If McCain pulls off a victory in November, it won't be the fault of Obama, or Hillary, or 527 groups or Karl Rove. It will be because the majority of this country has lost its nerve.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?
Evan Handler | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
If sincere efforts by Clinton and her supporters could lead to either Senator Obama's victory, or his defeat, why wouldn't they exercise their substantial influence for the former?
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
Borah Peak, at 12,662 feet high, is the highest point in Idaho. [That may sound like a strange place to begin this column, but please bear with me.] I...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
[Those of you who prefer "all cynicism all the time" should just skip this column, since I'm about to get blisteringly optimistic here. You have been...
Catherine Crier | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media
Regardless of the victor in the fall, I hope votes will be cast on the big issues facing this nation, not on contrived imagery created by campaigns or pundits in search of ratings.
Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
We know that McCain, despite his attraction as a war hero and a political maverick, will be hard pressed to be a candidate who can effectively bring the future into focus for the youth.
Mona Gable | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
If only she had been the right woman at the right time. Millions of young, middle-aged and older women in America placed their faith in Clinton's candidacy, only to find her wanting.
Trey Ellis | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
What the Obama camp needs to do now is turn McCain into JFK's Nixon, the personification of a tired old order that has run its course.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
With sincere apologies to Bill Maher for stealing his schtick, I have a new rule. My new rule is for uncommitted Democratic superdelegates. The rule ...
Evan Handler | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
The problem with Clinton's campaign techniques is not just that they're Rovian, and reminiscent of earlier Republican smears against other candidates. It's that they're pointless.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
Now that that's all over with, can we please focus on beating John McCain? Virtually everyone (with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- I gue...
Lisa Witter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
Women, again, decided the primaries Tuesday. They accounted for 57% of the North Carolina voters and 56% of the Indiana voters. But while Senator Clin...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
August 28th will be the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Unless Hillary Clinton soon acquires the ability to perform miracles, the nominee giving the acceptance speech is going to be Barack Obama.
Vanessa Tyson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
We need not take time to get to know people, need not see them for who they are, because the media will offer us a brief snippet and in many instances we accept that as all we need to make an assessment.
The Uptake | Posted 05.05.2008 | Home
Local indie band Superchunk and indie hotness of the moment - Arcade Fire - get the groove on for Obama in Carrboro, North Carolina.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
"The road goes on forever and the party never ends."--Robert Earl Keen Tomorrow is yet another primary day in the Democratic presidential nomin...
Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Single voters play favorites, their favorites are Democrats, and there are about 92 million of them eligible to vote.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...
Bob Burnett | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
In 2000, when George W. Bush first ran for President, one of his selling points was the claim he would be America's first "CEO President." Of course,...
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
I challenge McCain to be the first to do what he is asking all Americans to do: give up his employer-based health care, and purchase his own health insurance on the open market.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
Unlike Wesley Snipes, most Americans know they have to pay their taxes. The IRS estimates that Americans overall pay about 84 percent of what they owe. But the missing money isn't chickenfeed.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Since Super Tuesday, every time Hillary picks up one superdelegate, Obama picks up three. If this continues, he is going to pass her very soon, and gain the lead in superdelegates.
Manisha Sinha | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
The Democratic presidential nomination bears some startling similarities to the 1860 Republican race between Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and William Henry Seward of New York.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects...
Darin Murphy | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics