AltWeeklies Wire
Edwards vs. Obama: Up With Historynew
Even if John Edwards is not ultimately the Democratic nominee, can he claim victory because other candidates copied his populist agenda? Or will his core message of hard struggle for change disappear?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
01-10-2008 |
Commentary
John Edwards' Iowa Caucus Forecastnew
Can Edwards survive a second-place Iowa finish? No.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
01-03-2008 |
Commentary
Taming Raleigh's Teardown Trendnew
A report from the city planning department revealing that the number of teardowns since 2002 has zoomed past 600.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-27-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
John Edwards is Still Viable in Iowanew
The results in Iowa, on the Democratic side anyway, are not a straight-up polling of caucus-goers. Could this help Edwards?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Is John Edwards On the Ropes?new
Now that Barack Obama has "O-Mentum" courtesy of Oprah Winfrey, and the Clintons are said to be squabbling over who's sinking Hillary's inevitability faster, she or he, the national press is 24/7 about HC versus O-b. JE does not compute. Inconveniently, however, Edwards continues to be a close third in Iowa polling.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-13-2007 |
Commentary
John Edwards Takes Gloves Off for Health Carenew
If elected, Edwards says, he'll give Congress six months to enact universal health care, effective July 20, 2009.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-26-2007 |
Commentary
The Politics of Dancingnew
Musically speaking, few songs sound more like slippery politics than Strauss' "Blue Danube Waltz," which John Edwards recently used in an ad targeting Hillary Clinton.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-16-2007 |
Commentary
Paul Krugman on American Inequalitynew
The Conscience of a Liberal is an indictment of "movement conservatives" -- going back to such seminal figures as William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan -- who've ushered in a second Gilded Age of economic inequality in America.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jim Neal's Senate Bid Stirs Demsnew
The way the Democratic Party establishment has dissed the 51-year-old Chapel Hill investment banker's candidacy since he announced his intentions to run four weeks ago has made him into a cause for many progressives and gay-rights activists.
Remaking Raleigh: Visions for an Urban Landscapenew
Planning director Mitch Silver sees a 21st-century city.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Auditions Open for an Anti-Clinton?new
John Edwards tries to replace Barack Obama as the main challenger to Clinton in the Democratic race.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-01-2007 |
Commentary
John Edwards Watch: The Money Gamenew
Edwards has "substantially closed the cash gap" merely by opting into the public financing system.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-25-2007 |
Commentary
Election 2007: A Progressive Shift in Raleighnew
Raleigh voters tossed out a pair of incumbents in the Oct. 9 elections and pushed the city council's center of political gravity strongly to the progressive side on development issues.
John Edwards Watch: Primary Motivesnew
So far, Edwards is trailing badly in New Hampshire.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-18-2007 |
Commentary
