AltWeeklies Wire
The 2004 Riverfront Times Candidate Challenge Weeds Out Cowardsnew
Tired of listening to synthetic speeches, Riverfront Times asked candidates for political office to play "Rock, Paper, Scissors," bowl, sing and run a footrace to win the paper's endorsement. Several 'fraidy cat contenders declined the invitation.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
State Official May Have Used Public Post to Promote Private Businessnew
Critics contend Bruce Cook has blurred the line between public service and private commerce. Last week, he seemed oblivious to the implications of using his position as chairman of Georgia's Department of Human Resources to drum up business for his company's abstinence-education products.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Battleground Days
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson talks to the Santa Fe Reporter about chairing the Democratic National Convention, governing a swing state and the political life.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
Bill Clinton Cries Foulnew
Bill Clinton made a sharp and perhaps surprising attack on George W. Bush this week, saying in a speech Monday in Philadelphia that the president may be using the war on terror to scare voters away from the polls.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
Bush's Courting of Saddamnew
George W. Bush has had several business intertwinings with the dark side, starting way back in 1974, when he was 28 years old. Each of these tales has CIA ties, which touch virtually every Bush business venture until 1990.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Nathan Deuel |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
Bay Area Political Groups Get Out the Nation's Votenew
A massive national voter-registration, vote-canvassing and poll-watching operation organized by Bay Area political groups will have an unpredictable effect on the presidential election.
Legal Tornado Swirls Around "Toughest Sheriff in America"new
Taxpayers have spent more than $500 million to get two new jails built in Phoenix, but now they can't open because not enough qualified guards wants to work for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
10-26-2004 |
Politics
Our Mayor, the Lobbyist: Ilene Lieberman's Misadventuresnew
Broward County Mayor Ilene Lieberman momentarily had the little town of Pembroke Park in her sights -- not as an elected official but as a developer's lobbyist.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-26-2004 |
Politics
Ill-Behaved Former Mayor Attempts Comeback in Miaminew
Never one to let humiliation stand between him and elective office, Xavier Suarez managed to win enough votes this past August to end up in a runoff contest for a seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission. His 1998 election as mayor was overturned because of voter fraud.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
10-26-2004 |
Politics
A Vietnamese Immigrant May Just Whip the GOP's Old Guardnew
Hubert Vo, a minor real estate mogul from Alief, a suburb of Houston, has emerged from virtual oblivion to challenge one of the most powerful Republicans in Texas, 22-year state Representative Talmadge Heflin.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-26-2004 |
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
Tags: Campaign, U.S. Senate
Down to the Wire: Voter Suppression Is Alive In the Heartland
It could be Florida, 2000 all over again -- or it could be worse. If the 2004 Presidential Election really is as close as most believe, the margin of victory may well depend on the suppression of votes, a practice that reached its peak in the Jim Crow South, but that has always cast a shadow on America’s aspirations to full democracy. Second of two parts
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
10-23-2004 |
Politics
Tags: suppression, voter
George McGovern on Liberalism's Past, Present and Future
In a Q&A interview, statesman George McGovern discusses the current presidential race and his views that Democrats should own up to being liberal.
A Rich Girl Runs for Congressnew
When Capri Cafaro declared her candidacy 10 months ago, she was considered too young and too inexperienced to challenge the four Democratic veterans also running for the congressional seat in Ohio's 14th District. Shifting tactics for voters young and old, she won in a landslide.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
David Boyle Gets Cattynew
An amateur rap recording takes the Bush administration to task.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
