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I Was a Clinton Volunteernew

We go undercover as a campaign volunteer for Hillary Clinton, and find the story of a campaign in a make-or-break primary where messages are tightly controlled.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Tom Namako  |  04-21-2008  |  Politics

New Database Could Make it Tougher to Track Illegal Spendingnew

San Francisco's recent move to a privatized electronic campaign finance database will make it more difficult to track amendments to reports on political spending, a change that has caused a conflict between top-level staffers at the Ethics Commission.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Sarah Phelan  |  01-23-2008  |  Politics

Who's Afraid of John Edwards?

Mainstream media is giving four to five times more coverage to Obama and Clinton than Edwards, far more than their share of popular support. Their corporate owners have reason to fear him.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  01-22-2008  |  Commentary

What Did Ralph Nader Do With Our Money?new

The public’s money, it seems, went to fund a sloppy and sometimes incompetent attempt to get a candidate whom nobody wanted on the ballot, onto ballots.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  10-28-2004  |  Politics

How GOP Billionaires Bankroll the Bushiesnew

Republicans are filling the GOP’s 527 gap, and a group of super-rich supporters has funded them with massive donations. With sidebar on the GOP's dirty donor (baker's) dozen.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  10-28-2004  |  Politics

Underdog Senate Candidate Hiked Alone Across Ohionew

Democrat Eric Fingerhut doesn't have the money his powerful opponent, Republican George Voinovich, does. So he's walking across the state of Ohio, where nobody walks anywhere if he can possibly help it. Trudging along a two-lane highway could make a candidate look like a nut.
Cleveland Scene  |  Chris Maag  |  10-25-2004  |  Politics

Bush’s Turnnew

Finally, the media turn their sights on the president. But Kerry supporters shouldn’t get too excited by the claims of gossip diva Kitty Kelley and a flawed CBS report.
Boston Phoenix  |  Dan Kennedy  |  09-21-2004  |  Politics

Going Negative

In his recent book Politicking, Bill Rauch, mayor of Beaufort, S.C., and former press secretary for Mayor Ed Koch, recounts the 2000 smear campaign against John McCain and how it cost him the South Carolina Republican primary. Are those same forces at work in the Swift Boat attacks against Kerry?
Charleston City Paper  |  Kristen George  |  09-16-2004  |  Politics

Political Notesnew

Music has played an important role in every American election since George Washington waltzed into office.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  09-10-2004  |  Politics

Ground Zeronew

Republican convention protesters prepare for permitless rallies in bunkered-down city.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Marisa Handler  |  08-25-2004  |  Politics

The Math to Beat Bush: 10 States Could Swing the Electionnew

Forget the polls. Forget the national campaign. Even more than in 2000, the presidential race will be decided in a handful of states that could go either way. So far, it’s looking good for Kerry.
Boston Phoenix  |  Dan Kennedy  |  08-16-2004  |  Politics

Regime Changenew

Here are 10 things you can do to defeat Bush and save this country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Bay Guardian Staff  |  08-05-2004  |  Politics

Recovering America's Values from a Web of Lies

John Kerry has been talking a lot about values -- a key to a possible victory in November. But in doing so he's confronting a welter of myths, if not outright lies. The better he understands that, the better his chances of success.
Random Lengths News  |  Paul Rosenberg  |  07-20-2004  |  Commentary

The Same-Sex Marriage-Rights Issue could work in Kerry's Favornew

A sheep in wolf's clothing? The GOP is trying to turn same-sex-marriage rights into a national wedge issue, but it could work in Kerry’s favor
Boston Phoenix  |  Kristen Lombardi  |  07-08-2004  |  Politics

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