AltWeeklies Wire
Is Hillary Next?new

From Hillary Clinton's days as an intense, influential, and essentially inept co-president to husband Bill, to her establishment as a successful senator from New York, through the bitter trench warfare of the 2008 presidential primaries, and throughout her tenure as a majestic secretary of state, I have always kept the words of my high-school history teacher Dan Leary in mind.
Boston Phoenix |
PETER KADZIS |
09-29-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Democrat
Romney's Shadow Yearsnew

Mitt wants to make his departure for the Olympics a clean break from his business life — but it’s not that simple.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-23-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Mitt Romney
Fighting Dirtynew

Massachusetts voters are about to get an up-close look at the right-wing smear machine.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-06-2012 |
Elections
Rallying the Troopsnew

Can Netroots make a difference in November – and beyond?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
06-01-2012 |
Elections
Mitt & the GOP Boys' Clubnew

Mitt Romney needs to reach out to women voters, but his party has few who can help him do it.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-11-2012 |
Elections
Bland Ambitionnew

Democrats are gleeful over Mitt Romney's bruising primary path, but Romney is still the fight Barack Obama doesn't want.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
03-14-2012 |
Elections
Why Scott Brown Will Be Tougher to Beat Than Some Thinknew

New polls show Scott Brown beating Elizabeth Warren and winning re-election to the U.S. Senate. That’s no accident; he’s been out earning it.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
03-09-2012 |
Elections
Newt Hampshirenew

Going undercover in Gingrich's GOP primary operation.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan McCarthy |
01-13-2012 |
Elections
Romney Rebound?new

So far, post-Iowa, polls suggest that Mitt Romney's numbers have trickled down slowly but noticeably.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-09-2012 |
Elections
The Year Ahead in Mittnew

Prepare yourself for 12 months — well, at least 11 — of watching the handsome, well-coiffed former governor of Massachusetts.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-09-2012 |
Elections
The Ex-Mitt Clubnew

Most of Romney's big early donors from his first presidential campaign have deserted him in his second.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-08-2011 |
Elections
Mitt Romney Rides Againnew

Mitt Romney has been running for president more or less nonstop for the past seven years -- and still hasn't figured out how to do it.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
04-15-2011 |
Politics
Sarah Palin Wilts as Glenn Beck Self-Destructsnew

Common sense has bloomed among right wingers — not once, but twice. And while these episodes are unlikely to become regular events, we should enjoy them while we can.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
02-17-2011 |
Commentary
Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State Nurture the Lunatic Fringenew

Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-14-2011 |
Commentary