Campaign 2008

Disabled voters can make a difference, not only through their votes, but also by their campaigning activities.

Interview with Mike Burtch Biography: Mike Burtch is a retired school teacher from Turlock, CA. After a life of working the campaign trails for city...

As a young child walking to school he would recite a rhyme that he learned from his grandmother - "Truman's in the White House eating bread and jelly....

Bill Clinton gave one of the best speeches of his political career on Wednesday night in Kissimmee, FLA., and he did it in one sentence.

Meet Mitra, a 31 year old first time voter - I met her last weekend, volunteering at my local Obama campaign office. We've been working together eve...

An older woman in a back brace traveled from Palm Springs to Nevada to work the phones in a campaign office there. "I will do anything to prevent that trailer trash from getting into office," she said of Palin.

Texas politics are on the move, and for the first time in years, it's exciting to be a Democrat in this very red state. And the Obama campaign is treating us red-staters like our votes count, too.

There are thousands of people in this country like my Uncle Billy, and they will go to the polls on November 4th with ignorance settled deep in their souls.

With less than one week left before voters' caste their ballots, questions about Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama's positions on incarceration and criminal justice remain unanswered.

Find out where the parties are. Both sides. The Republicans usually have an open bar and the Democrats don't. If it looks like a landslide, nobody's going to be at the McCain parties, and you can get a few beers or cocktails before heading to the Obama bash.

If more people have more money, then more business is done and a small increase in taxes comes right back to you. If you are in the forefront of innovation, more comes to you.

While Obama's health care plan would spend roughly 20 percent more than McCain's, it would cover more people and cost less per capita.

While national news grabs headlines, voters around the country have expressed their interest in local issues this election season. A voter in New York says she wants to know about the impact of immigrants on the city's economy.

Greensboro, NC--Since North Carolina has emerged as a battleground state in the presidential race, it's getting difficult to keep up with which candid...

By becoming so immersed in Barack Obama's campaign, my wife and I have literally put our lives on hold. Our kitchen sink is perpetually full of dirty dishes, the dogs are unwalked and the water faucet is dripping. Turns out, we're not alone.

Internet Obama supporters are no saints. But Campaign 2008, to them, means something more than an outlet for the anger they've been swallowing for the past eight years. Their emails ring like testimonies at an interfaith revival meeting.

As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

Many American voters want to see a person like themselves, someone who has atoned for past mistakes and is reborn as a dedicated public leader. Unfortunately, Obama does not fit in this mold.

According to Webster's Dictionary, maverick means "unbranded calf." In the case of McCain, could it mean someone who goes out against the pack? Well, in this case, that definition doesn't apply.

It's hard to imagine that the McCain-Palin vision of a toughened, empowered intelligence community will be somehow more respectful of the rights of Americans than our current state of affairs.

Like Reverend Wright, I have felt outrage at this country. But watching a latte-colored man with a whacky sounding name become the new face of America has derailed the America I thought I knew.

Extrapolating from the latest poll numbers, we can conclude that rich old white Protestant men are the base of McCain's support -- and thus the number one problem in American politics today.

With eight days to go, and two totally different candidates, how can anyone still be undecided? Turns out, there are lots of different kinds of undecided voters. They don't fall neatly into an easily parodied pigeon hole.

By Brad Davis OMAHA -- This city touts a market area of nearly 1.3 million, but it's still the sort of place where people ask where you went to high ...