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Candidates - especially those mired in the single digits - often compare themselves to David in the biblical battle against Goliath and the Philistines. The implication is usually that second- or third-tier candidates are more virtuous because they haven't sold out to become front-runners. Not surprisingly, the rhetorical appeal has a self-justifying tone that rarely works. But on Saturday, in the hands of Huckabee, a Baptist preacher, the David reference became a rallying cry that resonated with social conservatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee's Bid for the Christian Right | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...Iskandariyah's mayor and was in charge of special Iranian-trained cells that plant the powerful roadside bombs known as EFPs, explosively formed penetrators, to kill American GIs in this volatile area south of Baghdad. The capture threw the local Jaish al Mahdi into a crisis, leading two top-tier leaders to knock on the gates of the nearby American base two days later asking for an audience with the American commander there. It was the first time the leadership of the JAM, as it's commonly known, had made such a bold overture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting a Deal with Mahdi Militants | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...Clinton leading their respective competitors nationally, but the race is still wide open. Bill Clinton has described campaigning for President as a job interview, with an application process consisting of unrelenting media scrutiny and a grueling coast-to-coast gauntlet of events and debates. Here we present the top-tier finalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Fence: A Voter's Guide To the 2008 Election | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, L.A. Guns, White Lion, Skid Row, and Black Sabbath. "Despite the fact that it's two decades later, people still like to bang their heads, raise their fists, and have some fun," says Jeff Albright, president of the Albright Entertainment Group and publicist for numerous top-tier hard rock singers. "The opportunities for revenue are probably greater than ever before," says Albright, referring to concert video DVDs and downloads via iTune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Came from the Eighties | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...neophyte, has quietly spearheaded the Ron Paul Internet juggernaut. The campaign raised $5 million in the third quarter of 2007 (five times as much as Mike Huckabee took in), largely from online donations. Paul's YouTube channel has more than 29,000 subscribers, and he often beats out top-tier candidates in online and text-message polls. Lack of resources forced Lam, a Bay Area native, to turn to existing (and free) social-networking sites to do online outreach--in other words, MySpace, not McCainSpace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Briefing: Oct 15, 2007 | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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