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Day Three in New Hampshire: The Undecidednew

Nearly every candidate here has used the term "famously independent" to describe New Hampshire's voters. Indeed, a majority of the state's voters are unaffiliated and can cast ballots in either the Democratic or Republican primary.
INDY Week  |  Matt Saldana  |  01-08-2008  |  Politics

Day One in New Hampshire: Heat and Lightnew

One day after Barack Obama's resounding victory in the Iowa caucuses, the former Illinois senator received a near messianic reception at a high school gym in Concord, while John Edwards told a more subdued convention room audience in Portsmouth that his nominal second-place victory proved he could "stand up to monied candidates."
INDY Week  |  Matt Saldana  |  01-05-2008  |  Politics

In Iowa, Populist Candidates Court Middle Classnew

Democratic and Republican candidates are delivering a populist message. Why? The obvious explanation is the growing squeeze on the middle class and concentrations of wealth and attendant levels of inequality not seen since the early years of the 20th century, when populism last was a major force in American politics.
INDY Week  |  Jonathan Weiler  |  01-04-2008  |  Politics

Barack Obama Comes to Durham, N.C.new

Presidential hopeful's fans voice one view: He can win.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  11-08-2007  |  Politics

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.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  11-08-2007  |  Politics

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.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  10-18-2007  |  Politics

Clinton Copies Edwards' Health Plannew

In a presidential election week dominated by Hillary Clinton's new plan for universal health insurance coverage, the best news John Edwards got was ... Hillary Clinton's new plan for health insurance coverage.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  09-27-2007  |  Politics

John Edwards Balancing Left and Centernew

When Elizabeth Edwards chastised MoveOn.org for its full-page "General Betray Us" ad in The New York Times, was it an attempt to appeal to the political center or just good Southern manners?
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  09-20-2007  |  Politics

Iowa Democratic Primary Turning into a Four-Way Racenew

Bill Richardson has joined John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama among the candidates hitting double-digits in the polls there, turning what's seen nationally as a three-way contest into an Iowa four-way.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  09-13-2007  |  Politics

Elizabeth Edwards: Building John Upnew

She's been his closest adviser and, by many accounts, a strongly progressive one.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  07-19-2007  |  Politics

North Carolina Land Transfer Tax Stallsnew

State House and Senate face off as Realtors' lobby campaigns hard.
INDY Week  |  Fiona Morgan  |  07-19-2007  |  Politics

Can John Edwards Win?new

His message is strong, but his campaign is stuck.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  07-19-2007  |  Politics

Summer Soldiers and Sunshine Patriotsnew

Independence Day reflections by Clyde Edgerton, Stan Goff and Duncan Murrell, plus Hal Crowther on George W. Bush.
INDY Week  |  Various  |  07-05-2007  |  Politics

Larry Kissell: Red, White and Bluenew

Here's the best political story in America that almost happened in 2006.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  07-05-2007  |  Politics

Committee Passes Energy Bill in North Carolinanew

Groups say utilities' influence weakens proposed law.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  06-28-2007  |  Politics

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