Dean Barker is a co-founder of Blue Hampshire, the Granite State's premiere progressive political blog. When not blogging or in the garden, Dean pays his bills by teaching Latin and Greek.

Blog Entries by Dean Barker

Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens: "Singing from the Same Sheet of Music"

Posted August 30, 2008 | 12:47 PM (EST)


When I saw here that a "Young Trigg" had spruced up Sarah Palin's Wiki 45 minutes before the Veep news was leaked, I thought I had better do some searches earlier than later in the event important data get scrubbed, as was the case just today with Stevens'...

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Will Someone With Power Please Make Them Stop?

Posted March 7, 2008 | 09:07 AM (EST)


spent most of today with the thought in the back of my mind that we're facing, at least, seven weeks' worth of damage to the Democratic party while McCain's campaign laps up video and audio to use against us once we finally, if ever, have a nominee.

The better half...

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Elizabeth Edwards: Plugged Into Online Scene

Posted November 21, 2007 | 05:16 PM (EST)


The following piece is published on Blue Hampshire as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus.

I can't stand Elizabeth Edwards.

I have a strict policy concerning families of politicians. Put simply: I don't care about them. They play no role in my decision-making process about a candidate,...

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"Who's Harry Truman?," And Other Primary Barbershop Perils

Posted October 8, 2007 | 04:22 PM (EST)


The following piece was produced by the Huffington Post's OffTheBus project.

This piece is also published on Blue Hampshire.

I'm in between homes right now. It's a long, boring story, but while I await the closing on the new place I sometimes have to feel...

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