Sarah Palin knows the power of a best-seller as a timely vehicle to get the press and public talking, and now former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has quietly ...
Will Schwartz | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
We were perversely short-sighted with the way we handled Eliot Spitzer. We prioritized our blood lust for personal justice over our desire for effective public policy.
Sarah Granger | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics
While I'm saddened he will not be continuing his run for Governor of California at this time, I feel lucky we still have Mayor Newsom in San Francisco to continue fighting the good fight.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.
Russell Simmons | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York
In a year where every single Governor is under fire, and other governors have simply quit (Mrs. Palin?), Governor Paterson is working hard to weather the storm during this difficult economic time.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
For some reason, nothing is simple in Alaska. The state sits on the edge of a constitutional crisis because of the "chain of command vacuum" created by the governor's abrupt resignation.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
After reading Palin's interview in Runner's World, I doubt she'll be off the political stage anytime soon. A presidential campaign is a long race that requires a lot of endurance.
Don Ringe | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
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Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media
Today, after being impeached by the Illinois House, the Senate is hearing evidence to remove Rod Blagojevich, which it will probably do in the next few days.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics
The Illinois Supreme Court has just rejected what was in essence a coup attempt by the state Attorney General, which would have installed the Lt. Governor in Blagojevich's place.
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
The more sleaze we see in politics the more all this talk of change becomes not nearly so much a campaign slogan or political rallying cry as a plaintive plea.
AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
LAS VEGAS — The accusations of a woman who says Nevada's governor once threatened to rape her are "simply false," Gov. Jim Gibbons said Wednesda...
Liz Umlas and Rachel Eliana Berman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home
Liz Umlas has joined forces with her daughter Rachel to entertain OffTheBus readers with their political cartoons. Rachel supplies the artistic skills, and Liz brings the political ideas.
Paul Abrams | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
Although he shuns the Republican label in favor of "GOP", Dino Rossi promises to bring a George Bush regime to our beautiful state of Washington
Editor&Publisher | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
Since she was picked for the Veep spot, the press has often noted that Sarah Palin has "80%" approval ratings in Alaska. Just yesterday, John McCain t...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
I have to at least try to defend the point she was (so badly) trying to make. Alaska was on the front lines of the Cold War. It's a valid point, especially with a newly-resurgent and newly-belligerent Russia.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...
Scott Johnson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home
While Obama and Palin keep getting compared, it is probably more useful to compare Palin with the governors who have been elected to the Presidency in the past forty years. Her record is paper-thin; but on the surface she seems to resemble Pres. Bush. And that is the last thing this country needs.
Brad Listi | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home
Although Maddox Jolie-Pitt has more foreign policy experience than Sarah Palin and may know as much about running the national economy, running mates rarely make a difference in presidential elections.
Laura Liswood | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
McCain or Obama will be only the third president in history to go directly from the Senate to the White House. To me, women governors are more likely to possess the skills senators have to acquire.
Paul Peete | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green
How ironic that the poster boy for gas guzzling sizeable SUVs morphed into a psuedo-democratic, Green governor just in time to see gas near 5 dollars a gallon and its effects rippling through the economy.
The San Francisco Chronicle | Carla Marinucci | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books