Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda
Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...
Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media
Clinton Confronts Sexism On the Trail and Vows to Battle On --- Washington Post Millions of women all over the country feel that Hillary has not got...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics
1964 was the last time a Democratic nominee for President carried majority of the white working class vote, measured by either income or education.
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?
Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
What if Obama loses Oregon tomorrow, or wins only by the barest of margins?
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics
Sexism is alive and well in America. One exit poll I saw had almost twice as many voters having trouble voting for a woman for president than voting...
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...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
Her boyfriend had been one of the most popular and best students in the history of Just Like High School. He played first-chair saxophone in the Just...
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...
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 ...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
The mainstream media and political pundits have properly spanked Barack Obama's confusing Presidential Primary campaign. He simply hasn't closed the d...
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...
Michael Shaw | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media
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.
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...
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...
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.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
Still shouldn't the war be more "personal" for Pelosi -- and her feelings for its creator reflect the dislike she feels toward his war?
Lloyd Garver | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
If the presidential campaign seems unbelievably long to you, that's because it has been unbelievably long. To illustrate how long this thing has been ...
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.
Rachel Sterne | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home
At an Indianapolis press conference, Obama struggled to draw a clear distinction for voters between his policies and those of Hillary Clinton. "It's tough," he said, "a lot of our differences get blurred."
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...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Political jujitsu at its best. You take the opponent's best issue and flip it. . When you see the force coming at you, you redirect your opponent's ...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
The above quote is from Bill Moyer's interview with Rev. Wright which is to air tonite. Rev. Wright, referring to Obama's disavowal of Wright's more...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home
In Asheboro, Bill Clinton keeps it southern and small, ambling through a series of dinner pail concerns-- bills, schools, jobs-- the end point of which is always: "Hillary'll get that done for you."
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! In honor of the great American holiday, Huffington Post has pulled together...
US News and World Report printed a short piece about GOP fears that the...
Until last month, Jason Burnett was a high-ranking political appointee at...
Tracie Egan, and Moe Tkacik, two writers from Jezebel.com were invited to appear on my show, Thinking...
Florida's bachelor Governor Charlie Crist is getting married, and to a woman, too. That's how badly...
On the Fourth Of July Arianna appeared on CNN's Situation Room...
Even with the GOP convention nearly two months away, some in the Republican...
Jenny McCarthy struts her stuff in a sexy black swimsuit...
"The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day." "It MUST come sometimes to...
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics