The campaign goes nuclear
We look at an ad that touts Obama's nuclear record and a chain e-mail that slams it.
We look at an ad that touts Obama's nuclear record and a chain e-mail that slams it.
An ad from the DNC claims McCain is all over the map on Iraq. We find the ad leaves important context on the cutting room floor.
Some charge Obama with changing positions on withdrawal from Iraq; we cull through the record and find he has been consistent.
Blogs and chain e-mails are spreading a Maureen Dowd column that claims the Obama campaign got suspicious contributions from Iran, Saudi Arabia and China. But the column is a fake.
It's easy to say a candidate flip-flops. But does he? We look at the various claims against John McCain.
Biden defends Obama by saying McCain changes positions, too. Yes, but not much on Iraq.
Now his party's nominee, Obama touts love of country in his new ad. It gets his points on taxes and welfare largely right. A third claim on veterans health benefits is less clear.
We take apart popular notions on foreign debt and oil imports. Economists say the relationship is complicated.
Anonymous e-mailers make hay, getting quotes wrong or out of context. We give you the skinny in case Dreams from My Father isn't in your beach bag.
Obama once said his contributor network was akin to public financing. We said....
E-mailers go after Sen. Barack Obama by digging into his wife's college years. They take Michelle Obama's senior thesis and add their own fabrication.
History is not on Sen. Hillary Clinton's side with references to '92, '68 elections.