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The Most Important Quality in a 2008 VP Candidate: Don't Be Cheneynew
"Anybody but Cheney" in 2008 can be taken symbolically as well as literally. Obama and McCain should not pick people who given the chance would take the country in exactly the opposite direction the people want it to go and that the candidate promised it would go.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
05-30-2008 |
Commentary
How McCain Supporters Skewed the Texas Democratic Party Resultsnew
McCain supporters, our poll reveals, made up 9.4 percent of the total vote in the primary. Clinton's margin of victory was only 3.5 percent. We can't say that the McCain ringers in the Democratic primary changed the outcome, because we don't know for whom they actually voted in March. But it is clearly possible.
The Texas Observer |
Leland Beatty |
05-30-2008 |
Politics
'Nixonland' Underlines the Real Lesson of 1968
Today that lesson teaches that we should seek a president who can heal the still-festering wounds of race and class, who can lead us out of war and who can move us past the political purgatory Perlstein calls Nixonland. But by invoking that sad chapter in our history, Hillary Clinton has cast herself in the Dick Nixon role.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
05-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Idaho Dems Vie for National Delegate Seatsnew
Idaho Democrats have been united in support for presidential candidate Barack Obama, but the real competition is who gets to cast the votes as national delegates. So far, 52 candidates have submitted applications to run for 19 open delegate slot, said Jim Hansen, executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party.
Boise Weekly |
Amanda Peacher |
05-29-2008 |
Politics
Barack Obama Talks Food, Farming and Chilinew
Food issues might not snag a lot of headlines for presidential candidates. But food and agriculture affect everything from health to the economy, and touch on a lot of ethical, environmental and flavorful matters along the way. In this email Q&A, Obama talks about food policy, and offers up a family recipe for chili.
Missoula Independent |
Are LeVaux |
05-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Going Both Ways: A Strategy Sheet for McCain on How to Defeat Obamanew
To win in November, John McCain will have to run one of the best campaigns in modern history. How could he do it?
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
05-29-2008 |
Commentary
Barack Obama's Stand-In Performance for Ted Kennedy at Wesleyan Was Low-Keynew
Traffic was light, the weather was beautiful, and parking was a breeze. Security outside consisted of smiling and helpful Wesleyan undergraduates in red "event staff" T-shirts and courteous Wesleyan Public Safety officers. As for demonstrators, I bumped into three standing on the periphery of the event.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
05-29-2008 |
Politics
Hillary, It's Time to Say Goodnightnew
As entertaining -- and at times compelling -- as the Clintons' star turn as feisty underdogs out to beat the odds has been, it is wearing thin. So when the primary season closes on June 3, that'll be candidate Clinton's cue to exit the race.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
05-29-2008 |
Commentary
Pondering the Democratic Map of the Intermountain Westnew
With this year's Democratic presidential nomination fight now going all the way to the June 3 Montana primary, and with the Democratic National Convention set for Denver in August, things are about to get real Western around here. As the growing West starts to flex its political muscles, the impacts may well be felt in the general election in a way that they haven't been before.
Boise Weekly |
Shea Andersen |
05-29-2008 |
Politics
Obama Would Bring a Community Organizer's Unique Perspective to the White Housenew
We've had bandleaders, haberdashers, generals, diplomats, farmers and professors in the White House, but as far as I can tell, we've never had an organizer. What would it be like? Very different, I think.
Syracuse New Times |
Ed Griffin-Nolan |
05-29-2008 |
Commentary
Why Does the Blogosphere Hate Bush?new
Bush will not be regarded as a top-tier president by historians -- although the verdict, I believe, won't be as severe as is currently bandied about. After all, he'll ultimately compared to the likes of James Buchanan, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-29-2008 |
Commentary
Sen. Tom Coburn: McCain is an 'Old Fart'new
The Oklahoma senator said the Republican presidential candidate John McCain is "an old fart," but is singularly qualified to lead the country.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
05-28-2008 |
Politics
Minnesota's 10 Most Powerful Republicansnew
Many Republicans hope that hosting the party's national convention will signal a resurgence of Republican power in Minnesota. If so, the current will surely pass through the people on these pages—the shadow figures of the state's conservative power base.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
05-28-2008 |
Politics
No Chivalry for Hillarynew
Clinton dumps feminism for suburban version of old hillbilly race-baiting.
NOW Magazine |
George Elliott Clarke |
05-27-2008 |
Commentary
The Week McCain's Not-So-Straight Talk Met Clinton's Funny Number-Crunchingnew
During the same week that Barack Obama clinched the majority of pledged Democratic Party delegates, the presidential mash-up was more frenzied than ever. It was a knockdown, blood-on-the-floor, caged grudge match between Clinton and McCain to see who could more brutally beat the American process into utter stupidity.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-27-2008 |
Commentary
