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October 8, 2008
Poll: Obama More “Friendlier Towards Religion than McCain
Imagine if I told you four years ago that voters felt John Kerry was friendlier to religion than George Bush? You would say that is crazy and you’d be right. But in 2008, a new poll published by Faith in Public Life shows that voters actually think Barack More...
October 8, 2008
Brody Debate Analysis on The 700 Club
Watch David's post debate analysis from The 700 Club this morning. More...
October 8, 2008
No Game-Changing Moment
It's the day after the second Presidential debate and the game remains unchanged. More...
October 8, 2008
McCain's Strong Debate Performance
John McCain likes the sport of boxing. Tuesday night at the debate in Nashville, Tennessee McCain did his best Sugar Ray Leonard impersonation. He was jabbing Obama and then moving swiftly to higher ground. It was a performance reminiscent of his successf More...
October 8, 2008
Charlie Black on McCain's Performance
After the debate ended, I caught up with senior McCain advisor Charlie Black. More...
October 8, 2008
Wasserman Schultz on Obama's Performance
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida is supporting Barack Obama. More...
October 7, 2008
How can McCain Beat Obama in Tonight's Debate?
I caught up with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds in the media filing center and asked him about tonight's Presidential debate. More...
October 7, 2008
How can Obama Beat McCain in Tonight’s Debate?
Obama's campaign staff talks strategy before tonight's second Presidential debate. More...
October 7, 2008
Spinning Tonight's Debate
Bill Burton, Barack Obama's National Spokesman just issued the following More...
October 7, 2008
McCain Ad Accuses Obama of Lying
The McCain campaign believes Barack Obama is a liar. Their new ad is up and it is pretty straight forward about it. More...
October 6, 2008
Evangelicals Take on McCain
A new poll by Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly sheds some light on a very interesting Evangelical voting pattern. More...
October 6, 2008
Is it Too Late for McCain?
John McCain and his campaign are trying to do everything they can to paint Barack Obama as a lefty liberal. More...
October 6, 2008
Obama and Rapper Nas
Barack Obama has his hands full with ties to Bill Ayers and Tony Rezco but one area that hasn't received as much attention are his ties to rap artists. More...
October 6, 2008
Palin Gets Even More Forceful on Ayers/Obama Connection
Oh my. If you thought Sarah Palin’s comments about Bill Ayers were a big deal over the weekend, wait until you get a load of what she said today at a campaign stop in Clearwater, Florida. Sarah Barracuda is on the loose. Read her comments about Ayers belo More...
October 3, 2008
The Day After
I was live on The 700 Club this morning with a report on last night's VP debate. More...
October 3, 2008
Brody TV Analysis of VP Debate
I was on The 700 Club after last night's VP debate. Get my take on the only VP debate. More...
October 3, 2008
Palin Hurdles Over the Bar in VP Debate
Let’s start with this reality. The Sarah Palin critics were hoping she would blow it. They were looking for the “deer in the headlights” look. They were hoping for a national embarrassment. Indeed, the bar was low for Palin going into this vice-presidenti More...
October 3, 2008
Obama's Douglass on VP Debate
Barack Obama's Senior Advisor Linda Douglass spoke with me here in the spin room in St. Louis after the vice-presidential debate. Watch her comments above. More...
October 3, 2008
Joe Lieberman Calls Palin's Performance a "Homerun"
I had a chance to talk to Joe Lieberman in the spin room here in St. Louis after the vice-presidential debate. Watch his comments above. He thought Palin had an unbelievable night.. What a shock. More...
October 2, 2008
Brody Previews VP Debate
I am in St. Louis preparing for tonights VP debate. More...
October 1, 2008
Anti-McCain Gambling Ads Make the Rounds
A follow-up now from the other day when The Brody File reported that the DNC released Web ads slamming McCain for his lobbyist ties to the gambling industry. More...
October 1, 2008
Exclusive: 'Pro-Life, Pro-Obama' Web site Unveiled
Barack Obama may be pro-choice, but don't tell that to the Matthew 25 Network. They are a PAC supporting Barack Obama for president and they believe his policies are definitely pro-life. More...
October 1, 2008
Debate Prayer Rallies for Palin
Sarah Palin is getting some help from some Evangelical friends and pastors she's never met. More...
October 1, 2008
Palin Says Her Faith is Mocked
Sarah Palin sat down with radio host Hugh Hewitt and was asked an interesting question. More...
September 29, 2008
Video: Brody TV Analysis
I was on our CBN Newswatch program today and spoke to CBN Anchor Wendy Griffith about today's bailout mess. More...
September 29, 2008
Bailout Danger for Obama and McCain
This economic bailout mess on Capitol Hill has dangerous pitfalls for both Obama and McCain. More...
September 29, 2008
Obama Says Pelosi Speech Shouldn't Change Republican Votes
In today's bailout mess on the Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered a very partisan speech before the big bailout vote. More...
September 29, 2008
McCain Takes Swipe at Obama for Bailout Problem
With today's bailout mess on Capitol Hill, John McCain issued the following statement. More...
September 29, 2008
Sarah in Shackles?
This is a big week for Sarah Palin. It may be an even bigger week for John McCain. More...
September 29, 2008
Exclusive: New DNC Web Ad Lowers Boom on McCain Gambling Ties
The Brody File has learned that the Democratic National Committee is now going after John McCain and what they believe are his questionable ties to gambling lobbyists. The web ad begins Monday but later this week they will start putting the ad up on polit More...
September 27, 2008
Obama and McCain: Fit to be Tied
The Brody File does not provide debate analysis based on ideology or who has the better public policy arguments. More...
September 27, 2008
Steve Schmidt Sounds Off about Unfair Treatment of McCain
One of McCain's advisors unloaded on the mainstream media and their bias against McCain. Hear what he had to say. More...
September 27, 2008
Linda Douglas: Obama had Commanding Victory
Obama spokesman Linda Douglass said that Obama took a very definite lead against John McCain during Friday night's debate. More...
September 27, 2008
Tucker Bounds: McCain Won on Every Point
Tucker Bounds of the McCain campaign shares his thoughts with me on John McCain's debate performance. More...
September 26, 2008
David Axelrod on Obama's Good Moments During Debate
Obama's top advisor spoke with me tonight about his performance during the first Presidential debate. More...
September 26, 2008
Charlie Black: McCain Won Debate by Wide Margin
McCain's senior advisor Charlie Black says McCain won the first Presidential debate... More...
September 26, 2008
Senior McCain Advisor Speaks to The Brody File
Watch an interview with Nicole Wallace who is one of John McCain's senior advisors. More...
September 24, 2008
The New Buzz Word is 'Erratic'
Barack Obama's campaign is now calling John McCain's behavior erratic. More...
September 26, 2008
Video: Preview Analysis from Debate Site
The Brody File has made its way to Oxford Mississippi, the scene of tonight’s first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Watch my preview analysis above from the media filing center on the campus of The University of Mississippi. More...
September 26, 2008
Huckabee Criticizes McCain
Chalk up Mike Huckabee as a guy that thinks John McCain made the wrong move this week. More...
September 26, 2008
Mr. McCain Goes to Washington
Did John McCain win or lose by going to Washington? More importantly how will voters see it? More...
September 24, 2008
My Analysis of McCain's Latest Move
Get my take on John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign and focus on the economy. More...
September 24, 2008
Obama vs. McCain on Timeline of Events
The Obama and McCain campaigns have both released timelines to reporters as to what happened today. More...
September 24, 2008
McCain Suspends Campaign
John McCain is suspending his campaign to work out problems that have developed with the huge billion dollar bailout bill on Capitol Hill. More...
September 24, 2008
Obama, the Economy and Faith
When it comes to faith talk this election cycle, Barack Obama’s campaign has gone out of their way to tie in faith to nearly every public policy issue. He’ getting some help from some political and faithful friends. More...
September 24, 2008
Faith Group Implores McCain, Obama to not bear “False Witness”
The group Faith in Public Life is behind an effort to make sure both John McCain AND Barack Obama tell the truth in their campaign advertisements and not bear “false witness”. Indeed, both campaigns have had their “Pinocchio” moments. More...
September 24, 2008
Palin Lookalike TV Anchor Gets Hate Mail
Her name is Cindy Michaels but some say she looks so much like Sarah Palin. Michaels is a TV anchor in Maine and is getting hate mail because of her Palin type looks. More...
September 24, 2008
Obama: "I will make sure the voices of LGBT people are heard in the White House."
The Brody File is always searching around trying to give you information on this presidential race Recently, Barack Obama submitted answers to The Washington Blade, a gay magazine. You can view all of the answers here. I have listed a few of them below: More...
September 22, 2008
Psalm 27 Prayer for Palin
A bunch of websites have popped up with one common purpose: pray for Sarah Palin and her family. More...
September 19, 2008
Video: Sarah Palin 700 Club Story
Friday on The 700 Club, my six minute TV piece on Sarah Palin aired nationally. You can watch it above. More...
September 19, 2008
Exclusive: Obama Campaign Faith Tour Starts Next Week
The Obama campaign tells The Brody File that next week the campaign will start an official faith tour in key battleground states. More...
September 18, 2008
Palin's Childhood Pastor Describes Her Baptism
In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Sarah Palin's former pastor Paul Riley and his wife Helen sit down and talk The Brody File in Wasilla, Alaska. He was pastor of Wasilla Assembly of God for 40 years. More...
September 18, 2008
Palin's Childhood Pastor: "She Wanted to Serve God and Memorize Verses in the Bible"
In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Sarah Palin's former pastor Paul Riley and his wife Helen sit down and talk The Brody File in Wasilla, Alaska. More...
September 18, 2008
A Prayer to Palin from her Childhood Pastor
In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Sarah Palin's former pastor Paul Riley and his wife Helen sit down and talk The Brody File in Wasilla, Alaska. He was pastor of Wasilla Assembly of God for 40 years. More...
September 17, 2008
Cartoon Goes After Palin's Faith
We have been talking a lot lately about how some members of the media are criticizing and even mocking Sarah Palin's faith. More...
September 16, 2008
Video: Brody File at McCain/Palin Rally in Ohio
The Brody File was on the road Tuesday at the Youngstown Ohio airport Tuesday for the McCain/Palin rally. Officials here estimate the crowd at around 8,000 people. I must say it was the biggest crowd I have ever seen for a McCain event by far. More...
September 16, 2008
Video: Mike DeWine on Obama and Economy
The Brody File is on the road at the Youngstown Ohio airport Tuesday. I’m here for the McCain/Palin rally. I had a chance to catch up with former Senator and now current chairman of John McCain’s Ohio team Mike DeWine. He takes Obama to task on the econom More...
September 16, 2008
Abortion Survivor Calls Out Obama in New Ad
A 527 group called BornAliveTruth.org started running an abortion ad against Senator Obama today and it features an abortion survivor looking into the camera and making a plea to the Senator. Basically, Gianna Jessen says she was left for dead as an abort More...
September 16, 2008
Will Bible Study Moms Transform This Race?
The Brody File has been told that there are plans underway to organize a “Faith Moms” rally for Sarah Palin when she takes on Senator Biden at the October 2nd debate in St. Louis. The McCain camp is not behind it. It’s being organized by a couple of unnam More...
9-16-08
McCain/Obama Mud Fight
With all this negative advertising flying everywhere I think it's pretty clear that John McCain is winning the battle....for now. More importantly though, will he lose the war because of it? More...
September 15, 2008
Ohio Here We Come!
Hey everybody. The Brody File heads out on the road again Tuesday. I’ll be at the McCain/Palin rally near Youngstown Ohio. I’m working on a Sarah Palin profile piece this week. It will air this Friday on The 700 Club. More...
September 12, 2008
Palin Survives Gibson
When you're Sarah Palin and you know everybody is waiting for More...
September 12, 2008
Palin Video "Not Enough" for Conservative Summit
The Brody File has learned that the offer of a short video from vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to folks at this weekend’s Value Voters Summit has been turned down by its president, Tony Perkins. More...
September 10, 2008
McCain's Sex Ed Campaign Ad
Talk about political hardball. The Obama campaign thinks its more like lowball. John McCain put out a new TV ad bashing Obama on his past support for a bill dealing with sex education for kindergartners. More...
September 10, 2008
Obama's "Lipstick on a Pig" Comment
Barack Obama's lipstick on a pig comment is getting plenty of attention this morning. More...
September 8, 2008
Palin: Calling all Females
Apparently, Sarah Palin has a way with women...white women at least. More...
September 8, 2008
Palin Interview: Charlie Gibson First
I have nothing against Charlie Gibson. He seems like a nice, fair minded guy and of course he gets the first Sarah Palin interview. More...
September 8, 2008
Palin the Christian
Is it just me or am I not understanding the whole 'Sarah Palin is a Bible-believing Christian' scare. More...
September 5, 2008
The Mainstream Media Factor
Leave it to the Republican Party to turn all the hoopla and hysteria over Sarah Palin into a crusade against the mainstream media. For conservatives this has always been a position of strength. It's been a rallying cry of sorts. More...
September 5, 2008
McCain's All-American Speech
For a man not known for giving a great speech, he sure did turn the tables tonight. John McCain is never going to match Barack Obama’s oratory skills but Thursday night at the Xcel Center in St. Paul, John McCain did not speak as a Republican. Instead, he More...
September 4, 2008
Newt Gingrich Reacts to McCain's Speech
After Sen. John McCain finished speaking Thursday night, I caught up with Newt Gingrich. More...
September 4, 2008
The Balloon Drop at the RNC
What a week it has been for all of us covering the Republican National Convention. More...
September 4, 2008
More Reaction to Sarah Palin
People are still talking about John McCain's VEEP pick Sarah Palin. More...
September 4, 2008
McCain Camp and their General Election Strategy
Ben Porritt, McCain's national spokesman granted me an interview. I asked him -- what's next as the election kicks into high gear during the general election. More...
September 4, 2008
Michael Steele Reacts to Palin's Speech
We caught up with former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. Check out what he had to say. More...
September 4, 2008
Video: Analysis of Palin Speech
The Brody File appeared on the 11pm version of The 700 Club Wednesday night live from the Xcel Center. Watch my analysis on Sarah Palin's speech. More...
September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin Shoots…She Scores!
Don’t mess with this hockey mom! Sarah Palin took to the floor of the Republican Convention Wednesday night and delivered a slapshot right to the gut of the Obama campaign. Folks, there’s really only one thing to say…game on! More...
September 3, 2008
Ralph Reid Comments on Sarah Palin
I just spoke with top Republican strategist Ralph Reid at the Republican National Convention. He tells the Brody File that VP nominee Sarah Palin presents all sorts of problems for the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party. More...
September 2, 2008
Palin Pick Puts Evangelicals in the Spotlight
Hey Evangelicals…I have a question. Are you ready? Are you ready to show that you are so energized by the Palin pick that you can make a huge difference and put John McCain over the top? More...
September 2, 2008
Sarah Palin the Sportscaster
Why do we always have to talk about politics? Before Sarah Palin became John McCain's choice choice for Vice-President she was a television sportscaster. More...
September 1, 2008
Tony Perkins Reacts to Palin Daughter's News
This just in: Family Research Council's Tony Perkins just sent me this reaction to the new about Sarah Palin's teenage daughter being pregnant. More...
September 1, 2008
Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant
OK so now we find out that Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter is five months pregnant. I’m sure lots of people will take their shots at the pro-life Christian woman but hold on a moment. If you think Evangelicals are going to ditch her for this, you’re to More...
September 1, 2008
Exclusive: Todd Palin’s 1986 DUI Arrest Called “Lesson Learned”
Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence of alcohol back in 1986. More...
September 1, 2008
Will Palin Hurt Obama with Faith Voters?
Here’s an important question: how much will the Sarah Palin pick hurt the Obama campaign when it comes to reaching out to Evangelicals? The Obama campaign was going after faith voters, especially young Evangelicals. But along comes Sarah Palin, a relative More...
August 31, 2008
Jay Sekulow on Palin Pick: Democrats 'are scared'
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for The American Center for Law and Justice, responds to Palin pick. More...
August 31, 2008
Ralph Reed on Palin Pick: 'Social conservatives are finally putting on their cleats and getting on to the field'
Ralph Reed on Palin Pick: 'Social conservatives are finally putting on their cleats and getting on to the field' More...
August 31, 2008
Why Palin Pick Makes Sense
Let me lay out why picking Sarah Palin may end up going down in political history as a masterful stroke of genius by John McCain and his team. There are pitfalls, no doubt about it. But let’s look at why this pick makes complete sense in so many different More...
August 29, 2008
Sarah Palin is a “Feminist for Life”
Here’s something that may play well with Independent and moderate women across America. Sarah Palin is not your typical pro-lifer. When it comes to abortion, she puts an emphasis on the woman just as much as the baby. She’s part of a group called “Feminis More...
August 29, 2008
James Dobson Excited About Palin
James Dobson is excited about the Sarah Palin pick. You can read more about his comments here but in addition, The Brody File has been told that James Dobson was in a room with about 100 conservative religious leaders today in a Minnesota hotel room and e More...
August 29, 2008
Gov. Palin in 2002: I am 'pro-life as any candidate can be'
The abortion issue is going to be making headlines again and that's a good thing now for John McCain. Take a look at this article. More...
August 29, 2008
Concerned Women for America on Palin: 'Take that Feminists!'
This just coming in to The Brody File from Janice Shaw Crouse, spokesperson, Legislative Action Committee, Concerned Women for America. More...
August 29, 2008
Palin Pick Causes 'Elation' among Evangelical Leaders
Wow. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is John McCain's pick for Vice-President. Folks, this is s close to a game changer as you can get. More...
August 29, 2008
Video: Brody File at Invesco Field After Obama Speech
Take a look at my live shot Thursday night on The 700 Club. I was reporting live from Invesco Field right after Obama gave his speech. I am off to Minneapolis today to cover the Republican convention. More...
August 29, 2008
Touchdown Obama
It was a speech with mile high expectations. Leave it to Barack Obama to exceed them. Think about the pressure Obama was under to deliver this speech. He needed to motivate and inspire without using soaring rhetoric or coming across like Zeus. More...
August 29, 2008
Juan Williams on Obama's Acceptance Speech
Juan Williams gives his analysis of Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech. More...
August 29, 2008
Washington Wizard says Obama Comes up with Slam Dunk
I caught up with Ethan Thomas of the Washington Wizards who shared his thoughts on Obama's historic acceptance speech. More...
