Women here in Defiance, Ohio, are insulted that the McCain camp thinks that in 2008 we can't speak or think for ourselves. "Throw a woman on the ticket and they'll fall in line."
Rory O'Connor | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media
Precisely four years and one month ago, after seeing an unknown state senator from Illinois electrify the Democratic convention floor with a keynote speech, I wrote the following words...
Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
In early Obama--that is, pre- nominee presumption--I heard a music-to-my-ears refrain. It went something like this: This historic moment is not about ...
Dave Stewart | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
Earlier this year when I was recording "American Prayer," a song I co-wrote with Bono, the words seemed to take on a whole new resonance, given the inspirational candidacy of Barack Obama.
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Reluctant Democrats, feminists and independents must now confront one simple reality: John McCain will be more of the same, while Barack Obama will take us into a different direction.
Politico | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
A former campaign and legislative aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has sought government affairs clients in Washington by reminding potential prospe...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
For all the advantages that Barack Obama has this year, the same problems that nearly led to Kennedy losing to Nixon are lurking just below the surface of the 2008 political landscape.
AP | ALAN FRAM and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Now more than ever, it's the old guy against the agent of change. Ask people to blurt out their first words about the two presiden...
Hal Donahue | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Now, we as a people realize that the extreme conservatism dominating the Republican Party produces only division and incompetence. We are demanding a reversal of course.
Craig Crawford | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
It is not helpful to Obama that Nader is not buying his message of change. But so many Democrats despise Nader for his pivotal role in electing George W. Bush that it might make no difference at all.
Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Playing it safe will not win this election; the country is not merely ready for "change"; it is ready for real reform -- the word that Obama used over and over in last year's New Hampshire speech.
Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
Obama has taken a word that captures the heartbeat of the current culture and made it something people look forward to rather than fear. He has made change a good word.
ZP Heller | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
McCain played right into Obama's hands by devoting his entire speech to countering Obama's message of "change" with his own message of, well, "change."
Martin Carnoy | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
Anyone who is the least bit candid on this issue knows that race permeates many aspects of American society. Why wouldn't the race issue pervade the election of a black presidential nominee?
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.31.2008 | Home
"Personally, I think the sales gas tax holiday being proposed is like peeing your pants on a cold winter's day: It feels nice and warm for a little while, but very soon begins to feel quite cold."
Chip Collis | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home
Miss. Republicans in a GOP stronghold district ran hard against Obama-- and lost. Similarly meaningful losses came in La., Ill. and Ind. More than any scary blackness, Obama symbolizes change.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.10.2008 | Home
A gas tax holiday? That's not change. Clinton's judgment waxes and wanes like the FM signal on a long-distance drive. She has the working-class vote. Why is she toiling overtime to abase herself before it?
Boston.com | Scott Helman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
DES MOINES -- Barack Obama had a pointed message this morning for his opponents in the Democratic primary race: Don't tell me what it takes to make ch...
Teresa McCoy | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home