AltWeeklies Wire
Undoing the New Deal?new
The dismantling of Social Security and Medicare was Obama's campaign promise nobody heard, and until recently, change was only at a snails pace. That's destined to change with a recent decision by the House of Representatives.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
07-09-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Social Security
Abel Maldonado is a Smooth Operatornew
Abel Maldonado is playing the angles in his long shot race to be elected lieutenant governor of California.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
07-07-2010 |
Politics
GOP Lightnew
How the Democratic Party lost its way and screwed the working poor.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
06-17-2010 |
Politics
The Mysterious Alvin Greenenew
Unemployed, a potential felon and a political nobody, Alvin Greene came out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. How’d he do it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-16-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Alvin Greene
South Carolina: The Friskiest Statenew
What is it about South Carolina that has national media outlets calling it "sultry," "randy," full of "extramarital madness" and "America's friskiest state?"
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-02-2010 |
Politics
S.C. Gov. Hopeful Henry McMaster: Slumlord Millionaire?new
As the dailies covered his debates and ad campaigns, the Columbia Free Times interviewed two dozen tenants of a gubernatorial frontrunner and investigated the management of his rental properties over the years to find out if Henry McMaster really is...a slumlord millionaire.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
05-31-2010 |
Politics
Will Folks Admitted to Haley Affair a Year Agonew
Former Mark Sanford spokesman Will Folks privately admitted a year ago to having a brief extramarital affair with GOP gubernatorial contender S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley, according to a Palmetto State Republican political operative.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
05-24-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Nikki Haley, Will Folks
Will Healthcare Help or Hinder Idaho Candidates in November?new
Idaho's governor and members of its delegation are betting against healthcare. But one virtually unknown Democrat is running on a pro-health-care platform.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
05-20-2010 |
Politics
Tags: 2010 Midterms, Healthcare
2010 Primaries: Low Voter Turnout Reported in Philadelphianew
Live updates on the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary between Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
05-18-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak
2010 Primaries: City Slicker vs. Country Doctor in Kentuckynew
The Kentucky Democratic primary for U.S. Senate is decadent and depraved
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LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
05-18-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Daniel Mongiardo, Jack Conway
2010 Primaries: A Tale of Two Races in Arkansasnew
The Senate primary contest between Blanche Lincoln and Bill Halter in Arkansas has garnered plenty of national interest. But national attention may or may not translate to local interest.
Arkansas Times |
Gerard Matthews |
05-18-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Bill Halter, Blanche Lincoln
Can Anthony Williams Become the First Black Governor of Pennsylvania?new
Can Anthony Williams win as a black man in a state that even Gov. Ed Rendell has suggested is racist? If Williams thinks so, it's in part because of his father's legacy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
05-04-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Anthony Williams
Tom Tancredo's second comingnew
When Tom Tancredo last visited the University of North Carolina, raucous student protesters shouted him down, broke a window, prompted campus police to discharge their pepper spray and chased the conservative speaker off campus. This week, he finally got to make his speech.
Tags: Tom Tancredo
What Makes a Tea Partier Tick?new
In South Carolina, movement organizers have had to fight off political consultants and the GOP to retain their identity as they search for what the movement means in their own hearts and minds.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-28-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Allen Olson
New Study Gives Pennsylvania Democrats Hopenew
The Pennsylvania GOP may have lost some members, but the numbers game isn’t a tell-all by any means.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
04-26-2010 |
Politics
