AltWeeklies Wire
Why George Bush Won
An examination of the election data shows that the primary reason red states voted for the president was simply this — of the two candidates, they felt that Bush could be counted on to protect them.
Dayton City Paper |
David H. Landon |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, Ohio vote
Moral Politics: Democrats Can Play, Too
The 2004 election map of red and blue states eerily mirrors the pre-Civil War map of “free” and “slave” states and territories. Only now we can refer to the red states, the former slave states, as “anti-gay” states.
Dayton City Paper |
Gabrielle Williamson |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, Ohio vote
Electoral Hangover
It’s going to be fascinating to see whether the Democratic Party becomes a Zell Miller Democratic Party (basically a Republican Party clone) or the Howard Dean Party that clearly differentiates itself.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election, postmortem
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Stops in For a Bitenew
If there is any political party that shows how inadequate political labels are, it is probably the Libertarian Party. Michael Badnarik, its dark-horse presidential candidate, sounded to the right and to the left of the political spectrum when he visited a Spaghetti Warehouse in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 22.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
10-04-2004 |
Politics
