Politics - Sept. 5, 2008
Do Americans demand another "folksy" president?
Americans elect folksy presidents. For the past 30 years, every man who's graced the Oval Office has been incredibly folksy, the kind of guy America wants to sit down with and drink a beer.
Tags: president, obama, mccain, bush, clinton, reagan, folksy

Politics - Feb. 20, 2008
Feelings of abandonment
The Wisconsin primary is over and, just like that, the phone calls and e-mails from candidates stopped coming.
Tags: obama, clinton, mccain, huckabee, wisconsin primary, phone calls, e-mails

Politics - Feb. 17, 2008
If “superdelegates” ruin the election, dissolve the Democratic party
The party that claims to echo the will of the people can’t pick its leaders in back rooms and behind closed doors.
Tags: obama, clinton, mccain, election, superdelegate

Politics - Feb. 12, 2008
Don't bother moving up Wisconsin's primary
With the passing of Super Tuesday, we now can focus on our own Feb. 19 primary and the accompanying concerns of some that come down to this: Should state officials move the primary to an earlier date to grab more of the national spotlight and be politically more relevant?
Tags: presidential primary, obama, clinton, mccain

Politics - Jan. 10, 2008
Which opposing presidential candidate should you root for?
With presidential primary season heading into full swing, I've been pondering a political theory lately: When it comes to the other party, who should you root for?
Tags: president, election, clinton, obama, mccain, romney, huckabee

Politics - May 6, 2008
Clinton's Electability pry bar... Obama machine rolls on...
This is The Primary. The one to remember, one for the books. For over a year, maybe two years now, America has followed politics like never before. From the inevitability of Hillary Clinton's early cinch to the inevitability of Obama's post-Iowa poll surge, entire encyclopedias have been written ...
Tags: Politics, Obama, Clinton, Primary