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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
Traditional America? It's Over.new
While Obama and his supporters celebrate his surprisingly comfortable win, the reality of governing amid undiminished acrimony will soon rear its head.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
11-14-2012 |
Commentary
Four More Years of Hyperbole?new
It’s not just time to work together; it’s time to end the name-calling.
Folio Weekly |
Denise Reagan |
11-14-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: partisanship
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.
Voting Suppression Must be National Prioritynew
The electorate lost big when it came to how elections were handled right here in Hinds County and beyond.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
11-09-2012 |
Commentary
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
In Wake County, European election observers critique the processnew
Election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say they saw a process that lived up to America's voting laws, but they had harsher criticisms for the impact of outside spending and our two-party system.
What went wrong for North Carolina's Democrats?new
The Republicans' 2010 victory—which happened as a national census ensured newly drawn voting districts, coupled with the windfall of campaign donations that bolster incumbents—struck a mortal blow to this year's crop of Democrats.
Tags: NC Democratic Party
My first vote as a U.S. citizennew
Prior to this year, I had never felt like my living here, but not voting, mattered in a presidential election. But it does now.
What Election 2012 means for womennew
Is "war on women" too hyperbolic? Call it a war on women's equality, then. Or call it a war on working people's equality, because women are the ground troops in an economic fight that all working Americans are losing.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-07-2012 |
Commentary
A Tale of Two Electionsnew
Democrats may have won nationally, but Republicans now have control of North Carolina.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mike Cooper |
11-07-2012 |
Elections
