AltWeeklies Wire
Keep It Goingnew
The fact is that the longer a presidential campaign goes, the better. The ordeal is what separates the real deal from the imposter.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
02-15-2008 |
Commentary
Barack Obama for Presidentnew
The 2008 election could alter our course, and Sen. Barack Obama is the one person who could transform that desire for change into real results. That’s why Obama has earned the endorsement of the Shepherd Express as the next president of the United States.
Shepherd Express |
Staff |
02-15-2008 |
Commentary
Get 'Em (Voting) While They're Youngnew
A lower voting age of 16 is both ethically responsible and a good bet for increasing the United States' embarrassing voter participation rate.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
How Will Louisiana's Nine Superdelegates Vote?new
With Clinton and Obama currently neck-and-neck in delegate totals, and 796 superdelegates spread out across the country, these superdelegates are suddenly making a lot of new friends.
IND Media |
Scott Lordan |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Is Hillary Losing It?new
Clinton has squandered a huge lead. Can she get it back?
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Enter the Fish Party?new
Huckabee diehards and contemporaneous others with high quotients of unrequited Christian zeal are threatening to start a third political party, having nigh given up on the Donkey and Elephant as incorrigibly godless. Maybe it'll be the Glory Hallelujah Party, its totem the Jesus Fish.
Arkansas Times |
Bob Lancaster |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Can Hillary's Prophecy be Fulfilled?new
There is gamesmanship aplenty in the Democratic presidential race, including a clever message from the newly troubled Hillary Clinton campaign. It goes like this...
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
The 2008 Primary Has Gone to Texasnew
For once, the presidential election is coming to the Lone Star State.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dave McNeely and Betty Brink |
02-14-2008 |
Politics
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Texas
Who Can Beat John McCain?new
With the race for the Democratic presidential nomination down to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, electability has become a popular topic.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Stand for Change ... But Do It Herenew
If Barack Obama's candidacy has infused Santa Feans with an appetite for the political process, and maybe even a taste for change, local elections are the place to see action and involvement manifest.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Zane Fischer |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Breaking Down New Mexico's Caucus Fracas Breakdownnew
Nearly a week after the Democratic Party-run presidential caucus was supposed to be over, it isn't. Party officials blame 17,276 so-called provisional ballots for the delay, but that's not the whole story. Here's what went wrong and what may be to come.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass and David Alire Garcia |
02-14-2008 |
Politics
Signs of the (Electoral) Timesnew
Can't we do something about all these political placards?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
02-14-2008 |
Politics
The Elephants in the Room: How the GOP Lost its Waynew
The Republican Party traded Abraham Lincoln's legacy for George Wallace's constituency. It sold its soul to the devil for a chance to rule America.
I Was a Teenage Republicannew
This only proves there is only one scenario scarier than electing a Republican from this year's crop: Allowing 15-year-olds to vote.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Inside the Ron Paul Revolutionnew
"It's kind of like the movie The Matrix, where people think everything's all fine and lovely, but they're really asleep and this whole other thing going on. I call it waking people up."
