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Alaska Chants for Oh, Oh, Oh, Obama

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home


Amanda Coyne

The Obama campaign is dedicated to Alaska partly because the caucus there drew a record-busting 9,000 voters. An organizer says the campaign took note of the "vigor" of Obama's supporters here.

Tapping Barack Obama's Phone

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

When Obama eschewed the pundit's red-blue-purple state preoccupation during his '04 Democratic Convention speech, he was choosing poetry over polls.

Obama: Going North to Alaska!

Amanda Coyne | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


Amanda Coyne

Last night in Anchorage, Obama staff told a small crowd that Obama would be coming to campaign in Alaska. A new poll has the margin closing here dramatically, to 5 points with 17 percent undecided.

How Does Obama Beat McCain? Sketching His Electoral Path To Victory

Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


So what's Obama's route to the White House in a general election? How can he make the electoral map work for him? How dramatically does he have to rem...

Across the Great Divide

Susan Neiman | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics


Susan Neiman

Like anything else, unashamed sentimentality can be part of a pose. Not every red state expression of sentiment is genuine, and not every blue state expression of skepticism is caustic.

An Update On Pine Straw

Doug Bremner | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living


Doug Bremner

I blogged a couple of weeks ago about pine straw and the division in the state of Georgia. Anyway I got some interesting feedback from our South Georgia/North Florida contingent about the topic of pine straw.

Vote Demographics Spells Much Bigger Trouble for Obama than Pennsylvania Loss

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Barack Obama's decisive Pennsylvania loss to Hillary Clinton was predictable and inevitable. Obama pretty much confirmed that when he tossed in the to...

Much Much Less than Meets the Eye in Obama's Victories

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Clinton's strategy to win the nomination is the exact opposite of Obama's -- she recognized that the small Western and Southern states he won are not in play for the Democrats.

Standing Sexual Politics on Its Head

Ellen Feldman | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Ellen Feldman

The pressure to vote for gender rather than policy and personal substance reminds me once again of the Scottsboro case which turned sexual politics on its head for half the twentieth century.

"Blue America" Blues

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home


Beth Arnold

Don't start off thinking you're better or more liberal or more of a Democrat than I am just because you come from a Blue State while I come from a Red State.

Obama's Race Speech Didn't Matter, More Democrats Now Say They Want Clinton Not Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.21.2008 | Home


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The one question that coursed across everyone's lips in the ad nausea yak over Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's so-called race spee...

Four More Years! How Republicans Can Beat HilOba

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

HilOba have almost totally stopped pummeling Bush and his policy shambles, and have squandered time and heat sniping and jawing at each other on the pettiest of non-issues.

A Blue Ohio: Democrats and the Blue-Collar Blues

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Bruce E. Levine

The pickup-truck community is certainly OK with criticizing the U.S. government. "I love America, but I hate our government" is what they want to see, hear, and feel.

Tell Me What You Watch (And Listen To, and Read), And I'll Tell You How You Vote

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.11.2007 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

It turns out that -- just as there are conservatives, liberals and moderates -- there are people with red, blue and purple taste.

Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Dave "Mudcat" Saunders | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Dave

The absolute truth is with the eminent coming of the Republican onslaught in '08, John Edwards is the only electable Democrat.


 

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