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Are Stoners High on Romney?new
There's talk of many cannabis advocates casting a protest vote against Obama.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
05-11-2012 |
Drugs
A Harsh Lesson at Columbia
As Obama brings his rock-the-youth-vote campaign to the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, he wants to be photographed in a sea of adoring youthful faces. And yet, through incompetence or cynical calculus, he's throwing some of the most inspiring, hard-working students in America under the bus.
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2012
Mitt Romney, American Parasitenew
Mitt Romney's years at Bain represent everything you hate about capitalism.
The Village Voice |
Pete Kotz |
04-18-2012 |
Features
We Want Jobs. They Care About Body Parts and Kiddie-Poos
As lead stories about body disposal and rearview cameras demonstrate, we don't care about two-party electoral politics because two-party electoral politics don't care about us or our concerns.
GOP's Appalling Silencenew
The Michigan GOP primary is over, but there was one issue the candidates ignored entirely. During the last week of the campaign, a new report showed that the number of poor kids in Michigan has skyrocketed.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
02-29-2012 |
Economy
Sympathy for Newt Gingrich
Liberals join their rightist counterparts in snickering about Craig's "wide stance" and Gingrich's request for an open marriage. The effect is to denigrate gays, lesbians and other sexually marginalized and oppressed people.
Mormons Under the Lensnew
How do the faithful feel about the attention Mitt Romney draws to their faith?
Las Vegas CityLife |
Heidi Kyser |
01-23-2012 |
Religion
Bus Stopped?new
The iconic campaign bus is no longer full of newspaper reporters writing for the folks back home. Are the political-junkie websites filling the void?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-11-2012 |
Media
Tags: Election 2012, Campaign Coverage
Jon Huntsman wants to flatten taxes and break up big banksnew
Jon Huntsman's Unique Ideas: Breaking up too-big-to-fail banks and making the derivatives market more transparent to prevent a repeat of the Great Recession. Lowering the income and corporate tax rates. Establishing congressional term limits.
Charleston City Paper |
Jon Huntsman |
01-11-2012 |
Policy Issues
The Strange Odyssey of the Ron Paul Tent at Occupy Phillynew
Ron Paul supporters and Occupiers make for strange bedfellows. In Philly, the rift hit a tipping point when an unknown intruder broke into the tent, stole campaign literature, and left a "steaming pile of shit" on the floor.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
11-09-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Rick Perry's Manufactured Miraclenew
Rick Perry's Texas is a job-making, low-taxing oasis of prosperity. It's also pure fantasy.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
10-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
Perry the Executionernew
Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
09-16-2011 |
Policy Issues
Presidential Candidate Fred Karger Coming to Charlestonnew
Local Log Cabin Republicans are hosting a reception for Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-21-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Fred Karger, Election 2012
Rep. Tim Scott Losing Redistricting Lotterynew
If there is a drawback to being a Congressional member, it's that the campaign never stops. Voters weigh your political fate every two years, so the next campaign officially begins the day after you're elected.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-11-2011 |
Policy Issues
