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Liberals - Fooled Again
It didn't take long for Obama to sell out the liberal base of his party the first time. Well, here it is, December 2012: fooled again.
Tags: Barack Obama
The New Mathnew
Want to privatize schools? You might want to buy up an election cycle or two first.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
11-28-2012 |
Elections
Tags: School Choice
Election shows impact of redistricting and why voting-rights groups are suingnew
Even though North Carolinians split their 2012 votes almost evenly between the parties, far fewer Democrats were elected than Republicans. Voting-rights groups are pointing to the results to press their case that the 2011 redistricting maps should be thrown out.
Tags: redistricting
Voting Rights: Who Needs ’Em?new
After the Florida debacle, you'd think the talk would be about protecting voters’ rights. You'd be wrong.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
11-20-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Racism, Florida voting
Winnas, Loozas ... and Hanging Chadsnew
Clancy DuBos on the elections: who came out on top, and who didn't come out at all.
Tags: Louisiana Politics, mitch landrieu
A Historic Election Foretoldnew
In 2002, John Judis and Ruy Teixeira wrote a book, "The Emerging Democratic Majority," predicting the broad outlines of a demographic shift that would inexorably favor Democrats in the long run. On Election Day, Nov. 6, their prediction was confirmed.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-16-2012 |
Elections
Initiative Aims to Unite Calgary Progressivesnew
With a by-election looming in the Conservative stronghold of Calgary, one initiative aims to unite progressive voters behind one candidate and break the right-wing winning streak.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Suzy Thompson |
11-15-2012 |
Elections
A Virtual Tienew
A week after the election, the race between Ron Barber and Martha McSally remains too close to call.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
11-15-2012 |
Elections
Mitch McConnell: Majority Losernew
Sen. McConnell fails to accomplish his No. 1 goal of making Barack Obama a one-term president. Now what?
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
11-14-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Mitch McConnell
South Carolina’s Role in a GOP Civil Warnew
In the struggle for the Republican Party to define itself after its loss to President Obama, it doesn’t appear this self-examination will be pretty. Here are the first shots in a GOP civil war.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-14-2012 |
Elections
Tags: GOP, Republicans
The Leftist Republican Party of the Future
You can't roll out a new and improved Republican Party social-issues platform overnight without alienating the crazy Christian fundamentalists and other unattractive sorts who currently form the basis of the Republican Party at present. But you can start a transition to a viable future in a methodical, gradual way that prepares the Republican Party for the huge demographic shifts that will drive the politics of the country as it moves further and further to the left.
Indiana versus itselfnew
America may be divided, but that division has less to do with opposing ideas about how to solve the country's problems than it does with one side's trying to resist the momentum of history.
Weed, same-sex marriage, women and public transitnew
The 2012 election was a milestone in many regards, but Indiana public transit is still lagging behind.
As Both Parties Celebrate Victories, We Still Hate Them
Neither party gets it. They both think they won. And they sort of did. But we still hate them.
Election Night In Little Havananew
Anger at Versailles Cafe, elation at Obama headquarters.
Miami New Times |
Michael Miller |
11-07-2012 |
Elections
