Huckabee spoke briefly with McCain by telephone, congratulating the nominee on his choice of Palin as his running mate. He also said he felt sorry for McCain for having to follow Palin's Wednesday-night speech. "She set the bar pretty high," Huckabee said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mike Huckabee: Still a GOP Star | 9/5/2008 | See Source »

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