Iconic Films

Barack Obama dares to speak about race

Few politicians are dedicated to racial integration. To tie Obama to racial separatists is unfair

Do not adjust your set: TV is about to blow apart

The only limit to the merging of the web and television in this way seems to be the online attention span

The Clintons, a horror film that never ends

The Clintons live off psychodrama. They love to push themselves to the brink of catastrophe and then accomplish the last-minute, nail-biting...

Hug Obama close, Mr McCain, and you’ll beat him

Attacking Obama directly carries risks. All the usual slime has been thrown already. The Clinton camp has tried it all, and has come up empty

Just be ready for McCain and Obama to swap sides over Iraq

Both candidates are political realists rather than faith-based idealogues

Dead hand of Bush is shaping this election

Bush has empowered his nemeses even more than most presidents. Partly this was a function of the absence of an obvious successor

Don’t screw up, Democrats, Barack Obama is your man

If you’re the next generation of Democrat, trying to appeal to the centre of the country, Obama is your candidate

The old stager saving his party from the unhinged

You can tell something about a man from the enemies he has. And John McCain has made many in his years in public life

The hardball master has taught Hillary well

The Clinton's figured forcing Obama to become the "black candidate" would neutralise his postracial appeal

Obama emerges as a liberal Reagan

It's the analogy that worries Republicans most: could Obama do for his party what Reagan did 25 years ago?

America's choice: hope or fear

The chaotic, colourful, cathartic American primary campaign has come down to a clarifying choice

Mitt the Mormon’s twisted idea of freedom

Mitt Romney’s speech last week was purely political manoeuvre, as is almost everything that comes out of Romney’s mouth

What a turn-up, Bush’s natural heir is Mr Nice Guy

Huckabee is the one leading evangelical Republican who doesn’t scare the bejesus out of Democrats and liberals