AltWeeklies Wire
If the Election Was Held Tomorrow, We'd Have a McCain-Obama Tienew
Making a projection today allows us to see, regionally speaking, where each candidate is strong and weak, and which states each must defend or pick off. Strategically, it can also help us to see how the candidates might plot their vice-presidential choices or an unusual strategy in order to put together a successful electoral coalition.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
05-15-2008 |
Commentary
Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Endgame in Oregonnew
This is the twilight of Clinton's run for the Democratic presidential nomination: stops in friendly areas of rural America where the candidate can meet her hardest of hardcore supporters -- those "hardworking Americans, white Americans."
The Portland Mercury |
Eli Sanders |
05-15-2008 |
Politics
Six Minutes With Barack Obamanew
The Democratic Presidential frontrunner talks timber payments, medical marijuana and of course tattoos.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
05-14-2008 |
Politics
What About John McCain's Friends?new
Want guilt by association? Let's get nuts with Rev. John Hagee and G. Gordon Liddy!
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-14-2008 |
Commentary
Can This Election Season's News Coverage Get Any Dumber?new
It's cheaper and easier to talk about the ravings of some South Side Chicago preacher than it is to discuss the economic reasons why lifting the gas tax for a month would only cause consumers to see pennies while the oil companies rake in billions. Stupid sells. Policy doesn't.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-13-2008 |
Media
The GOP Gets Ready for the Republican National Conventionnew
While Democrats are still competing, Republicans can kick back and plan a party. "It's like planning a dinner party," said Matt Burns, communications director for the GOP convention. "It's good to know the guest of honor."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
05-13-2008 |
Politics
Old Networks vs. New in the Democratic Primarynew
We used to call them Reagan Democrats. Nowadays the national media have taken to calling them the "white working class." In the South, they're called Bubba. In 2008, they are the key to victory.
A Political Slam-Dunk: Clinton 2008/Obama 2012new
It's time for the Democrats to acknowledge the value of one of the most powerful combinations in American political history. The needs of the greater good will be best served by keeping this "dream team" together, rather than continuing down this potentially ill-fated either-or path.
Boulder Weekly |
Stewart Sallo |
05-12-2008 |
Commentary
Rev. Wright: Obama's Genie in a Bottlenew
Obama can only hope his Reverend Wright problem ends up like the Clinton Gennifer Flowers scandal.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
05-12-2008 |
Commentary
John McCain's Evangelical Supporters are Scarynew
Sen. Barack Obama's connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright has dominated the political conversation in recent weeks. But that has blotted out information about Republican nominee John McCain's support from religious leaders who also hold controversial views.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-09-2008 |
Politics
Clinton Defeats Clinton: After North Carolina and Indiana, a Postmortem on Hillary's Campaignnew
It's all over now, Baby Blue, as Barack Obama wins the presidential nomination for the third or fourth time.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-09-2008 |
Commentary
National Voter Registration Group Causes Chaosnew
The group's goal seems admirable enough -- to register some of the millions of unmarried women who aren't engaged in the political process so that they can vote in the 2008 primaries and general election. Unfortunately, the efforts of Women's Voices. Women Vote. is causing chaos and confusion in the states they've targeted, including Wisconsin.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-09-2008 |
Politics
Florida Republicans Fight the Paulistas' Assaultnew
Last fall, Nick Egoroff entrenched himself in the local Republican machine when he became a member of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee. But according to OCREC chairman Lew Oliver, Egoroff didn't just want to be a member. Rather, he wanted to take over and remake the party in the Ron Paul mode -- anti-war, anti-tax, pro-civil liberties.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-08-2008 |
Politics
Inside a Ron Paul Uprisingnew
As the mainstream media obsesses over the Democratic Party's brewing civil war, supporters of Ron Paul are already staging their own quiet uprising at GOP conventions across the nation. Will it spill over to the Republican National Convention?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
05-08-2008 |
Politics
How Bill Clinton Became Political Baggagenew
Even Clinton's fans don't like the phony, second-rate version of the former president now on display.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-08-2008 |
Commentary
