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Endorsement: John Kerrynew
If John Kerry is elected president, Europe will remember the reasons we were once allies. The Third World will believe the dream. We won't be alone and afraid with all our possessions.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim Whitaker |
10-25-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: endorsement
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
The Same on Both Sidesnew
One thing unites liberals and conservatives: loud, ugly, moronic confrontation.
Tucson Weekly |
Randy Serraglio |
10-22-2004 |
Commentary
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
Bush and Kerry Stock Up for the Post-Election Battlenew
Both campaigns, mindful of Florida 2000, are moving full-speed ahead to raise money for potential post-election ballot battles.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
Dick Cheney: Even Worse Than You Thinknew
Deep down, the vice-president is just an ambitious screw-up, a mediocre functionary with a mediocre mind.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
In Polls, Big Week for Kerrynew
If the election were held today, Kerry would win because he now leads in former Bush states Florida, Ohio, Nevada and New Hampshire, while the prez leads in no former Gore states. The race is close, however, because eight Kerry states are within most polls' 4 percent margin of error.
Orlando Weekly |
Alan Waldman |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
Which Candidates Are the Best of the Bunch?new
This is the election year everybody got really pissed off. As emotional as we've all become, there's a better motive for casting a ballot than pure rage. We prefer to think of our upcoming gathering before the Diebold machines in Georgia's voting booths as a search for competence and integrity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Creative Loafing News Staff |
10-21-2004 |
Politics
Tags: endorsements
Swap the Votenew
Vote swapping, these days known more softly as "vote trading," is back from the grave of the 2000 election. Is it legal? Ethical? Possible? A way to vote Nader and oust Bush?
Orlando Weekly |
Scott Duke Harris |
10-21-2004 |
Politics
I Want a Reality-Based Presidentnew
The U.S. needs a president who takes responsibility for his actions and runs the country based on reality, not blind ideology.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
10-20-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: endorsement
Curse the Electoral Collegenew
With the enormous sums of money raised and spent, the irrelevance of the popular vote, and the choice, once again this time, between two wealthy white male sons of privilege, in a country where that only describes a tiny fraction of the population, it's pretty damned depressing.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
10-20-2004 |
Politics
Your Next President: 'I Will Tax the Rich by 100 Percent'new
Five third-party presidential hopefuls will be on Florida voters' ballots on Nov. 2. As each seeks to woo the state's undecided, they'll be accused of being spoilers, of being political naifs, or perhaps of being just plain nuts.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-20-2004 |
Politics
