AltWeeklies Wire
The First Prez Debate: Win, Lose, or Draw?new
Against a backdrop of economic crisis, the two presidential contenders dueled in Oxford.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
10-03-2008 |
Commentary
Two of Obama's Foreign Policy Advisers Offer a Glimpse at His Worldviewnew
Retired Adm. John Nathman and national security expert Sarah Sewall discuss how the Democrat would lead the United States in war and in peace.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
10-03-2008 |
Politics
Muslims Speak Out on the Election and Obamanew
For nearly 20 months, U.S. Muslims have watched Barack Obama fumble as he tries to debunk rumors that he's a closet Muslim. He'd best be careful. An estimated 2 million Muslims are expected to vote in November, making them a potential swing demographic.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
10-03-2008 |
Politics
How an Obama Sweatshirt Got One Woman Banned from United Dairy Farmers For Lifenew
Hours after Hurricane Ike, in a city largely out of power, a woman wearing an Obama shirt chose not to endure an unsolicited John McCain sales-pitch from an employee of the notoriously conservative company. For that, she was threatened, harassed, and eventually banned from the company's stores for life.
The Other Paper |
Kitty McConnell |
10-02-2008 |
Politics
McCain Heads for the Icebergsnew
Did the week that gave us the Wall Street meltdown witness a second collapse -- the self-destruction of the John McCain candidacy?
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
10-02-2008 |
Commentary
Revisiting the Rethuglican National Conventionnew
Minnesota is known as the Gopher State, but for one terrifying, riot-gear-and-grenade-filled week it was a police state.
Boston Phoenix |
Anne Elizabeth Moore |
10-02-2008 |
Politics
SEIU Boss Andy Stern Wouldn't Mind if McCain Gets Electednew
America's most powerful labor leader finds himself in an unusual and ironic position where his own political interests may run contrary to those of the labor movement itself. Stern could conceivably find himself harmed, rather than helped, by an Obama victory.
Video: Nader Blasts Obama at San Francisco Statenew
In full campaign mode, Nader was harsh on his political rivals and held little back including some choice name calling. He attacked Barack Obama and other Democrats as a "sniveling cowards," who are so afraid that they suffer from a fearful condition best described as "anal flutter."
Meet the Oregonians for McCain After Backing Clintonnew
A search of campaign records turned up seven such people. Together they've given McCain just 0.4 percent of the $920,444 he's raised here. But the fact that their existence points to a problem for the Obama campaign that runs deeper than a handful of bitter donors in one blue West Coast state.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
10-01-2008 |
Politics
The Virginia GOP Pulls Out All the Stopsnew
Unless we're mistaken, the party is attempting the most complex, awe-inspiring and diabolical use of reverse psychology ever perpetrated upon the voting public to help McCain take the White House.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
10-01-2008 |
Politics
Democratic Party Suit Aims to Balk Alleged GOP Vote Challenges in Michigannew
Michigan Republicans may be deriding as false a story claiming they planned to use lists of foreclosed homes to keep some from casting their votes on Election Day, but the Barack Obama presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee aren't taking any chances.
Metro Times |
Staff |
09-30-2008 |
Politics
Activists Say Voting-Machine Software Needs a Dry Run Before Novembernew
After a lengthy campaign to verify the tallies of electronic-voting machines, local activists may have finally found a testing method that elected officials believe in. Getting those officials to do something in time for the presidential election, however, is another matter.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levin |
09-30-2008 |
Politics
Obama Appeals to the Best Parts of Our National Psychenew
Obama's tremendous appeal, the second-graders in our neighborhood can tell you, is largely due to the symbolic power of his candidacy. It's not just about white and black. He raises the possibility that our nation could see itself in an entirely different light.
Isthmus |
Ruth Conniff |
09-30-2008 |
Commentary
Tax Fact & Fiction: A Closer Look at the Candidates' Plansnew
It wouldn't be an election year without candidates promising tax cuts, right? But who gets them, how much they are, what's the likelihood they can ever be made and what they say about each candidates' priorities are the bigger questions.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda and Curt Guyette |
09-30-2008 |
Politics
Barack Obama's Army of the Youngnew
Though they are too young to vote, Wisconsin high school students play a key role in campaign.
