AltWeeklies Wire
It's Iowa or Bust for Fred Thompsonnew
The Law & Order actor has been forced into an 11th-hour barnstorming bus tour of Iowa to try to salvage his campaign, but no one is giving him much chance.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
12-21-2007 |
Politics
Big Bill's Dicey Movesnew
Clinton is back at the table, playing us for chumps.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
12-21-2007 |
Commentary
Barack's Up-Hil Climbnew
Even if Obama goes three for three in January, he faces a steep challenge from Clinton.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Bill Richardson's Campaign Ads Got Him Laughs in '07new
But they probably won't get him the presidency in '08.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
12-20-2007 |
Politics
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
Does Huckabee's Populist Rhetoric Disguise Royalism?new
After 15 years in politics, it is still hard to say whether there is any conviction behind Mike Huckabee's talk or he is just another Republican who subscribes to the doctrine that the best politics is to capture votes from the poor and money from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Huckabee is Equal Parts Disc Jockey and Preachernew
His religious pronouncements are no more sermons than in-studio performances.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Was It All a Dream?new
Mitt Romney claims he saw his father march with Martin Luther King. But according to the records, it never happened.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-19-2007 |
Politics
The Case for Kucinichnew
If you don't vote in February for what you believe in, you won't get to vote for it in November.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
12-19-2007 |
Commentary
Clinton, Obama Advisors Share Foreign Policy Visionsnew
Exit Iraq. Then what?
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
12-19-2007 |
Politics
Imagining a President Huckabeenew
Frankly, if I were Hillary Clinton, I would be much more worried about running against Mike Huckabee than Mitt Romney. The venture capitalists of America don't get that, but a lot of other people do, which is why this could be an even more interesting race than we imagined.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
12-18-2007 |
Commentary
The Preacher in Chief?new
Do Republican candidates' loyalties lie with the Constitution or with fundamentalist Christianity?
The Memphis Flyer |
Cheri DelBrocco |
12-17-2007 |
Commentary
Frailty in God's Presidentnew
Were it not for one trifling frailty, Mike Huckabee's decision in the dog days of Iowa summer to become God's candidate for president looks prophetic and almost credible.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
Looking for Meaning in Huckabee Rerunsnew
Judgment and ethics emerge as attributes to ponder now that Mike Huckabee might become president. For the moment, fresh national media reporting condenses this discussion to a pair of old Arkansas dramas.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
The Passion of the Candidatenew
Mitt Romney's Mormon speech was aimed at Christian conservatives, but his model wasn't JFK -- it was Mel Gibson.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
