Robert D. Novak
The Archive
CAN MCCAIN BACK IN TO ANOTHER WIN?
July 28, 2008 | 8:18amBarack Obama is a magnetic candidate supported by a disciplined, well-organized campaign. John McCain seems wooden, with a campaign that appears to be in shambles. Yet Obama's lead in the...
MITT MO MOUNTS OVER MICHIGAN
July 26, 2008 | 7:47amTHE principal reason why former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has climbed to the top of Sen. John McCain's wish list for vice president is the possibil ity that he could...
BAM BUDDIES UP TO BUSINESS BIGS
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSEN. Barack Obama has been meeting secretly with heavy-industry CEOs in Washington to discuss is sues that he would face as president. On the campaign trail, Obama has been highly...
DEMS READYING A BLOW TO JOE
July 12, 2008 | 8:08amDESPITE assurances to the contrary from Senate Ma jority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic insiders are certain Sen. Joseph Lieberman next year will be kicked out of the party's caucus and...
CLARK VEEP BID INJURED BY INSULT
July 5, 2008 | 7:10amRETIRED Gen. Wesley Clark, whose stock as Sen. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. John...
DODD SHRUGS AT FED VACANCIES
June 28, 2008 | 9:00amFEDERAL Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has appealed to Senate Democratic leaders to confirm Pres ident Bush's long-pending nominations to fill two empty chairs as Fed governors, enabling a fully staffed...
JOHN MCCAIN'S 'OBAMACON' PERIL
June 26, 2008 | 7:23amTHE phrase "Obamacon" now covers all "conser vative supporters" of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Their growing ranks feature few famous people - but looming on the horizon are two...
OUTSIDE GROUPS FUEL '08 AD WAR
June 21, 2008 | 8:27amLEADERS of Sen. John McCain's campaign are look ing toward "527s" as their principal means of attack ing Sen. Barack Obama because they have been given a green light by...
BIDEN RISING IN VEEPSTAKES
June 14, 2008 | 8:29amBEFORE multimillionaire Democratic power broker James A. Johnson quit as Sen. Barack Obama's chief vice presidential screener, the name that came to the fore in his internal discussions was 65-year-old,...
HILL'S BEST HOPE FOR A NEW CAREER
June 7, 2008 | 7:16amIF Barack Obama is elected president, mutual friends say the best course for Hillary Clinton might be nomination to the US Supreme Court rather than staying in the Senate. Clinton...
MIKE AIDE EYED FOR GOP ROLE
May 31, 2008 | 8:47amNEW York City Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, Mayor Bloomberg's principal political adviser, is being seriously considered by the McCain cam paign to be named manager of the Republican convention in...
VIRGINIAN EYED AS OBAMA VEEP
May 24, 2008 | 8:37amFORMER Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a strong favorite to be elected to the Senate this year, has told associates that he is being considered as Barack Obama's vice-presidential running-mate. He...
SHILLS TOUTING 'TIGHTWAD' HILL
May 17, 2008 | 8:34amAGENTS for Sen. Hillary Clinton, trying desperately to keep alive her presidential campaign, are privately telling Democrats that she is so "tight" with a dollar that she wouldn't continue her...
MICHELLE SAYS NO TO HILL FOR VEEP
May 10, 2008 | 7:31amCLOSE-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presi dential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice-presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama. Obama's wife...
THE FALL FIGHT
May 8, 2008 | 7:17amBUYER'S remorse was starting to afflict Barack Obama supporters before Tuesday's returns showed he'd delivered a knockout punch to Hillary Clinton. The young orator who had seemed so fantastic beginning...
CZAR NANCY & THE GOP WIMPS
May 5, 2008 | 7:22amOPERATING outside public view, the House Democratic majority is taking extraordinary steps to maintain spending as usual while awaiting a Democrat as president. Remarkably, the supine House Republican minority hardly...
OBAMA'S ABUSE OF HIS GOP PAL
May 3, 2008 | 7:10amCONSERVATIVE GOP Sen. Tom Coburn, who has declined news-media requests for interviews about Barack Obama's comparison of Coburn with an urban terrorist, considers the Democratic presidential candidate's remarks offensive but...
OBAMA'S SEPARATIST MESS
May 1, 2008 | 7:49am'THAT is just terrible, abso lutely dreadful," a promi nent supporter of Barack Obama said Monday after listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's screed at the National Press Club. He...
BISHOPS VS. THE POPE
April 28, 2008 | 8:12amIN the aftermath of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI, a troublesome question is asked by traditional Catholics: Did American pro-choice politicians receiving Communion at the papal masses indicate a...
MCCAIN MUDDLE OVER MONEY
April 26, 2008 | 8:15amBIG-time Republican contributors are complaining that prospective presidential nominee John McCain is poorly organized for the campaign and off to a bad start in raising money. McCain begins well behind...