Obama Kentucky

Devotion, Suspicion and Excitement in Louisville

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Gail McGowan Mellor

In the heavily African American area of well-kept middle class houses next to Shawnee Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, people across from the polls at ...

Campaign Extremes in the Ohio-Kentucky Heartland

Hilary Lambert | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home


Hilary Lambert

Filled with the surly envy of Kentuckians for the more fortunate, I listened to my son's description of camping out overnight so that he and about twenty-five others could be among the first to vote in Ohio ahead of Election Day.

Obama Supporters Keep Slogging In Rural Kentucky

Hilary Lambert | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home


Hilary Lambert

I drove the 80 miles from Lexington to report on this rare event: A rally on behalf of a Democratic Party African-American candidate in a Republican stronghold with a history of hostility to blacks.

What Oregon Says About America

Joseph Lowndes | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Joseph Lowndes

Oregon is a working class state, and the results show that people of any racial and class background have the capacity to vote their concerns, interests, and beliefs in terms other than race.

Sam Stein

How Oregon Could Help Obama Defy "White Working Class" Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


The popular refrain within political circles is that Tuesday's Democratic primaries in Kentucky and Oregon will provide yet another demonstration of S...

Poll: Clinton leads in Ky.; Obama ahead in Ore.

Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in Kentucky ___...

Obama In Kentucky And West Virginia: Why Will He Lose?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama is now the presumed nominee of the Democratic party. His lead in delegates, popular vote and states won cannot by broken by Sen. Clinton...

Obama Pro-Coal Ad Panders To Kentucky Voters

Pol Watchers | Ryan Alessi | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a new TV ad this weekend featuring an Illinois miner praising the the him for work on coal iss...

Kentucky Polls: Democratic Primary Latest Results

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics


MAY 6: Clinton holds a massive lead before the upcoming Kentucky primary: Hillary Clinton: 56% Barack Obama: 31% MAY 6 SurveyUSA's latest Kentucky ...

Obama Flier Panders To Kentucky Voters Over Coal

Gristmill | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton has been pilloried for pandering to working class voters with her gas-tax holiday proposal. But she's not the only one telling working...